Stan wrote:

Riigght... The "mere thought" that Apple *may* bring out a tv has long time manufacturers running for the exits. The Steve Jobs reality distortion field lives on. How about Panasonic is concentrating on markets where people are actually buying products?  Nobody is buying tvs right now, and they will probably never buy them at the same rate as the last 10 years...  I guess the market is not buying because Apple *may* bring out a tv?!?!  Not because they already have a fairly new tv, and see no compelling reason to replace it.  

I also believe the Japanese are getting clobbered by the Chinese - tvs (non-B&o) are so cheap and margins so thin, yet investments are huge, why bother?  Especially since there are rumors that Apple *may* produce a tv ( /sarc) 

😉 - Call the iLynch mob - a dissenter!!!!

 

I agree. Panasonic is an extremely good brand. I recently bought one of their new smart inverter fridges and it is superbly quiet and briliant quality. Many of my friends have had multiple Panasonic products and for the life of me i can't think of one thats had issues. Sharp however is one of those electronic manufacturers that sort of made everything, but didn't really have a usp in any way...they didn't seem to specialise, for me in any one area. Maybe i'm wrong, but i can't ever remember anyone saying "lets get the Sharp..."

 

 

Some of there tv's were not that great,looked ok but never enough to buy! As for Panasonic,I have had tv's microwaves and no problems.there home phones are not that great but the only company I can think of making a profit at the mo!

If I did not have B&O stuff Panasonic would be my choice!

Seem to remember B&O used Sharp panels on the BC6-26 TVs. They worked OK. I think the company's troubles are more due to the market than its technology .

The fact is that TVs have become a commodity and one that - in the middle of a global recession - there is little reason to want to replace. 3D has not taken off (history repeating itself!) and the drive to super HD is likely to be limited for some time by download and storage capacity.

If Apple moves into the TV sector it won't be to compete on hardware (although I'm sure it would be nice looking piece of kit) but to provide a new environment through which it can channel more and more Apple-approved (and Apple revenue generating) content.

Seems that there is some annual report financial evidence that Apple may be propping up SHARP 

 

Bv7Mk3 wrote:

Some of there tv's were not that great,looked ok but never enough to buy! As for Panasonic,I have had tv's microwaves and no problems.there home phones are not that great but the only company I can think of making a profit at the mo!

If I did not have B&O stuff Panasonic would be my choice!

Panasonic home phones are first rate. The three other people I have recommended it to also think the same: great calling features, easy to copy phone books to other phones, easy to pair additional handsets and all this without a separate beoline or separate answering machine. No brainer in my book :-)

I have a Panasonic LCD tv in my bedroom matched with a blu ray hard disk recorder. That combo is faultless. Never had an issue and it just works. BR disk goes in, TV turns on automatically and flicks over to the right input. Too easy. Good PQ and sound for a bedroom.