On July 4, 2011 at 22:09, Terry Kennedy said...
I thought one of the reasons Philips gave for discontinuing the Pronto line was that EU or national regulations prevented them from out-sourcing their manufacturing to lower their costs? My TSU9600 says "Made in Belgium", for example.
I happened to pass a display of cheap consumer electronics items in a pharmacy, and just to kill time I picked up a bunch of different Philips-branded products. The boxes all said "Made in China".
I'm confused...
I believe it has more to do with changing a current state of things. Ramping down a current operation to send it elsewhere seems complex and costly with some of the labor laws in Europe. Plus, tablets and smart phones are changing the economics for flat panel manufacturers. I would no longer pay the dollars I paid for my TSU9800. The price for the 9400s was steep, but not so bad.
Paul
