Talk:Philips/Archives/2013

History of Philips
For those who are interested, a lot of the history of Philips was covered in the book 45 Years with Philips by Frederick Philips. DFH 18:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The history section of this article can be expanded hugely, I believe, and not only with materials from Frits Philips' book. Michel Doortmont (talk) 22:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I've got only a German source, but the Philips-Valvo-Röhrenwerke in Horneburg used forced work from the Neuengamme concentration camp from 1944 until 1945 (Valvo was as mentioned a subsidiary). I've edited this to the Horneburg article. I'm not sure to edit this here. Sebastian scha. (talk) 23:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to make the following changes to the History section:
 * Philips was actually founded by Anton and Gerard Philips and should read @by Anton & Gerard Philips.
 * The first products were carbon-filament lamps, not light bulbs.
 * The Philips Light Tower in Eindhoven is two words, capitalized.
 * Philips refers to their cassettes as Compact Audio Cassettes, not Compact Cassettes. This clarification eliminates confusion when referring to audio versus video cassettes.
 * The first home video cassette was made available in England and I would like to replace "first home video cassette" with "first video cassette for home use, in England." Reference required


 * Philips also teamed with Sony to launch optical telecommunications systems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1096BC (talk • contribs) 15:54, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Would it be ok if I go ahead and make the changes suggested above? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1096BC (talk • contribs) 10:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * In general, it is OK to just edit and remove mistakes. Often it is appreciated when you add the source that you are using. Either in the text itself or in the summary of your edit. effeietsanders 17:13, 24 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd like to make the following addition to the History section: "In 1927, Philips purchased C.H.F. Muller (a German x-ray tube manufacturer) which influenced the development of the first Philips product division: Medical system." Please let me know if there are any objections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1096BC (talk • contribs) 16:11, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

There are no facts to confirm these statements:
 * "The host of the first broadcast was Eddy Startz and from 1927 until he retired in 1969, Startz hosted a show called Happy Station (reportedly the world's longest-running shortwave radio programme, cancelled in 1995)."
 * There are no facts to confirm the statement: "In 1927 they acquired the British electronic valve manufacturers Mullard and in 1932 the German tube manufacturer Valvo, both of which became subsidiaries."

Unless there are any objections, I'd like to remove them from the Philips page. 1096BC (talk) 15:36, 15 December 2010 (UTC)1096BC

The article mentions that the "Let's Make Things Better" slogan was retired in 2004, but I'd like to know when it was launched. 174.62.202.127 (talk) 13:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

missing info
there is no mention of Polygram (music & movies), the CDi console, the games which eventually became InfoGrames, the digital tape format in the mid 90's, the i.t. consultancy which eventually became Atos Origin ...there is alot of missing info here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.76.255 (talk) 22:23, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Medical products
Since 1990 RF Engineer MRI (talk) 05:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) What models of MRI Systems has Philips produced
 * 2) When did these models go into production
 * 3) When did these models end production
 * 4) Do you have data sheets on these systems
 * 5) What RF Amplifier was used on each model
 * 6) What Gradient Amplifier was used on each model
 * 7) What software was used on each model
 * 8) What Field Changes were issued for each model
 * 9) What are the changes that were made from NT, INTERA, ........
 * These questions are too detailed to be treated here. May be it could be included in Philips medical products. This article still has to be created. Some info that you ask for is, I suspect, company secret. Andries (talk) 09:51, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Datasheets are available on incenter.medical.philips.com. You need a username to get to the index, but a google search with a site hook should get you what you want. We only bought intermagnetics in 2006, so anything before that doesn't really count... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.252.106.105 (talk) 03:48, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Can somebody please help to create Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems). This seems to be the most important division. Together with Philips Lightning, they are the only two divisions that, I believe, are still important. Andries (talk) 17:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)