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Toshiba will be leaving the U.S. market for televisions, but you’ll still be able to buy a Toshiba TV later this year. Confused? Like other brands in the TV market, the company will license its name to Compal Electronics. TVs made by Compal will hit shelves starting in March.
While you may not have heard of Compal, it’s possible that you’re reading this post on a laptop computer or desktop monitor manufactured by them. They manufacture computers for more familiar names like Dell, Compaq, HP, and… Toshiba.
Toshiba blamed the “harsh price competition” in the television market for their struggle to turn a profit from selling TVs in North America. It will also seek similar licensing agreements with another manufacturer for its television products in other countries. Instead of bothering with the television business, the company will simply rent out its name to Compal. This could work out badly if Compal sells subpar televisions.
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I think the main reason that there are not many people buying Toshiba TVs is because a lot of people now buy TVs made by Vizio, Proscan, RCA, Samsung, LG, Hisense, Seike, and many other tv brands which cost less money, and offer better features sometimes.
More people are watching video with a home projector, on a desktop, laptop, or tablet PC monitor, and their smartphones which cause people to watch less video on a TV, or don't need a TV in their room because they already have a video device like a PC in their room.
TVs also lasts for a long time under normal usage of watching them for 2-4 hours or more a day, so people don't really go out to buy new TVs very often.
There aren't many cool features on TVs these days as well since a streaming stick like Roku, Fire TV, and Chromecast, modern game console and internet connected DVD or Blu-Ray player can now stream video like YouTube from the internet. There is also not enough 4K content to make a 4K TV worth the higher cost.
While you may not have heard of Compal, it’s possible that you’re reading this post on a laptop computer or desktop monitor manufactured by them. They manufacture computers for more familiar names like Dell, Compaq, HP, and… Toshiba.
Toshiba blamed the “harsh price competition” in the television market for their struggle to turn a profit from selling TVs in North America. It will also seek similar licensing agreements with another manufacturer for its television products in other countries. Instead of bothering with the television business, the company will simply rent out its name to Compal. This could work out badly if Compal sells subpar televisions.
Read More
I think the main reason that there are not many people buying Toshiba TVs is because a lot of people now buy TVs made by Vizio, Proscan, RCA, Samsung, LG, Hisense, Seike, and many other tv brands which cost less money, and offer better features sometimes.
More people are watching video with a home projector, on a desktop, laptop, or tablet PC monitor, and their smartphones which cause people to watch less video on a TV, or don't need a TV in their room because they already have a video device like a PC in their room.
TVs also lasts for a long time under normal usage of watching them for 2-4 hours or more a day, so people don't really go out to buy new TVs very often.
There aren't many cool features on TVs these days as well since a streaming stick like Roku, Fire TV, and Chromecast, modern game console and internet connected DVD or Blu-Ray player can now stream video like YouTube from the internet. There is also not enough 4K content to make a 4K TV worth the higher cost.
