Daikin did not buy over york, something about the core licensing thing and york cannot sell under york name, so became daikin or whatever. Or was it York didn't license Daikin core anymore so Daikin came in and sell its own brand.

Anyhow I prefer LG/Panasonic more, and go for inverter if you are using it often in enclosed room (bedroom, not living room). Two of my bedrooms have inverter aircon, on every night, electricity bill came to rm100 only (plus other usage like oven, induction cooker, microwave, non-inverter aircon in living room, washing machine, heater)