Panasonic, once revered for its plasma TVs, is giving up on making its own TV sets. Today, it announced that Chinese company Skyworth will take over manufacturing, marketing, and selling Panasonic-branded TVs.

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    2 days ago

    Japanese-designed TV has fallen way behind South Korea (LG, Samsung) on quality and features, and Chinese brands on price.

    It’s too bad. Sony and Panasonic used to be fountains of innovation when it came to TV tech.

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        5 hours ago

        Sony partnered with/sold their TV division to TCL as well.
        Strange for this news to come so soon after that.