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Love my 25" Westinghouse monitor. It's quite well designed and has held up great over the years. After the purchase I got interested in the company, it has a long and interesting history.

The thing that sparked my curiosity was simply noticing the logo in strange places. Last week I saw Westinghouse branded Pyrex bakeware at a thriftstore. Years ago I found the logo on a residential home window indicating a security system. I've seen it in many other unexpected places.

Interesting, diverse company. I stand by the quality of this display, for what it's worth! Discontinued at Newegg but here it is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824255...




The current Westinghouse has basically nothing to do with the old Westinghouse. The current iteration (at least since 1998) is a spin-off of CBS that just licenses the brand out to other companies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporati...


> Last week I saw Westinghouse branded Pyrex bakeware at a thriftstore.

It was probably actual borosilicate glass, too, not like the modern Pyrex-branded stuff which is just tempered soda-lime. But that's another story...




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