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Medion is known in the IT community to have several known hardware and driver issues as well as a barely competent support staff. |
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== Medion Brands == |
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Other brands used on Medion products: |
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''Tevion'' is a [[brand]] used by Medion and European discount retailer Aldi for low-price electronic products. Manuals for Tevion products show the name of Medion on the back and bear a "MD" model number. Some "Tevion" products sold at Aldi may not be produced by Medion but by other manufacturers such as [[Siemens]]. |
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*Cybercom |
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The brand ''CyberMaxx'' is also used by Medion. |
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*Cybermaxx |
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*Life |
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*Lifetec |
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*Microstar |
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*Micromaxx |
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*Tevion |
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These Medionproducts can be recocnized by the serial number starting with "MD" or "LT". |
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Medion is also a sponsor for the Formula 1 team - Force India. |
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1982[1] |
| Headquarters |  Essen |
Area served | United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
| Products | computers televisions refrigerators toasters fitness equipment |
| Website | Medion Global Site |
Medion AG is a German company which sells consumer electronics products. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers, TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The company is becoming popular in Europe but has had mixed success in the North American market.
Medion products in Australia are available exclusively at Aldi, with some products (such as DVD players) branded as Tevion. Some of their laptops are selling in North America in Best Buy stores. Also sold in Canada at Future Shop as Cicero Computers. Somerfield and Aldi supermarkets in the United Kingdom now stock 17" Medion TFT monitors, Portable Digital Audio Players, Satellite Navigation systems, desktops, laptops and Personal Digital Assistants. Woolworths in the United Kingdom also stocked Medion laptops and desktop packages that included tower unit, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and printer. Woolworth stores also stocked a few of Medion's laptop range. Tesco have also been known to stock a Medion satellite navigation system as well as the Medion Quad Core computer system, however, the Medion Quad Core has been discontinued in Tesco stores.
Medion also manufactures Medion Akoya Mini E1210 Netbook PC which is the OEM version of MSI Wind.
The gpl-violations.org project has claimed that a Medion notebook model violates the terms of the GPL. In 2005, the Medion MD95500 came pre-installed with "Cyberlink PowerCinema Linux" but did not refer to the GPL, and the source code was not published.[2]
Medion is known in the IT community to have several known hardware and driver issues as well as a barely competent support staff.
Medion Brands
Other brands used on Medion products:
- Cybercom
- Cybermaxx
- Life
- Lifetec
- Microstar
- Micromaxx
- Tevion
These Medionproducts can be recocnized by the serial number starting with "MD" or "LT".
References
- ^ "Medion: the Retail "Orchestrator" in the Computer Industry" (PDF). Personal Computing Industry Center. Personal Computing Industry Center. 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ "Medion notebooks sold at ALDI violate GNU GPL". gpl-violations.org. April 30, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
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