Proscan Company Background

If you're like I was and wondering what the story behind the Proscan electronics name is, I'll attempt to give a bit of a background. First of all what sparked my interest in this brand name was the 40" 1080p Proscan tv that Best Buy currently is selling for $499. I almost had an accident when I saw this price for a 40 inch full high definition tv.

So a-searchin I went. Here is what I found at the wikipedia.org site for the ProScan name: "The Proscan brand superseded the RCA Dimensia line in the early 1990s after the purchase of RCA by General Electric and lasted into the early 2000s until it was dropped for the current RCA Scenium brand. Thomson SA has never manufactured or distributed televisions in the United States labeled Thomson. In 2006, Thomson Consumer Electronics licensed the Proscan name to ON Corporation, although they retain actual ownership of the name and logotype. The company's website is now http://www.oncorpus.com/ ." - information supplied courtesy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProScan

ON Corporation sounds like it is a small company that is just trying to get it's feet wet. I believe that they outsource their work to multiple places throughout the world. There main office is located in Indianapolis. Do to their small size and probably small overhead I think they are attempting to get their name out through low priced HDTV's. I have owned the 40" Proscan model since this past Sunday and have been thoroughly impressed with the quality at this price point. I did, however, purchase the 4 year Geek Squad black tie warranty just in case this low price came at the expense of a lack of reliability. But so far so good. I suggest going to Best Buy and checking one out next to higher priced models. This of course is assuming your local Best Buy has one on display.

Also, here is the link to Best Buy's website page for the Proscan 40" TV: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9329381&st=proscan+40%22&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218086176467. Be sure to check out the reviews, they are overwhelmingly positive for the most part. P.S. almost all HDTVs have some sort of failure rate in the first year or so, of course this is true for pretty much all electronics in general.