Insignia

[jonathang]

does any one have a insignia tv it a best buy brand

[Flak Beard]

I actually own a 24" Insignia CRT for retro gaming and a 42" Dynex (also Best Buy) LCD for HD gaming. I can't really complain about either. Sure there are better TVs, but I got them both at rock bottom prices and they both have served me well.

I believe both are manufactured by Sharp for Best Buy anyway.

[Hatta]

Insignia is one of those brands that gets applied to anything and everything. If it's labeled insignia, there's really no telling who made it.

[neilwron]

i work in best buys partsearch dept and insignias are mostly made by lg/zenith or advent, i have seen a few sylvanias/funai's too. They are crap tvs and hard to get parts for so while they may work for years, once it breaks, its done pretty much. Insignia customer service is awful too.

[Scooter]

i work in best buys partsearch dept and insignias are mostly made by lg/zenith or advent, i have seen a few sylvanias/funai's too. They are crap tvs and hard to get parts for so while they may work for years, once it breaks, its done pretty much. Insignia customer service is awful too.

And that differs from any other brand of TV in what way?

[neilwron]

i work in best buys partsearch dept and insignias are mostly made by lg/zenith or advent, i have seen a few sylvanias/funai's too. They are crap tvs and hard to get parts for so while they may work for years, once it breaks, its done pretty much. Insignia customer service is awful too.

And that differs from any other brand of TV in what way?

Well, for example....if you gave me a model number for your sony tv i could probabaly pull up over 1000 parts for it. You give me an insignia model number (nslcd37 for arguments sake)....i get 19 parts (and who knows how many of those are on backorder either).
SO therefore if your insignia breaks a after your one year warranty is up....unless its one of those 19 parts, you are fucked. Sony on the other hand, after that one year we can still get a majority of the repair parts for it. Thats how it differs..

[racketboy]

In most cases doesn't the repair labor cost more than the TV is worth? Typically you're better off just buying a new TV

[neilwron]

In most cases doesn't the repair labor cost more than the TV is worth? Typically you're better off just buying a new TV

Exactly.

[corn619]

Dude, did you return that thing yet or what?

[Droid party]

NEC used to be really good here in Australia for thier after sale support. However as of this week they will no longer be in the aus market. NEC must be restructuring thier business. Now it's back to all the other shitty companies for us.