List of television manufacturers explained

This is a list of television manufacturers, past and present.

List

Company Started mfg Ended mfg Notes
Acer Inc.20012009ASUS
Admiral19401979
Aiwa--
Akaica.1966present
Alba1939presentFormerly part of Harvard International
Amstrad--
Andrea Electronics19471978
Apex Digital19972010
Apple Inc.1993presentReleased the Macintosh TV in 1993
Arcam2011present
Arise India2012present
AGA AB1952-
Audiovox--Now Voxx International
AWA19561974
Baird19261980made the first TVs, brand name after 1956
Bang & Olufsen1950 (prototype)present
Beko--
BenQ--
Binatone--
Blaupunkt--
BPL Group1980present
Brionvega19471956
Bush1937present
Canadian General Electric (CGE)2009present
Changhong1958present
ChiMei--
Compal Electronics-present
Conar Instruments1962-
Continental Edison--
Cossor--Later A.C. Cossor
Craig--
Curtis Mathes Corporation1960present
Daewoo--
Dell20032008
Delmonico International Corporation1967-
DuMont Laboratories19381970s (early)
Durabrand2003present
Dynatron--
English Electric19501957
English Electric Valve Company--
EKCO--
Electrohome19491987Post 1987 TVs were made by Mitsubishi and sold as Electrohome in name only
Element Electronics2006present
Emerson Radio & Phonograph19471973
EMI--
Farnsworth19471965
Ferguson Electronics--
Ferranti--
Finlux (Vestel)1971present
Fisher Electronics--
Fujitsu1992present
Funai1980spresent
Geloso19311972
General Electric19471986taken over by Thomson Gazer
General Electric Company--UK manufacturer unrelated to the US manufacturer
GoldStar19581995name changed to LG Electronics
Goodmans Industries--
Google2002present
Gradiente--Now IGB Eletrônica
Grundig19662003
Haier1984present
Hallicrafters19321966began selling TVs in 1947
Hannspree--Now HannStar Display Corporation
Heath Company/Heathkit19641989
Hinari Domestic Appliances--
HMV--
Hisense1970present
Hitachi1956present
Hoffman Television (Cortron Ind)19481970
Itel-present
ITT Corporation--
Jensen Loudspeakers2003present
JVC1976present
Kenmore20152017
Kent Television19511964
Kloss Video1981-
Kogan2006present
Kolster-Brandes--
Konka1984present
Lanix--
Le.com--
LG Electronics (founded as GoldStar, name changed 1995)1958present
Loewe1923present
Luxor--
Magnavox1948presentBrand is a subsidiary of Philips since 1976
Marantz1992present
Marconiphone--
Matsui--Now part of Dixons Retail
Memorex1961present
Micromax2009present
Metz-present
Mitsubishi-2012
Mivar1945-
Motorola19471974
Muntz (Howard Radio)19481973
Murphy Radio--
NEC1950s-
Nokia--
Nordmende-1990s
Onida1990present
Orion (Hungary)--
Orion (Japan)--
Packard Bell, Teledyne Packard Bell19481974
Panasonic (National)1959present
Pensonic-present
Philco (Philco-Ford)19471976
Philips1930spresent
Pioneer19852010
Planar Systems1983present
Polaroid--
ProLine--Now part of Fnac Darty
ProScan1990spresentdiv. of Technicolor SA
Pye--
Pyle USA--
Quasar--
RadioShack--
Rauland-Borg19421948
RCA19391986taken over by Thomson
Realistic--
Rediffusion-present
SABA-present
Salora1956present[1]
Salora International1977present
Samsung1970present
Sansui1987present
Sanyo1953present
Schneider Electric--
Seiki Digital2009present
Sèleco1984-
Setchell Carlson19501970
Sharp1953present
Siemens--
Skyworth1992present
Sony1960present
Soyo-2009
Stromberg-Carlson19501957
Supersonic--
Sylvania19491983
Symphonic 1984-
Tandy--
Tatung Company1979present
TCL Corporation1981present
Technics--
TECO--
Teleavia--
Telefunken1903present
Teletronics1970-Now part of UREI
Thomson SA1940s?presentsome sold under RCA and GE brands
after bankruptcy some assets were sold to Videocon and TCL, continued as Technicolor
Thorn Electrical Industries--
Thorn EMI--
Toshiba19522015[2]
TPV Technology-present
TP Vision2012presentjoint venture between Philips and TPV
Ultra--
United States Television Manufacturing Corp.19451950
Vestel1980spresent
Videocon1980spresent
Videoton1959-
Vizio2002present
Vu Televisions2006Present Founded in California
Walton2001Present
Westinghouse Electric Corporation19471969
Westinghouse Electronics2003present
White-Westinghouse--
Xiaomi2017present
Zanussi--
Zenith Radio1948presentowned by LG
Zonda--

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salora TV. Bat. Power Oy. Finnish. 25 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140125091037/http://www.batpower.fi/salora/. 2014-01-25. dead.
  2. Web site: Toshiba Gives Up on Selling TVs in U.S. - Consumer Reports. www.consumerreports.org. 2019-01-12.