Funai Emerson find (lol)

[jmetal88]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I guess one can't expect much, when the TV only cost $89 when new.

Funny, both of the only two CRTs I bought new were $89 in store, and both were Funai sets.

First was one I bought probably in middle school, a 13" 'Sylvania' from K-Mart.

Second was one I bought in high school sometime, a 23" 'Symphonic' from Wal-Mart.

They've been alright for me, but I've since gotten better used sets for much cheaper prices, and now I'm watching exclusively on those.

[waltchan]

Funai has a good reputation on reliability overall since the last 30 years or so. I wouldn't say very good or excellent, but their products always like to surprise customers how well they hold up despite the lowest prices they offer.

At one time during the 1980s at their highest peak, Funai products scored better in reliability than Hitachi, Sharp, and Sony, according to old Consumer Reports covering televisions and VCRs. They accidentally had problems with their VCRs during the 1990s which caused their reliability scores to plummet at the bottom, but has since gradually recovered back in between by 2000s with the introduction of DVD players, which have a low failure rate.