LG used to sell in the US as Goldstar brand. They are making move up and have recently begun marketing under their corporate name similar to the way Datsun did when it wanted to move up and started using the parent company name Nissan. I hadn't heard of LG untill last year when I was in Panama. They were a premium brand down there selling everything from refridgerators, air conditioners to all the stuff you see now. LG and Samsung are the two big Korean electric/electronics giants.

Mark