Home audio & video forum: insignia any good?

Remember what has been said many, many times before. " you get what you pay for "
With that said, my only exp. has been many months of research in showrooms adjusting and viewing every TV I could find a remote to. I have never seen a Insignia w/ a great picture( some had very good but not one had a great picture, no matter what I did to it)
Insignia TV's offer some nice features found on most other TV's for less. Why ? I can't really say, only quess!

Here is a link to Cnet review page listing insignia tv's:
http://reviews.search.com/search?q=insignia%20tv&nodeid=5&format=customlayout&channel=54&cat=312&mode=products&allfields=1&k=32376488&ob=edRating7

Keep digging around and you will find a much better TV for almost the same cost.
BTW, JVC is the brand I prefer. I hope this helps!

Happy Hunting,
hyghwayman

Helping others hear the TRUTH

About 5 years ago I bought a 19" insignia for a bedroom - works great from day one.

Liked it so much I bought 2 26" TV-DVD combos for 2 other rooms (despite reviews of DVD player issues). One set works perfectly from day one - after a couple of years use, one of them refused to eject DVD. Was able to fix this on my own by searching internet - required essentially unplugging and holding eject button on reboot.
They both still work great.

Bought 32" TV-DVD combo last year for family room. Works great from day one.

All choices were made due to low price consideration. I'm happy with them.

Insignia is made by Osram Sylvania which is owned by SIEMENS. As for the quality 4 in 10 of the Westinghouse version of this are returned due to lag of remote, High failure rates causing the lcd to shut off and other claims. 1 in 10 of the Insignia are returned due to Dead on arrival. Personally i have the 32 inch Insignia and love it and it gets alot of use. However if your going to buy this get the extended warranty just in case.

I have the 42" HD Insignia TV, and I love it. We got it about 8 months ago, and the price was excellent. I was a little afraid because of the price, but we've had no problems, and the HD Picture is excellent. As for the Comcast remote, try using code 0463. It took some searching, but after going through about an hour of codes, I finally found this one that works this morning. Hope it helps.

code#00463

I got a deal on an Insignia TV from future shop going along with getting another tv.
I found it pretty good at first. Picture is clear and still is after a 2 years later. There has been a problem with the remote control, it stopped working. I ended up getting another, exactly like the original, (after getting an universal remote, which didnt'work).I find the design for turning on the tv, buttons to pretty cheap. The little tiny push buttons on the bottom of the corner of the television I find hard to control, when the remote stopped working. It was quite a challenge to turning off the tv and turning it on.
After buying the remote (an Insignia remote control)...well, its not working again. Checking the batteries, putting in every batter in teh house, new ones, old ones etc. and again dealing with the buttons on the tv to turn it on is now NOT working period. I am finding it very frustrating.
Oh the sound on its not that great.

So just my opinion, or experience with this brand of tv. If I was to get a tv again, I would be getting a different brand, for sure... but since I can't, its okay for now.

My brother had a Vizio that at first seemed to have the same problem with the up/down channel button, both on the remote and the set. We found that we had not performed the set up correctly and after we did, including the channel search option, the buttons worked correctly. We had to first allow the tv to search all available channels and then the up/down function would work. Even though it's not the same brand you might give it a try.

I just bought an Insignia 26" HDTV Flat Panel and found that after setting it all up there are some significant problems with it that can't be solved by the support people in Argentina. This is the Insignia NS-LCD26A that is sold only in Best Buy. Best Buy has some company in China make it. Ok - here's the problem. When I change channels, this rather large rectangular box pops up and gives me all this info that I could care less about. All it does is interfere with my viewing pleasure. It blocks what I am trying to see. Yes it does disappear and you can make it go away manually but I shouldn't have to do this. Best Buy and their friends in Argentina told me that I would have to accept the TV's characteristics as is. Best Buy could not give me the phone number of an Insignia person in the USA. MMM. I asked them if they had an Insignia TV in their corporate headquarters. They said no. They do have nice volleyball courts in MN and their new headquarters really looks slick but if Insignia is going to be their house brand they really need to check it out before selling it. For now - I would not recommend this TV.

you did end up with another Insigna... They are made by LG. How's that for service?

this tv is made for best buy, by lg and vizio which are very good tvs i use a 26" for my pc monitor and the color is fantastic 5mm response time for gamers

i dont want hdtv. i meant for crt tv

Name brand CRT TV here is a link to my review of the JVC AV27F577, which also comes in a 32" size.
http://www99.epinions.com/content_291776466564
Here is a link to the JVC America web page.
http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027759&pathId=120&page=1

My 1990 26" analog TV still has a great picture and color, I just wanted a new Digital TV so I could receive my local OTA HD channels which are free. They look awsome too, like watching a DVD.

Hope this helps,
hyghwayman

it's not a horrible picture...

the older 37 inch models had issues with the power pack and a few other problems. from what i have been able to tell the issues have been ironed out in the latest released ones. Ill admit i have not been to happy with best buy as in order to fix my computer they would have to send it out for 3 weeks... so they could replace the motherboard... which is funny as i can do it here in 5 minutes if they send me the part.

After owning an Insignia 30" Flat panel HDTV for 18 mths., I had what the BB service man called a "pin cushion or bowing" problem. As I did not purchase a service contract, they could not replace tv. They also did not have the part to replace defective element. He said that they would have to replace, what I think he called the whole modulator panel?, as they did not stock the individual parts. They did not have that in stock, and therefore could not fix. The next day, I lost the picture completely. Very disappointed in reliability of BB products and service. Not sure who can service this tv, and am very concerned about the cost. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

You explained the BB service repair and what was the estimate?
Most manf. have turned to board level(module) repair parts only, on all HDTV TVs recently made. Component level parts(Transistors, resistors, etc.) for yours may be available, but BB tech may, or may not be instructed to only use modules on repairs.
It costs you less if they repair to component level; it costs them more.
If you live near a BB AND a local repair shop, it's likely some local shops will service an Insignia because they've got calls from people like you b4.
You could call some and ask what an estimate costs, and if they have worked on these to component level.