SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics have once again secured top rankings in U.S. Consumer Reports, extending their dominance from washing machines to refrigerators. According to industry sources, LG Electronics was recently ranked No. 1 in the 30-inch and 33-inch top-freezer refrigerator categories in Consumer Reports’ 2025 Best Refrigerators [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An influential American consumer magazine listed a number of TVs made by LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. on the Best Big-Screen TV list. U.S. Consumer Reports recommended 11 TVs with a 70-inch screen or larger, sorting them into categories of ‘top-performing’, ‘mid-priced’ and ‘lower-priced’ based on the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s cordless vacuum cleaners were named as the best models by a renowned U.S. consumer magazine. In its latest evaluation of the best vacuum cleaners, Consumer Reports picked LG’s CordZero A9S and CordZero A9 as recommended models in the cordless stick vacuum cleaner category. The LG CordZero [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s lightweight, large-screen Gram laptop has topped performance assessments conducted by the U.S. magazine. Consumer Reports, which publishes authoritative monthly reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services, reported Tuesday that LG’s newest 16-inch, 2021 Gram model scored 91 out of 100 to receive the highest score [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A host of premium TV models made by South Korean companies are included in the list of TVs recommended as best buys by a U.S. consumer advocacy magazine. Consumer Reports recently selected Samsung Electronics Co.’s 75-inch Neo QLED TV (75QN85) and LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED TV (77CX) as its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite its innovative functions and design, Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Fold was ranked as the 19th-best smartphone by U.S. Consumer Reports due to its bulky design and weak internal durability. Samsung’s first foldable device scored 85 points in the smartphone reviews by the influential American consumer magazine, behind the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium Genesis marque topped Consumer Reports’ 2018 ranking for luxury auto brands, the company said Friday. The Genesis took the No. 1 spot in the U.S. magazine’s ranking scale followed by German rivals Audi and BMW, a Hyundai Motor spokesman said. He said Genesis vehicles exceeded [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean washers have received top-notch grades from a major U.S. product evaluator, even after Washington slapped steep tariffs on some of their products, industry watchers said Saturday. Among the top 15 large-capacity washing machines selected by U.S.-based industry tracker Consumer Reports, eight models were made by two South Korean tech giants — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. Three LG washers were selected in the category of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED television has been chosen as the best for viewing the Feb. 4 Super Bowl by Consumer Reports, the magazine’s website said Wednesday. The LG Signature OLED TV W 65W7P got the highest evaluation in the article “Best TVs for the Super Bowl” by the U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc.’s Ultra-HD (UHD) television sets won top evaluations from a U.S. consumer magazine, industry sources said Tuesday. Based on its research on the resolution, audio and other features of 250 high-end TVs in the market, Consumer Reports named LG Electronics’ Signature OLED TV [...]