Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“They bought in one model range from Beko, the 19/22BX series of portables - presumably because they didn't have any sets of their own in those sizes. The next model series were built by Sony.
As for Beko vs Vestel, Beko certainly have a better reputation than Vestel, and aren't as cheaply made.”
And there's a small matter of their less-than-perfect bought in Hard Driver recorders and equally less than impressive bought in VCRs from a few years back.
Sony are no stranger to buying in and re-badging equipment from other places.
In terms of the Beko vs Vestel quality debate - there has never been the same volume of Beko products (in the brown goods sector) as there has Vestel. It's very rare to see Grundig products nowadays, far less than when that brand was part of the Alba-Bush Group. And the Beko name on brown goods is virtually non-existant now.
Beko seem to be more focussed on white goods now, which in the UK at least, is an area Vestel haven't really entered - though they do have some presence in main-land Europe.