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data-file-width="240" data-file-height="96" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Sony WEGA logo, 2004</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wuerttembergische Radio-Gesellschaft mbh</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">Electronics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1923<span class="noprint">; 102 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1923</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2005<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2005</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Bravia_(brand)" title="Bravia (brand)">BRAVIA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> <a href="/wiki/Bravia_(brand)" title="Bravia (brand)">BRAVIA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">International</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Radio and LED television receivers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> (1975-present)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg/220px-1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg/330px-1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg/440px-1962_Wegavision_2000_Werksentwurf_Pinakothek-d-Moderne_M_2021-05-23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4203" data-file-height="3325" /></a><figcaption><i>Wegavision 2000</i>, TV-prototype 1962, <a href="/wiki/Die_Neue_Sammlung" title="Die Neue Sammlung">Pinakothek der Moderne</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg/220px-Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg/330px-Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg/440px-Wega_Elcaset_E_4950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="431" /></a><figcaption>Wega tapedeck for Sony <a href="/wiki/Elcaset" title="Elcaset">Elcaset</a>, 1976–1980<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>WEGA</b> was a German audio and video manufacturer, manufacturing some of Germany's earliest <a href="/wiki/Radio_receiver" title="Radio receiver">radio receivers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-r-museum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r-museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WEGA&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WEGA, pronounced "Vega", was founded as <i>Wuerttembergische Radio-Gesellschaft mbh</i> in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, Germany in the year 1923. In 1975, it was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-r-museum_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r-museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were then known throughout <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> for stylish and high-quality stereo equipment, designed by <a href="/wiki/Verner_Panton" title="Verner Panton">Verner Panton</a><sup id="cite_ref-design-fine-196971_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-design-fine-196971-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Hartmut_Esslinger" title="Hartmut Esslinger">Hartmut Esslinger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-europa-2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europa-2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sony continued to use the WEGA brand until 2005, when <a href="/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display" title="Liquid-crystal display">liquid-crystal displays</a> superseded the company's <a href="/wiki/Trinitron" title="Trinitron">Trinitron</a> <a href="/wiki/Aperture_grille" title="Aperture grille">aperture grille</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Cathode-ray_tube" title="Cathode-ray tube">CRT</a> models.<sup id="cite_ref-areadvd-050003_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-areadvd-050003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1998, Sony released a television line called <i><a href="/wiki/FD_Trinitron/WEGA" title="FD Trinitron/WEGA">FD Trinitron/WEGA</a></i>, a flat-screen <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> with side-mounted speakers and a silver-coloured cabinet. </p><p>Sony says that the FD Trinitron WEGA was named after a star ("<a href="/wiki/Vega" title="Vega">Vega</a>" in English) in the <a href="/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyra</a> <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a>, and made no reference to the original WEGA firm.<sup id="cite_ref-homethea-223971_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-homethea-223971-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sony has also used WEGA as a name for flat-screen televisions with newer technologies than CRT. Their <a href="/wiki/Flat_panel_display" class="mw-redirect" title="Flat panel display">flat-panel</a> <a href="/wiki/LCD_television" title="LCD television">LCD televisions</a> were branded <i>LCD WEGA</i> until summer 2005<sup id="cite_ref-cnet-191019_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnet-191019-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-whathifi-2610_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whathifi-2610-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when they were rebranded <a href="/wiki/Bravia_(brand)" title="Bravia (brand)">BRAVIA</a>. There are early promotional photos of the first BRAVIA televisions still bearing the WEGA label.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Introduced in 2002, Sony's <a href="/wiki/Plasma_display" title="Plasma display">plasma display</a> televisions were also branded as Plasma WEGA until being superseded by the BRAVIA LCD line. Sony's <a href="/wiki/Rear-projection_television" title="Rear-projection television">rear-projection televisions</a>, either <a href="/wiki/Silicon_X-tal_Reflective_Display" title="Silicon X-tal Reflective Display">Silicon X-tal Reflective Display</a> (SXRD) or <a href="/wiki/LCD_projector" title="LCD projector">LCD-based</a>, were branded as <a href="/wiki/Grand_WEGA" title="Grand WEGA">Grand WEGA</a> until Sony discontinued production of rear-projection receivers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Importance">Importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WEGA&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Importance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The quality of the design by Esslinger was highly appreciated, to the extent that the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art">Museum of Modern Art</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> exhibits one example, the <i>Concept 51k</i> sound-system, for which a special stand was an available option.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980 Sony used half of the production in Stuttgart for its Trinitron televisions.<sup id="cite_ref-SPON-000014317091_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPON-000014317091-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-audiokar-091822_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-audiokar-091822-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg/220px-WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg/330px-WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg/440px-WEGA_Studio_3214_Hifi_und_Telefunken_L_250.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1955" data-file-height="994" /></a><figcaption>WEGA Studio 3214 HiFi with record player <a href="/wiki/Dual_(brand)" title="Dual (brand)">Dual</a> 1218 and loudspeakers Telefunken L 250, 1972</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WEGA&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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