List of television manufacturers

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

List

Company Started mfg Ended mfg Notes
Acer Inc. 2001 2009 ASUS
Admiral 1940 1979
Aiwa - -
Akai c. 1966 present
Alba 1939 present Formerly part of Harvard International
Amstrad - -
Andrea Electronics 1947 1978
Apex Digital 1997 2010
Apple Inc. 1993 present Released the Macintosh TV in 1993
Arcam 2011 present
Arise India 2012 present
AGA AB 1952 -
Audiovox - - Now Voxx International
AWA 1956 1974
Baird 1926 1980 made the first TVs, brand name after 1956
Bang & Olufsen 1950 (prototype) present
Beko - -
BenQ - -
Binatone - -
Blaupunkt - Present
BPL Group 1980 present
Brionvega 1947 1956
Bush 1937 present
Canadian General Electric (CGE) 2009 present
Changhong 1958 present
ChiMei - -
Compal Electronics[1] - present
Conar Instruments 1962 -
Continental Edison - -
Cossor - - Later A.C. Cossor
Craig - -
Curtis Mathes Corporation 1960 present
Daewoo - -
Dell 2003 2008
Delmonico International Corporation 1967 -
DuMont Laboratories 1938 1970s (early)
Durabrand 2003 present
Dynatron - -
English Electric 1950 1957
English Electric Valve Company - -
EKCO - -
Electrohome 1949 1987 Post 1987 TVs were made by Mitsubishi and sold as Electrohome in name only
Element Electronics 2006 present
Emerson Radio & Phonograph 1947 1973
EMI - -
Farnsworth 1947 1965
Ferguson Electronics - -
Ferranti - -
Finlux (Vestel) 1971 present
Fisher Electronics - -
Fujitsu 1992 present
Funai 1980s present
Geloso 1931 1972
General Electric 1947 1986 taken over by Thomson Gazer
General Electric Company - - UK manufacturer unrelated to the US manufacturer
GoldStar 1958 1995 name changed to LG Electronics
Goodmans Industries - -
Google 2002 present
Gradiente - - Now IGB Eletrônica
Graetz
Grundig 1966 2003
Haier 1984 present
Hallicrafters 1932 1966 began selling TVs in 1947
Hannspree - - Now HannStar Display Corporation
Heath Company/Heathkit 1964 1989
Hinari Domestic Appliances - -
HMV - -
Hisense 1970 present
Hitachi 1956 present
Hoffman Television (Cortron Ind) 1948 1970
Itel - present
ITT Corporation - -
Jensen Loudspeakers 2003 present
JVC 1976 present
Kenmore 2015 2017
Kent Television 1951 1964
Kloss Video 1981 -
Kogan 2006 present
Kolster-Brandes - -
Konka 1984 present
Lanix - -
Le.com - -
LG Electronics (founded as GoldStar, name changed 1995) 1958 present
Loewe 1923 present
Luxor - -
Magnavox 1948 present Brand is a subsidiary of Philips since 1976
Marantz 1992 present
Marconiphone - -
Matsui - - Now part of Dixons Retail
Memorex 1961 present
Micromax 2009 present
Metz - present
Mitsubishi - 2012
Mivar 1945 -
Motorola 1947 1974
Muntz (Howard Radio) 1948 1973
Murphy Radio - -
NEC 1950s -
Nokia - -
Nordmende - 1990s
Onida 1990 present
Orion (Hungary) - -
Orion (Japan) - -
Packard Bell, Teledyne Packard Bell 1948 1974
Panasonic (National) 1959 present
Pensonic - present
Philco (Philco-Ford) 1947 1976
Philips 1930s present
Pioneer 1985 2010
Planar Systems 1983 present
Polaroid - -
ProLine - - Now part of Fnac Darty
ProScan 1990s present div. of Technicolor SA
Pye - -
Pyle USA - -
Quasar - -
RadioShack - -
Rauland-Borg 1942 1948
RCA 1939 1986 taken over by Thomson
Realistic - -
Rediffusion - present
SABA - present
Salora 1956 present[2]
Salora International 1977 present
Samsung 1970 present
Sansui 1987 present
Sanyo 1953 present
Schneider Electric - -
Seiki Digital 2009 present
Sèleco 1984 -
Setchell Carlson 1950 1970
Sharp 1953 present
Siemens - -
Skyworth 1992 present
Sony 1960 present
Soyo - 2009
Stromberg-Carlson 1950 1957
Supersonic - -
Sylvania 1949 1983
Symphonic 1984 -
Tandy - -
Tatung Company 1979 present
TCL Corporation 1981 present
Technics - -
TECO - -
Teleavia - -
Telefunken 1903 present
Teletronics 1970 - Now part of UREI
Thomson SA 1940s? present some sold under RCA and GE brands
after bankruptcy[when?] some assets were sold to Videocon and TCL, continued as Technicolor
Thorn Electrical Industries - -
Thorn EMI - -
Toshiba 1952 2015[1]
TPV Technology - present
TP Vision 2012 present joint venture between Philips and TPV
Ultra - -
United States Television Manufacturing Corp. 1945 1950
Vestel 1980s present
Videocon 1980s present
Videoton 1959 -
Vizio 2002 present
Vu Televisions 2006 Present Founded in California
Walton 2001 Present
Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1947 1969
Westinghouse Electronics 2003 present
White-Westinghouse - -
Xiaomi 2017 present
Zanussi - -
Zenith Radio 1948 present owned by LG
Zonda - -

References

  1. ^ a b "Toshiba Gives Up on Selling TVs in U.S. - Consumer Reports". www.consumerreports.org. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  2. ^ "Salora TV" (in Finnish). Bat. Power Oy. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 25 February 2014.