Insignia® - 42" 720p Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV $499.99 - Best Buy

Insignia is crap dont buy it! Dont let them BB employees fool about Insignia being made by LG or Toshiba it's made very cheaply. I bought a 37" 1080p model about a year ago, that thing froze up on me from time to time and had black light issues. I exchanged it out once and had the same issue with the second one. I ended up returning the TV, the BB return desk employee was not surprised when I asked if this was common for this tv. Spend a little more and get a Vizio its a world of difference.

shipping free?

Shipping is usually free to the store. Just click on store pickup.

hardworker said: well I can tell you a similar story of woe with Vizio.
Lucky I'd bought them from costco. Never again from Vizio.
"Just say no to Vizio is what I always say." 3 bad units
Every manufacturer has some % of defects. Ask around and you'll find people who have had TVs go bad by Panaphonics, Sorny, Pie-in-ear and such. I've had a Vizio for over a year and it's been perfect. Neither your nor my small sample size says much about their overall quality.

For large items such as big-screen TVs, the moral of the story is to buy locally in case you have to return it, saving shipping costs.

hardworker said: well I can tell you a similar story of woe with Vizio.
Lucky I'd bought them from costco. Never again from Vizio.
"Just say no to Vizio is what I always say." 3 bad units

joshoowa said: Insignia is crap dont buy it! Dont let them BB employees fool about Insignia being made by LG or Toshiba it's made very cheaply. I bought a 37" 1080p model about a year ago, that thing froze up on me from time to time and had black light issues. I exchanged it out once and had the same issue with the second one. I ended up returning the TV, the BB return desk employee was not surprised when I asked if this was common for this tv. Spend a little more and get a Vizio its a world of difference.

As stated before, all generic models can have problems. Thats what happens when you can buy a TV for like half the price of a major brand, you get what you pay for. They don't always have problems, but its something you should be thinking about when you buy the cheaper TV. However, we've had a 32" or 37" vizio from back in the day when the just came out, and its been running great for 4 or 5+ years!

peas said: Every manufacturer has some % of defects. Ask around and you'll find people who have had TVs go bad by Panaphonics, Sorny, Pie-in-ear and such. I've had a Vizio for over a year and it's been perfect. Neither your nor my small sample size says much about their overall quality.

For large items such as big-screen TVs, the moral of the story is to buy locally in case you have to return it, saving shipping costs.

Agreed. I think Samsung makes good TVs but I had a few week old 23" Samsung die with a puff fo smoke.

I jumped on it, so far so good. 1024x768 is fine for movies/tv, not so great for computer/video games. The inputs on this model are kinda unusual, 2 x component (one of which can be used as a composite) and 2 x HDMI. No S-Video or VGA.