Who Makes Insignia & Dynex TV's for Best Buy?
hr(bob) hofmann@att.net
half the cost of name brands. Any ideas as to who makes these??
bob urz
> Just got the latest Best Buy flyer, Insignia and Dynex tv's at about
> half the cost of name brands. Any ideas as to who makes these??
Might shed some light on the situation.
Bob
hr(bob) hofmann@att.net
That would mean going out to the store, with the snow predicted for
tonite, I'll wait until tomorrow.
William R. Walsh
> Insignia:
> U.S. and Canada - 1-877-467-4289
> Mexico - 01-800-926-3000
> Dynex:
> 1-800-305-2204
Interesting that they are different numbers, both are nothing more
than brands run by Best Buy...!
I doubt they'd tell you who is making the sets. There's a good chance
that it might be a well known company--Insignia's DTV converter was
made by LG and most of their stereo receivers give very strong
indications that they were made by Pioneer.
Best thing the OP can do is go to the store and look at the sets to
see whose are the most similar. A search for an FCC ID is unlikely to
be successful as nearly everyone these days simply prints the "tested
to comply with FCC standards" legend on their device.
William
Plain...@yahoo.com
Probably several different factories in China. Of more importance
than who manufactured them is who will repair them after they are out
of warranty. 'Name brand' manufacturers such as Sony, Samsung,
Mitsubishi, Toshiba, etc have extensive parts and service networks
providing support. The house brands are often manufactured with a
philosophy that if one fails it will be replaced, not repaired. Any
specialized parts are unavailable.
PlainBill
kaboom
**A friend of mine used to work at Best Buy, she bought one of the
Insignia TVs. She *confided* to me: "You know, they're made by LG, so
they're really good!" Uh huh. I took it with a grain of salt, but
when I read your question, I googled it. Seems like some are made by
LG, but I couldn't find a definitive list. There might be a couple of
manufacturers. I did get many hits that came up with Insignia being
made by LG.
kaboomie
bob urz
its just a house brand name. so they can go to any OEM they want and
slap the name on it. Just like "realistic" from radio shack.
bob
Allodoxaphobia
> kaboom wrote:
>>
>>> Just got the latest Best Buy flyer, Insignia and Dynex tv's at about
>>> half the cost of name brands. Any ideas as to who makes these??
>>
>> **A friend of mine used to work at Best Buy, she bought one of the
>> Insignia TVs. She *confided* to me: "You know, they're made by LG, so
>> they're really good!" Uh huh. I took it with a grain of salt, but
>> when I read your question, I googled it. Seems like some are made by
>> LG, but I couldn't find a definitive list. There might be a couple of
>> manufacturers. I did get many hits that came up with Insignia being
>> made by LG.
>
> slap the name on it. Just like "realistic" from radio shack.
Yep.
Expect the house brand (especially at Best Buy) to be manufactured
by the lowest, most desparate bidder of the season.
b
> Just got the latest Best Buy flyer, Insignia and Dynex tv's at about
> half the cost of name brands. Any ideas as to who makes these??
almost certainly Vestel. They've been behind a fair amount of low end
TVs for the last decade.