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[QUOTE=&quot;EscapeVelocity, post: 33434, member: 3771&quot;]Yeah, from what I understand, the Westinghouse crew are former Princeton Graphics (famous computer monitor brand) guys....a group of them, engineers or something.Westinghouse had some good value panels early on with good performance, however, I dont know what they have been offering of late.Vizio was started by William Wang, who started, owned, and ran Mag Innovision (famous computer monitor brand).&nbsp; After some misfortune, he ended up heading Gateway's plasma panel business, then created Vizio.&nbsp; Vizio has been a top 3 seller of flat panels (plasma and lcd) but now only offers LCD (still a top 3 seller in North America).&nbsp; They continue to have nice quality products, on the less expensive value side of the market, and top notch post sale warranty service.Syntax Brillian (Olevia brand name) was even more US oriented actually assembling units here in the states, however they went bankrupt, but seem to still be around, so I dont know what has changed in reorganization, now.&nbsp; They had a couple of top notch units, especially the 747i (and 742i which never materialized I think) which had the best processing available at the time or now for that matter SiliconOptix HQV Realta.&nbsp; However it didnt have world class black levels, and had a quirk of a heavy glass front panel in from of the LCD (the main drawback of that being reflections).&nbsp; Id still pick up a 747i today.&nbsp; But I own 2 Vizios, 42&quot; LCD.Of the 3, Id go with Vizio, for best combination of performance and price and quality these days.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="EscapeVelocity, post: 33434, member: 3771"]Yeah, from what I understand, the Westinghouse crew are former Princeton Graphics (famous computer monitor brand) guys....a group of them, engineers or something. Westinghouse had some good value panels early on with good performance, however, I dont know what they have been offering of late. Vizio was started by William Wang, who started, owned, and ran Mag Innovision (famous computer monitor brand). After some misfortune, he ended up heading Gateway's plasma panel business, then created Vizio. Vizio has been a top 3 seller of flat panels (plasma and lcd) but now only offers LCD (still a top 3 seller in North America). They continue to have nice quality products, on the less expensive value side of the market, and top notch post sale warranty service. Syntax Brillian (Olevia brand name) was even more US oriented actually assembling units here in the states, however they went bankrupt, but seem to still be around, so I dont know what has changed in reorganization, now. They had a couple of top notch units, especially the 747i (and 742i which never materialized I think) which had the best processing available at the time or now for that matter SiliconOptix HQV Realta. However it didnt have world class black levels, and had a quirk of a heavy glass front panel in from of the LCD (the main drawback of that being reflections). Id still pick up a 747i today. But I own 2 Vizios, 42" LCD. Of the 3, Id go with Vizio, for best combination of performance and price and quality these days.[/QUOTE]

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