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Goodmans is a British 
Goodmans at B&M Stores
Electronics companies of the United Kingdom British brands Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Radio manufacturers
consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes. Consumer electronics include devices used for entertainment, communications and recreation. Usually r ...
company which is part of Harvard International.
Founded in London, in 1923, the company started as a manufacturer of loudspeakers
A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an Acoustical engineering#Electroacoustics, electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often ...
for public address systems.
Production and engineering was based in Wembley and latterly in Havant, Hampshire.
From the 1960s Goodmans extended their product into amplifiers with the introduction of the Maxamp30, the first British made solid state amplifier. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Goodmans continued to develop loudspeakers, amplifiers, tuners and receivers.
From the late 1980s Goodmans diversified into wider consumer electronics including in-car entertainment
In-car entertainment (ICE), or in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), is a collection of hardware and software in automobiles that provides audio or video entertainment. In car entertainment originated with car audio systems that consisted of radios and ...
, personal CD, digital TV and Freeview & Freesat Digital TV receivers & recorders.
Goodmans was the shirt sponsor of the English football team Portsmouth F.C. from 1989 to 1995.
Product range
Goodmans Industries Ltd markets a wide range of consumer electronics, predominantly focused in audio, including soundbars, digital radios and connected audio speakers. They launched their first Digital Radio, GPS280, in 2003 and their firstHD ready
HD ready is a certification program introduced in 2005 by EICTA (European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations), now DIGITALEUROPE. HD ready minimum native resolution is 720 rows in widescreen rati ...
TV on 27 July 2007.
Goodmans was a launch partner of Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...
, releasing their first High Definition Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...
Set Top Box in 2008.
Goodmans launched the world's first talking Set Top Box, Goodmans SmartTalk GDB20TTS, as part of a collaboration with RNIB
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is a UK charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people in the UK with sight loss.
History
The RNIB was founded by Thomas Rhodes Armitage, a doctor who had eye ...
in 2010.
The Goodmans brand is licensed to B&M for use on domestic appliances.
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.goodmans.co.uk/Goodmans at B&M Stores
Electronics companies of the United Kingdom British brands Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Radio manufacturers