Talk:Grundig

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Since 2004(?) one is able to buy Grundig-equipment again. I do not know what company is supplying the parts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎130.89.6.142 (talk • contribs) 09:28, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Alba (electronics) and Beko are now building the kit, they bought all remaining assets and brand names of the company between them, and seem to be running it as one. --Kiand 13:38, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

"was"

I really, really don't like the "was" in the first paragraph, when we are dealing with an operative company. True, its now "Grundig Intermedia GmbH" and not "Grundig AG", but theres no way theres going to be enough reason for some time to come to seperate the articles. Moving the article to Grundig and treating the company as one sucessive entity (with the history explained, obviously), would be a way to not refer to what is still an existing company in past tense. --Kiand 21:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree. This article has definitely evolved beyond the scope implied by Grundig AG. – Ringbang 01:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

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Also Hungarian

May i mention that Grundig is also partly an Hungarian company, due to most of its products being manufactured there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.246.56 (talk) 15:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Press release

The last few paragraphs of this article seem to copied and pasted from a press release. They don't seem to fit the article in terms of tone, and the amount of space given to them relative to the length of the article seems excessive. Do others agree? --Fun with aluminum (talk) 06:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

The whole article is a mess to be honest. There's very little on the history of the company from the 50s to the 80s, which is the period most people consider the company to have been the 'real' Grundig. Grundig were a hugely important company in postwar European consumer electronics and the 'German economic miracle', and they deserve better than this. The 'Relevant products' section is pointless, since it is very partial and arbitrary and there are no links to info about the named products - in fact, it's just a list of 'Satellit' transistor radio models, which were a tiny part of Grundig's output and product range. Is there an official company history somewhere which can be used as the basis of an article rewrite, maybe only published in German?

I will delete the 'Relevant Products' section, which contained the following:

* Grundig satellit 205 (1964-1966)

* Grundig satellit 208 (1967-1968)

* Grundig satellit 210 (1969-1971)

* Grundig satellit 1000 (1972-1973)

* Grundig satellit 2000 (1973-1975)

* Grundig satellit 2100 (1976-1979)

* Grundig satellit 3000 digital (1977-1978)

* Grundig satellit 650 (1986-1991)

* Grundig satellit 700 (1992-1996)

* Grundig satellit 900 (1996)

There appears to be a lot of useful info on the German Wikipedia Grundig AG page but my German isn't up to translating it. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 21:19, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

My edit has been reverted almost immediately without explanation but with an accusation of vandalism. I have no interest in pointless edit wars so shall leave it to other editors to attempt to improve this article. At least I tried. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I've undone the revert as what you did appears fine. Unfortunately removing material like that is a common flag for vandalism (of which there is a lot!) and it sometimes happens that good edits are reverted mistakenly. Quantpole (talk) 22:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. While I appreciate the vandalism problem, I feel blanking edits should only be so flagged after the appropriate talk page has been checked by a human. I didn't appreciate the vandalism accusation on my talk page either. I am an experienced WP user and minor contributor - how might a newbie have reacted? --80.176.142.11 (talk) 22:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Do you pronounce the 'g' at the end of grundig. I am told that you do not. Have i be sounding like an idiot everytime i mention grundig in conversation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.44.36.219 (talk) 10:31, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the final G is pronounced. Somebody has been winding you up. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 21:19, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

It should not be pronounced like Grundy (as in Solomon Grundy / Born on a Monday), through the names may be etymologically related. Norvo (talk) 15:55, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

In German you could either pronounce it Grundik or Grundich (with the soft ch-sound somewhere between H and Sh), as both forms are acceptable and common for a final -g in any German word Ilyacadiz (talk) 17:03, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

It is "Grundig", with "g" at the end, not pronounced "ch". Max Grundig was from Bavaria, they do not pronounce "ch".

Actually, he was from Franconia, where they do pronounce "g" at the end of a word as "ch". --Kraligor (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

New Grundig Logo

Grundig have an updated slogan. It changed from "For a Good Reason" to "Where Home Is" - see their Google+ Page as reference. Can someone update the logo to the "Where Home Is" version below?:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grundig_Where_Home_Is_Logo.png

Whitecat0987 (talk) 07:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

References

Turkish?

Surely Grundig is still a German brand, even though it's owned by a Turkish company, right? Rolls Royce isn't considered German just because it's owned by BMW. I'll edit this as I don't expect it to be contested. 185.74.25.174 (talk) 10:09, 17 August 2018 (UTC)