It was typical of NEC back then.Back in the late 80ies to mid 90ies they were very huge into electronics,they seem to make the best TV monitors,with extremely sharp picture quality,and I wont go into their laserdisc players...Not bad over all,espically when compared to Samsung and the crap RCA LD players.But yes,not just the electronics themselves,but the packaging,everything they made was always in a extremely nice packed box of some type.Well cut styrofoam fittings and all,and everything was always nice and tight.Cords,and other items were always well placed in the box and the styrofoam fittings,everything was always perfect,and made you very proud to buy/own something they made.I cant say this for them now.Espically with some of their cd-burners,kinda ugly,crappy packaging,and what not.Goes to show you how great a company can once be,and once that is over,they no longer spare no expense.I miss the old NEC.