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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
wrote:


The fact is that many of the second tier brands (Vizio, Westinghouse, etc)
do not have a parts department where you can order spare parts, and they
only service sets during the manufacturers warranty (this does not include
an extended warranty offered by a 3rd party). Therefore it is very difficult
to fix them after the warranty expires, even if only a minor repair is
needed.

Yep, this wasn't about replacing a display...my servicer said it
needed a new circuit board and they ran into a brick wall getting one.
My set, btw, was made in Thailand. The good thing is that prices have
dropped to where I will probably end up with a better set; however, I
have to balance that against several weeks of hearing my wife complain
about not having an HDTV in the bedroom! :-)

Dave Clary
Corpus Christi, TX

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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:35:11 -0400 wbertram wrote:

| The American company known as Westinghouse was broken up and the pieces
| sold off decades ago. The use of the brand name "Westinghouse" was sold
| to the highest bidder. There is no US manufacturing company known as
| "Westinghouse"!

Yes there is. But it is just the business of nuclear power generating plants.
That's the only genuine Westinghouse that exists anymore.


| Any product sold under that name is a rip-off trying to capitalize on a
| name that was once an American icon. Such products are not an addition
| to the US manufacturing sector. They are cheap products sold by unknown
| foreign manufacturers trying to make a fast buck. They are sold with no
| customer support, no customer service. Buyer Beware! If they work -
| fine. If they break - they go straight to the garbage bin.

Or worse, you might be stuck having to pay a disposal fee. Avoid them.

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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:58:02 -0500 wrote:
| On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
| wrote:
|
|
|The fact is that many of the second tier brands (Vizio, Westinghouse, etc)
|do not have a parts department where you can order spare parts, and they
|only service sets during the manufacturers warranty (this does not include
|an extended warranty offered by a 3rd party). Therefore it is very difficult
|to fix them after the warranty expires, even if only a minor repair is
|needed.
|
| Yep, this wasn't about replacing a display...my servicer said it
| needed a new circuit board and they ran into a brick wall getting one.
| My set, btw, was made in Thailand. The good thing is that prices have
| dropped to where I will probably end up with a better set; however, I
| have to balance that against several weeks of hearing my wife complain
| about not having an HDTV in the bedroom! :-)

And your wife has to put up with several weeks of complaints about Asian
ripoffs.

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On 27 Apr 2008 06:04:46 GMT, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:58:02 -0500 wrote:
| On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
| wrote:
|
|
|The fact is that many of the second tier brands (Vizio, Westinghouse, etc)
|do not have a parts department where you can order spare parts, and they
|only service sets during the manufacturers warranty (this does not include
|an extended warranty offered by a 3rd party). Therefore it is very difficult
|to fix them after the warranty expires, even if only a minor repair is
|needed.
|
| Yep, this wasn't about replacing a display...my servicer said it
| needed a new circuit board and they ran into a brick wall getting one.
| My set, btw, was made in Thailand. The good thing is that prices have
| dropped to where I will probably end up with a better set; however, I
| have to balance that against several weeks of hearing my wife complain
| about not having an HDTV in the bedroom! :-)

And your wife has to put up with several weeks of complaints about Asian
ripoffs.

Wow . . . I NEVER would have guessed that "Dave" was an Asian name.

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"Mark A" wrote in message . ..
"Hugh" wrote in message m...
wrote:

snip Westinghouse may sound like a name-brand, but they just buy sets made by
contract manufacturers in Asia. At one time, Westinghouse was a large US company that made their own products.

Like Polaroid.

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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
wrote:

At one time, Westinghouse was a large US
company that made their own products.

It still is, if you're in the market for a nuclear power plant,
satellite components or advanced military weapons, Westinghouse is
still a major player.

However, they've been very careless lately about licensing their name
when it comes to consumer electronics products. It galls me sometimes
when I see what George Westinghouse's name gets associated with. It
really tarnishes his legacy.

A_C

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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:05:09 GMT Richard Cranium wrote:
| On 27 Apr 2008 06:04:46 GMT, wrote:
|
|On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:58:02 -0500 wrote:
|| On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
|| wrote:
||
||
||The fact is that many of the second tier brands (Vizio, Westinghouse, etc)
||do not have a parts department where you can order spare parts, and they
||only service sets during the manufacturers warranty (this does not include
||an extended warranty offered by a 3rd party). Therefore it is very difficult
||to fix them after the warranty expires, even if only a minor repair is
||needed.
||
|| Yep, this wasn't about replacing a display...my servicer said it
|| needed a new circuit board and they ran into a brick wall getting one.
|| My set, btw, was made in Thailand. The good thing is that prices have
|| dropped to where I will probably end up with a better set; however, I
|| have to balance that against several weeks of hearing my wife complain
|| about not having an HDTV in the bedroom! :-)
|
|And your wife has to put up with several weeks of complaints about Asian
|ripoffs.
|
| Wow . . . I NEVER would have guessed that "Dave" was an Asian name.

How's that? It would be "Dave" who would be making such complaints (regarding
the cheap brands and non-existant support from them).

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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:30:14 -0400 Agent_C wrote:

| On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
| wrote:
|
|At one time, Westinghouse was a large US
|company that made their own products.
|
| It still is, if you're in the market for a nuclear power plant,
| satellite components or advanced military weapons, Westinghouse is
| still a major player.
|
| However, they've been very careless lately about licensing their name
| when it comes to consumer electronics products. It galls me sometimes
| when I see what George Westinghouse's name gets associated with. It
| really tarnishes his legacy.

IMHO, we should have a law that allows the actual trademark owner to be
liable for poor quality products produced under their name with their
permission.

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Agent_C wrote:
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:52:39 -0400, "Mark A"
wrote:


At one time, Westinghouse was a large US
company that made their own products.


It still is, if you're in the market for a nuclear power plant,
satellite components or advanced military weapons, Westinghouse is
still a major player.

However, they've been very careless lately about licensing their name
when it comes to consumer electronics products. It galls me sometimes
when I see what George Westinghouse's name gets associated with. It
really tarnishes his legacy.

A_C


Yes, I don't imagine his friend Tesla would like it very muck.

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On 27 Apr 2008 17:53:27 GMT, wrote:


|And your wife has to put up with several weeks of complaints about Asian
|ripoffs.
|
| Wow . . . I NEVER would have guessed that "Dave" was an Asian name.

How's that? It would be "Dave" who would be making such complaints (regarding
the cheap brands and non-existant support from them).

The funny thing is my wife balked at the idea of buying it in the
first place when she saw the "made in Thailand" imprint. And she was
made in Thailand as well! :-)

Dave Clary
Corpus Christi, TX