I read with interest the post "Alternatives to Fluke DVMs?"
regarding the question of the true manufacturers of DVMs and other
equipment with names on them we don't recognize. (I have a Velleman
DVM, BTW; while we're at it, who actually makes these?) It got me
wondering. Who actually manufactures televisions with the brand name
"Insignia" on the cabinets? I have thought of replacing my nearly
seven-year-old RCA TV with an Insignia set (if only for the
square-corner CRT; my RCA, with a standard 19" rectangular tube, still
works very well with a cable box), but would like to know whether the
Insignia sets are built by a reputable firm such as Sony, Panasonic,
etc. or by some fly-by-night offshore electronics company. I once owned
a TV made by Broadmoor in the mid-1970s for a (now defunct) retail
store chain known as Kennedy and Cohen. The television had the name
"Kenco" on the cabinet, and burned up after only three years. (By
contrast, I bought a Zenith solid-state 12" b&w portable the day after
the Kenco set quit; the Zenith lasted 22 years and was still working
almost as it did when new, good picture and all, when I finally got rid
of it in 2000.) I would hate to think Insignia TVs are being made by
the same or another no-name offshore company, although in this day and
age I wouldn't be surprised if they were.

Thanks and very kind regards,

Jeff, WB8NHV (email addy not shown to deter spammers)
Fairport Harbor, Ohio USA

If you want future support and service, you are best off to purchase a
quality brand name only. Insignia, is one of those imported sets, where the
importers go to anyone in the Orient who can give the best bid to build a TV
set.

By-the-way, most of the Fluke products are manufactured in Philips
facilities for Fluke. Fluke meters are only available through Fluke, and are
built to very strict standards.

--

JANA
_____


"Jeff, WB8NHV" wrote in message
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I read with interest the post "Alternatives to Fluke DVMs?"
regarding the question of the true manufacturers of DVMs and other
equipment with names on them we don't recognize. (I have a Velleman
DVM, BTW; while we're at it, who actually makes these?) It got me
wondering. Who actually manufactures televisions with the brand name
"Insignia" on the cabinets? I have thought of replacing my nearly
seven-year-old RCA TV with an Insignia set (if only for the
square-corner CRT; my RCA, with a standard 19" rectangular tube, still
works very well with a cable box), but would like to know whether the
Insignia sets are built by a reputable firm such as Sony, Panasonic,
etc. or by some fly-by-night offshore electronics company. I once owned
a TV made by Broadmoor in the mid-1970s for a (now defunct) retail
store chain known as Kennedy and Cohen. The television had the name
"Kenco" on the cabinet, and burned up after only three years. (By
contrast, I bought a Zenith solid-state 12" b&w portable the day after
the Kenco set quit; the Zenith lasted 22 years and was still working
almost as it did when new, good picture and all, when I finally got rid
of it in 2000.) I would hate to think Insignia TVs are being made by
the same or another no-name offshore company, although in this day and
age I wouldn't be surprised if they were.

Thanks and very kind regards,

Jeff, WB8NHV (email addy not shown to deter spammers)
Fairport Harbor, Ohio USA

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:40:27 -0400, "JANA" wrote:

If you want future support and service, you are best off to purchase a
quality brand name only. Insignia, is one of those imported sets, where the
importers go to anyone in the Orient who can give the best bid to build a TV
set.

By-the-way, most of the Fluke products are manufactured in Philips
facilities for Fluke. Fluke meters are only available through Fluke, and are
built to very strict standards.


I'm not certain, but I think Insignia is JVC or Mitsubishi.

Paul

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:06:14 -0400, MrManuals
wrote:

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:40:27 -0400, "JANA" wrote:

If you want future support and service, you are best off to purchase a
quality brand name only. Insignia, is one of those imported sets, where the
importers go to anyone in the Orient who can give the best bid to build a TV
set.

By-the-way, most of the Fluke products are manufactured in Philips
facilities for Fluke. Fluke meters are only available through Fluke, and are
built to very strict standards.


I'm not certain, but I think Insignia is JVC or Mitsubishi.

Paul

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Hi!

Who actually manufactures televisions with the brand name
"Insignia" on the cabinets?

A variety of different companies. The bad news is, at least as far as I can
tell, none of the Insignia branded products are made by any 'name brand'
company. The closest that any of them come are sets made by
Funai/Symphonic...and these aren't great or particularly long lived sets.

I'd personally recommend avoiding the Insignia-branded TV sets.

The television had the name
"Kenco" on the cabinet, and burned up after only three years.

Maybe it was just bad luck?

I've got a 19 inch Montgomery Ward table TV (early digital tuner with IR
remote support) that's still going as well as it did on day 1. The picture
is still pretty good. However, it was made in the US, quite possibly by RCA.

Whoever made it clearly intended for it to be repaired or
repairable...there's a fold out compartent on the back that reveals a neatly
folded schemeatic diagram of the set, along with service info. It also has a
notice to the repairperson stating that "this service literature is property
of the customer and should be returned with the TV".

Buying a "brand name" set doesn't seem to be quite what it once was. I have
my doubts that any TV sold today will last a third as long as the sets of
times past that are still giving good service today. A decent name-brand set
will, however, last much longer than many no-name cheap sets.

William

William R. Walsh wrote:
Hi!

Who actually manufactures televisions with the brand name
"Insignia" on the cabinets?

A variety of different companies. The bad news is, at least as far as I can
tell, none of the Insignia branded products are made by any 'name brand'
company. The closest that any of them come are sets made by
Funai/Symphonic...and these aren't great or particularly long lived sets.

I'd personally recommend avoiding the Insignia-branded TV sets.

The television had the name
"Kenco" on the cabinet, and burned up after only three years.

Maybe it was just bad luck?

I've got a 19 inch Montgomery Ward table TV (early digital tuner with IR
remote support) that's still going as well as it did on day 1. The picture
is still pretty good. However, it was made in the US, quite possibly by RCA.

Whoever made it clearly intended for it to be repaired or
repairable...there's a fold out compartent on the back that reveals a neatly
folded schemeatic diagram of the set, along with service info. It also has a
notice to the repairperson stating that "this service literature is property
of the customer and should be returned with the TV".

I remember that a lot in TV's made in the 70's. It sure was handy....

Buying a "brand name" set doesn't seem to be quite what it once was. I have
my doubts that any TV sold today will last a third as long as the sets of
times past that are still giving good service today. A decent name-brand set
will, however, last much longer than many no-name cheap sets.

Conversely, sometimes (not as often, I imagine) the no-name sets last a
good while, as well. I once stated my dislike for the Pinnacle brand of
DVD players, to a group of A/V professionals. To my surprise, they love
them. When they get one that works--which is usually, in their
experience--it works for years. It cost them less than $40, and they
rent it out for $15 a day.

Those figures are hard to argue....

jak

William

If they were made by reputable companies to reliable specifications,
don't you think they'd put their own widely recognized brand name on
them?

Jeff, WB8NHV wrote:
but would like to know whether the
Insignia sets are built by a reputable firm such as Sony, Panasonic,
etc. or by some fly-by-night offshore electronics company. I once owned
... I would hate to think Insignia TVs are being made by
the same or another no-name offshore company, although in this day and
age I wouldn't be surprised if they were.