The problem with this assumption is that nearly all the major American companies that make such things as TVs and VCRs are not American any more. They're owned by the Japanese or by the Europeans. Here's a sampling. RCA's electronics business is owned by a French company. So's General Electric's.
Quasar is Japanese.
Sylvania is Dutch, as is Magnavox. In fact, the only major American company left in the TV and VCR business is Zenith, and it could be bought up by foreigners before long. The third myth has to do with computers. The fact is that IBM compatibles are crippled by an oversight in the original design. All IBM-compatible PCs, even the latest and most powerful versions, have to adhere to that original design.