Philips continental radio-stuff from the 30s through the 50s was sometimes crazily designed - utterly unlike any other manufacturer! They did seem to have a love of the unusual - the 800-ohm directly-driven loudspeakers in some of their radios being a case in point. Their love of side-contact valvebases being another...
The last Philips product I bought was nearly 20 years ago - a "Brilliance 202" CRT monitor.
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=508
I used it for 15 years in 2048x1536 VGA mode, but it developed a fault with the on-screen-controls and so I replaced it with a LCD - I'd have had to do that anyway because shortly after I replaced the computer and the new one only has DisplayPort and HDMI outputs, neither of which are supported by the Philips.
It was a nice monitor - I still have it somewhere, but it's not worth repairing. Can't complain about it - 15 years of daily use, often for 10 hours a day. It owes me nothing. Cheers Philips!