Philips is the largest consumer electronics maker by revenue. The sales were over 28 billion Euros in 2008. Philips has long history of creating consumer electronics dating back to early 1900s. Today, Philips sells wide variety of consumer electronics including television, LCD monitors, and health care products. Philips is one of the leading innovators when it comes to consumer electronics. They helped create VHS standard when they introduced their own line of video cassette recorder. Philips battled Sony’s Betamax and VHS groups and eventually joined VHS group. Philips was first to introduce laser disk, CD, and DVD format in collaboration with Sony.

Philips manufactures variety of aftermarket remote controls. Philips offers simple universal remote control to advanced programmable remote controls. Like Logitech’s Harmony, the high end models can cost over $500.00. Unlike Logitech, Philips offers simple, easy to use standard universal remotes that are suited for most home theater users. The high end models feature LCD screen and highly customizable functions.

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