The percentage of electronics at the end of their lives which were recycled.
The EPA found that the percentage remained consistent from 1999-2005. Even as recycling rates went up, the amount of electronics reaching end of life outpaced the increase, leaving the figure static. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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Almost nobody makes their own stuff these days. Even Apple's contribution to their own products is limited to marketing, financing, and over-all design of circuit boards and cases and the occasional IC. The products are made by various manufacturers in Asia, and most of the components are designed by third parties.
Philips are associated with the Funai products in one way or another. They wouldn't have licensed the brands if they didn't believe the Funai products would in some way be substandard and detrimental to their image. So relax. If you'd have bought a Philips before the announcement, you have no reason not to buy one after it, unless you have something against Funai directly.
Me, I'll skip it until Funai start making HD DVD players ;-)