(28-11-2014, 02:31 PM)Ruan Wrote:(28-11-2014, 01:39 PM)r3k1355 Wrote: No they just licence their name to be stuck onto a TV made by some dodgy No-name Chinese manufacturer.
Poloroid collapsed a few years ago, I think they only exist on paper now to licence their name off to be used by other companies.
It's certainly the case with those TV's, I bet getting customer support on them is fun.
There's about 5 or 6 real manufacturers of TVs these days.. They're all copied designs really, all the same processing inside just slightly customised software really.
Even less for the LCD panels, I can only think of LG, Samsung and Phillips that have a fab to make them...
There's a few more than that, and confusingly one maker will used a bunch of different manufacturers for their stuff.
Like Samsung seem to both make LCD screens themselves, but also use a screen for any other manufacturer in one of their TV's.
(28-11-2014, 02:49 PM)procta Wrote: I think poloroid may have took over the sanyo market too, as practically all the supermarkets used to sell them,
Sanyo got bought out by Panasonic a few years back, so maybe the new owners decided a change of direction or something?