We never were intensely fond of that little dot taking the place of a space between "LG" and "Philips" anyway, but apparently, someone higher up has an even bigger problem with it. All joshing aside,
LG.Philips will soon sport a little less Philips and a lot more LG as the South Korean flat-panel maker renames itself to LG Display Co Ltd. Granted, the alteration still has to be approved at its annual shareholder meeting on February 29th, but considering that Philips cut its stake in the venture to 19.9-percent recently, we reckon it'll pass with flying colors.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
eric @ Feb 13th 2008 8:16AM
wait... lg and philips are the same company... does this mean there might be a philips dual format player in the future?
Allen @ Feb 13th 2008 3:39PM
No eric, LG and Philips are not the same company. They created an alliance a few years ago to produce flat-panel LCD screens, thats why LG makes more LCD screens than anyone else: LG and Philips tallies are combined.
The truth though is that both companies do still offer vastly different products even if they use the same LCD screens (as base parts). Its the same for Samsung and Sony, who build their 40", 46", and 52" screens at the same factory in Mexico.
But remember, these are only the "screens." The motherboards, technology, speakers and finish are all actually assembled with the screens at a different location buy each company. So in the XBR4 and 69F from respective companies, both use the same LCD screen, but different motherboards, speakers, software engines, versions of their 120hertz tech, and so on.
For the same reason, LG screens have a 5ms response time when Philips has a 8ms. Same LCD screen, different TV due to final assembly differences.
chav3z @ Feb 13th 2008 9:41AM
never cared for lucky goldstar products myself