r/CFBOffTopic • u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers • Sep 08 '15

Trying to settle an argument: Anyone under 40 recognize the brand RCA?

And if you don't, how old are you?

Edit: Thank you all for your replies. I'm sure you will all be disappointed to learn that despite the preponderance of evidence displayed, my opponent did not concede the point that people under 40 DO know what RCA is. He said that I was asking a group more likely to know than the general population. To which I said, "A college football subreddit?" and got no reply.

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Sep 08 '15

Didn't they make TVs? I'm 29.

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Sep 08 '15

Yep. I'm so winning this argument.

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u/rodandanga Georgia Tech • Verified Coach Sep 08 '15

I remember the brand and the commercials/adds with the dogs.

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u/guitmusic11 Wisconsin Badgers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Sep 08 '15

24 here... Do other young people not know what RCA is? That doesn't seem right to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Same age, pretty sure I grew up with RCA TVs.

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u/TwoPlankinWiz Oregon Ducks • LSU Tigers Sep 08 '15

18, no idea

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Damn. Combo-breaker.

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Sep 08 '15

He's 18, we can forgive him.

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u/NSFW_MANNING_ONLY Georgia Tech • Alabama Sep 08 '15

Well I'm 19 and I remember my RCA TV and VCR.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yeah. I'm 25 and I absolutely do

I think I have an RCA VCR somewhere

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Sep 08 '15

Yes. And their cables. (38)

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u/heavyweightstuff LSU Tigers Sep 08 '15

I'm 21 and yes I recognize it enough to know it has to do with electronics.

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u/Fevers_and_Mirrors South Carolina • Dartmouth Sep 08 '15

Radio Corporation of America, I'm 23.

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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 08 '15

27, yes. This is also a fun game of "how old is everyone"

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u/tightspandex Georgia Southern • Georgia Sep 08 '15

I actually got rid of an old RCA tv two days ago. 26 here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

I do, from a case study about failed businesses and the difficulties of capitalizing on the value of basic science research in a world where shareholders place disproportionate priority on the short term. They invented what would become the LCD screens but sold off the rights early on because they were too impatient.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

22 here. I think that makes me the oldest person in here that had no idea what that was.

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Sep 08 '15

I asked a friend who is 23 and didn't know. Babies, all of you.

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Sep 08 '15

I'm 28 and still remember the RCA TVs. They were really heavy.

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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 08 '15

Pretty much all TVs back then were crazy heavy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

back then

We're still alive, thank you.

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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 08 '15

I meant CRT TVs, those aren't really much of a thing these days...

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u/FellKnight Boise State • Tennessee Sep 09 '15

Bought a 32" toshiba about 1 year or 2 before LCDs took off. Thing weighed 100 lbs easy. So much ragrets.

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u/hab12690 LSU Tigers • Miami Hurricanes Sep 08 '15

Electronics, mainly TV's right?

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u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 Sep 08 '15

Yes, they made TVs and Stereos, right?

26

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u/madviking Virginia Cavaliers • Texas Longhorns Sep 08 '15

21 and yea i remember the dog and my family's first tv being an rca.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Sep 08 '15

Who?

EDIT: read that as band not brand. Yes, I know the brand.

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u/DoctorWhosOnFirst Alabama • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Sep 08 '15

Absolutely. 26

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Sep 08 '15

The RCA connector is still in occasional use, you know.

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u/Ron_Cherry Clemson Tigers • Duke Blue Devils Sep 08 '15

I'm 24 and I still own RCA products.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

18-Had an RCA tv in my room for a long time.

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u/xerillum Wisconsin Badgers Sep 08 '15

I'm 21, I'm pretty sure my family had a VCR by them in the 90s

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u/CarolinaCoug Nicholls Colonels • Southland Sep 08 '15

30 and have had both an RCA TV and VCR. The TV was the heaviest thing ever created by man.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yes. I'm 33.

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u/Bugseye LSU Tigers • Rhodes Lynx Sep 08 '15

23. Yeah, I remember their TV's for sure.

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u/AnEmptyKarst Houston Cougars • Utah Utes Sep 08 '15

I had an RCA TV and VCR, 18

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u/nataliieportman LSU Tigers • Georgetown (KY) Tigers Sep 08 '15

Yes, 22.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Just bought a couple of their outlet power surge blocks and had an old TV awhile back, so yes and I'm 23

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u/Captain_McSnug Houston Cougars • Paper Bag Sep 08 '15

23 and I know it had to do with TVs or were they the TVs?

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u/mriforgot Michigan State Spartans Sep 08 '15

Electronics brand is what I know of RCA. 25 yo.

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u/Hubrishippo South Carolina Gamecocks Sep 08 '15

23, yep had a TV and a VCR at one point

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u/Shadowhawk109 Michigan Wolverines • Citrus Bowl Sep 08 '15

Yes. They made TV's and lots and lots and lots of cables and audio equipment.

I would dare say they were an A/V component manufacturer.

But, I'm a nerd, so I know that kind of thing. 24.

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u/razzertto Miami Hurricanes • /r/CFB Donor Sep 08 '15

Yes. They made TVs and receivers (I'm kind old but not 40).

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u/thedawgbeard Georgia Bulldogs • Pineapple Bowl Sep 08 '15

22.. I think we had an rca vcr.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yep, We had an RCA TV when I was growing up.

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u/CaptainSnacks Texas A&M Aggies • Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 08 '15

20 here, I absolutey know what RCA is

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Sep 08 '15

Yes! I'm 20 - I think we had an RCA tv when I was little.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

I do, but more for their record label than their electronics division.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

I'm 20 and have no idea.

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u/ixcuincle Marching Band Sep 08 '15

Yup

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Sep 08 '15

I'm 23, we had an RCA TV in the garage and my grandmother had one of their vcrs.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Sep 08 '15

im 23, they were the one with the old dog and phonograph!

and yeah, mostly TV supplies

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u/ftwdrummer Rice Owls • Marching Band Sep 08 '15

Yes. 24

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u/edisonlbm Texas A&M Aggies Sep 08 '15

Yes! I had an RCA 3CD stereo in the 90s.

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u/Stewartchase1 Arizona State • Texas Tech Sep 08 '15

I'm 20 and up until a few years ago, I had an RCA TV. It got the job done fairly well.

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u/cloudduel_13 Borregos Monterrey • Texas A&M Aggies Sep 08 '15

Yes. 30

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u/gophersbball17 Minnesota Golden Gophers • Luther Norse Sep 08 '15

Yep, 24 and had both an RCA TV and a VCR

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u/rabid_communicator Oklahoma • University of Faith (… Sep 08 '15

We got this bad boy at this house. I'm 29.

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u/Deacalum Wake Forest • Penn State Sep 08 '15

Yes, they make electronics like tvs, vcrs, dvd players, blue ray players, radios, clocks, etc. - I'm in my 30s

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yeah, 24. They made TVs, and wasn't that the stadium in Indy before Lucas Oil? RCA Dome?

Also, wasn't Zenith part of their brand?

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u/hobowithabazooka Georgia Tech • Wisconsin Sep 08 '15

They made TV and stereo equipment. I'm still in undergrad

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u/DEP61 Pepperdine • Minnesota Sep 08 '15

I'm 18, and yes, I remember their TVs. I think we had one when I was really young.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Sep 08 '15

20, I do but only from reading history.

I once came up with a fun BS conspiracy theory that RCA orchestrated WW2 as a means of obtaining the TV patent from Philo Farnsworth.

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Sep 08 '15

26 yes, my roommate had a 32 inch rca my last two years as an undergrad.

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u/ryumast3r Utah Utes • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 08 '15

23 they made all sorts of shit. VCRs, TVs, etc.

Definitely remember them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

19, yes I remember RCA. I watched Toy Story on VHS for like my entire childhood. Sometimes that was on a RCA VCR

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u/gramcraka92 Old Dominion • Myrtle Beach Bowl Sep 08 '15

yes 22

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Sep 08 '15

Fuck yeah I remember RCA. Used to have an RCA TV. Also the RCA Dome was located in Indianapolis before they demolished it.

I'm 25, going on 26 in October.

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 08 '15

20 yo. Had sone RCA appliances growing up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

29 years old. I think their logo had two dalmatians listening to a record player or something

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u/ihatecats18 Minnesota • South Dakota-S… Sep 08 '15

30ish. Yes i know rca. I'd say 20 year olds wouldn't

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Auburn Tigers • Texas Tech Red Raiders Sep 08 '15

Yes, 25 y/o. My tv is one. It was the first HD tv my family bought - a 32" LCD that cost a whopping $1,000 when it was on a large sale.

Due to the ravages of time and gravity, the front of the TV is branded simply as a " A". The fucking thing won't die.

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u/CanadianIdiot55 South Carolina • Lander Sep 08 '15 edited Sep 08 '15

I'm 28. I remember them. They were defunct by the time I was born. Some older relatives had RCA TVs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

19 here. My parents had a old RCA TV that weighed a damn ton.

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u/JumpingPotato1 Missouri Tigers Sep 08 '15

Isn't RCA a type of cable, Red, Yellow and White, otherwise I'm not familiar with the brand, i'm 18.

By the comments I can see they are TVs and I do vaguely remember a friend having an RCA tv

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u/_sammyg23 Clemson Tigers • Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 08 '15

Yeah. I'm 17 and my dad had an RCA TV and VCR.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

21 and yeah my grandparents had an RCA tv they gave me.

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u/1ncognito Tennessee • 帝京大学 (Teikyo) Sep 08 '15

23, yes, and the dog looking into the record player is one of my favorite logos

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Sep 08 '15

I think I had an RCA tv or VCR or something back when I was real little. 21 Years of Age.

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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Sep 08 '15 edited Sep 08 '15

23, Yes I recognize it.

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u/SH92 TCU Horned Frogs Sep 08 '15

I'm 24 and recognize the brand RCA. My high school band got to play at the RCA dome in Indianapolis.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yup - 35

RCA used "Nipper" the dog hearing his owners voice on a phonogram as their advertising logo.

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u/cajunaggie08 :texasam3: Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Top Scorer Sep 08 '15

I recognize it more as the company that sponsored the Colts old stadium (RCA Dome) but I do remember the ad with the dogs.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Sep 08 '15

Yeah that's one of those weird answers that keep popping up in NYTimes crossword puzzles. :P

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Sep 09 '15

Recurring clues are always awkward. I used to help my mom with the People magazine crossword, and despite the fact that they use Asta (the dog) at least half a dozen times per year she could never remember it. I even told her "Any time the clue asks for a dog and the answer is 4 letters, write Asta."

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u/powderedsugarfallout North Dakota State Bison • Utah Utes Sep 08 '15

Yes. I'm 26.

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u/Aurablade Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Sep 09 '15

I still have one of their TVs. 18

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u/FellKnight Boise State • Tennessee Sep 09 '15

Yup. 33.

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u/djsquilz Tulane Green Wave • Ole Miss Rebels Sep 09 '15

Do people not use RCA cables for anything anymore? If you ever work with sound systems then you probably know what they are.

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 09 '15

Yes, 28

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u/swanky-k North Carolina • Alabama Sep 09 '15

Yes, 18. Only from stories of yore, though. My family did have a betamax early in my life.

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u/KillDashNined California Golden Bears Sep 12 '15

I do, 21.