The gaming industry is in mourning this week following the news that one of its founding fathers, Ralph H Baer, has passed away at the age of 92. Baer was a true pioneer of the medium, responsible for ...

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Curtis International Ltd. has acquired the iconic consumer electronics Magnavox brand, marking a significant milestone as Curtis International takes the helm of a brand that has been a household name ...

Forty years ago, Magnavox lifted the veil on the world’s first commercial video game console, the Odyssey. Designed to work with a home TV set, the Odyssey blazed a trail that every game console ...

On July 17, 1969, German-born Ralph Baer found himself standing beside a 19-inch TV at the front of the Magnavox corporate boardroom in Fort Wayne holding a putter, a plastic rifle, and a mysterious ...

Oh man, the iFixit crew just hopped up another step on the Stairway to Awesome. They have opened up and explored a Magnavox Odyssey 100, successor to the world's first home games-console. Kyle Wiens ...

Because of several ownership changes and operations spanning from California to Virginia, many people had no idea the scope of what Magnavox did. That's why, 10 years ago, James Smith, former ...

While there was an optional AC power cord available for purchase separately, Magnavox expected that most consumers would power the Odyssey using six C batteries that were included with the system.

What was the first video game console? If you said the Atari 2600, you would be wrong, but we’d forgive you. After all, the Atari was early and widely sold. It also had the major features you expect ...

For the increasing ranks of cord-cutters -- those ditching cable or satellite TV -- there are more options than ever before for streaming video. But free, over-the-air TV often comes with a big caveat ...

In the competitive scramble among TV-phonograph makers, any new sales idea is as good as gold. Last week Magnavox Co. announced one that it hopes will win nuggets of customer good will: a ten-year ...