Who the heck is Dynex?

Sep 21, 2008 7 Replies
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On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:03:39 -0400, John Bachman put finger to keyboard and composed:

The web site ...

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... states that "repairs and returns under manufacturer warranty are handled by your local retail provider". This suggests that Dynex may be a department store brand.

The "Where to Shop" link directs you to ...

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... which suggests that Dynex may be a Best Buy brand.

The following document may give a clue as to the identity behind the brand.

Universal Remote Control Codes:

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It appears that Dynex and Insignia may be from the same stable.

Many of the remote codes appear to be used by Orion, Emerson, Memorex, Sansui, Sylvania, and Zenith. Other models use Mitsubishi codes.

- Franc Zabkar

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I am shopping for a plasma TV for my mother-in-law and came across a Dynex which is $200 less than similar sets by known names.



OK, repair guys, what's the scoop on Dynex?



TIA



John AnaTek Corporation

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John Bachman wrote: > I am shopping for a plasma TV for my mother-in-law and came across a > Dynex which is $200 less than similar sets by known names. >

Isn't that the house brand at Buy More?

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Dynex is the best Buy house brand name. Usually these units are nearly identical to the actual manufacturer's brand name unit, but have Dynex labeling and exterior cases.

Bob

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On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:03:39 -0400, John Bachman put finger to keyboard and composed:

If you decide to buy one, hook it up to your PC and capture the EDID. Device Manager, or your registry, should identify the TV using the A/N code in the EDID EEPROM. Hopefully the data will identify the original manufacturer rather than Dynex.

For example, here is a dump of the EDID EEPROM in a HP L1502 15" monitor:

===================================================================== C:\\utils\\EDID\\Data>debug hwp2600.bin

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100 20 0D 01 03 68 1E 16 B0-EA 12 E5 9A 57 4F 93 26 ...h.......WO.& 110 21 4E 53 AD EE 00 01 01-01 01 01 01 34 00 4E 11 !NS.........4.N. 120 01 01 01 01 01 01 64 19-00 40 41 00 26 30 18 88 ......d..@A.&0.. 130 36 00 2C DC 10 00 00 18-00 00 00 FF 00 43 4E 43 6.,..........CNC 140 33 33 32 30 4D 50 59 0A-20 20 00 00 00 FD 00 38 3320MPY. .....8 150 4C 1E 3D 08 00 0A 20 20-20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC L.=... .... 160 00 68 70 20 4C 31 35 30-32 0A 20 20 20 20 00 95 .hp L1502. .. 170 25 47 80 FC 0D 74 04 41-E9 01 FF 26 80 3E 43 04 %G...t.A...&.>C.

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The above data were extracted from the following key in the Windows registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Enum\\Monitor\\HWP2600\\PCI_VEN_5333&DEV_8811_BUS_00&DEV_02&FUNC_00]

- Franc Zabkar

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:26:17 -0400, Meat Plow put finger to keyboard and composed:

I see quite a few forum posts, some from people who work for Best Buy, claiming that LG is the manufacturer behind the Dynex TV brand.

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I've worked on a few Dynex pieces. Didn't really see any tell tale signs of being an LG product but I'll pay more attention in the future.

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