Comments on: Honeywell HDTV Licensee “Soyo” Files For Bankruptcy

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:18:39 +0000

I have a soyo tv and for the most part it is ok but the remote quit and I cannot get the code given to work it with a universal remote. I was going to contact the company but from the sounds of this I will not likely have any luck? Any suggestions?

By: James

James — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:41:18 +0000

I bought a 42″ Honeywell (soyo licensed the name) LCD tv off HSN in Feb ‘09. I have never had a problem with it, for the most part its a good tv.
I use it to play all my videos games as well as watching tv and HD movies. I would buy another one, but I guess not anymore unless some place is going to clearance the remaining inventory.

By: Nice Guy

Nice Guy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:58:51 +0000

I worked for SOYO back in the mid 00s and resigned after a short time working there. I knew about SOYO because of their good PC Motherboards back in the days. I was quite disappointed to learn about their new low quality products and their lack of human touch that I felt I was working in a concentration camp.

I guess they were already under heavy economic pressure.

The most important thing is to make your products and services grow in quality, innovation, durability, reliability, value, etc. instead of growing in size.

We all should learn to make a better use of the earths resources by not making junk. If the world could only learn from Japan.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:26:36 +0000

Soyo used to make some pretty good motherboards back in the day, before getting out of the market. They switched over to monitors and TVs around 2004. It’s such a shame that a company that once made halfway decent motherboards went out with a fizzle (literally), leaving consumers high and dry with junk HDTVs.

This is much like the story of ABIT, who made some of the greatest motherboards back around the turn of the century. I think they went out of business while making photo picture frames or something stupid like that. Lesson learned, keep making motherboards, don’t switch over to LCDs when times get tough.

By: Ja Blackson

Ja Blackson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:25:02 +0000

Hello Folks, I am sure, like myself, you must be dissapointed in your purchase of Soyo groups product(s). Lesson learned -> These new and cheap brands are not the best; should stick with Pioneer, Sanyo, Hitachi or Sony!
Anyways, here is a contact number for you. Patricia Zimmerman is the acting trustee for Soyo Group and can be reached @ 951-244-8544. The case number you can reference is 09-193-55-RN.
All the best.

By: Patrick Kramer

Patrick Kramer — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:18:48 +0000

For those who end up having issues with SOYO not returning your goods should contact the entities mentioned in the second to last paragraph. It is often the case that your assets get mixed into theirs and they cannot claim items you have purchased. This doesn’t mean they have accrued any of soyo’s liabilities though, meaning that they do not have to honor the warranty… yet they may not have anyway to track their assets (not common in this case as well) and may send you a perfectly good tv to settle the problem

Another thing to look at is who buys out SOYO as a company, as they will most likely accrue the liabilities (your warranty) as well.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:16:36 +0000

I’m pretty sure it was May 5, 2009 when they declared bankruptcy.

I purchased a monitor from Buy.com that was Dead On Arrival. I followed the instructions in the box, and contacted the manufacturer, Soyo. At first they tried to claim the warranty wasn’t valid. Then they claimed that I had to ship it to them at my expense. Finally, they gave me an RMA# and sent me a shipping label. I shipped it to them. The tracking information shows they received it on May 4. Buy.com is refusing to refund my money too. Now, I’m out the $180, and I don’t even have the DOA monitor anymore.

By: wtf

wtf — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:41:01 +0000

I bought a 32 inch soyo a couple years ago and these TVs are plagued with problems, highly sub standard and don’t last very long, ghosting, black bars, persistent screen burn in. running anything in 4:3 for even short periods of time literally ruins the TV for good by leaving bleeding black lines that never go away. I contacted the HSN it was bought from, and they are sending me a box to ship it in for a fix/replacement (no cost to me). however after reading this and the comments I am weary of sending it in; it wouldn’t be fun to send it to them only to wait forever to get it back with no fix/replacement, and even worse, if it comes back even more broken or doesn’t come back at all. The TV is still under warranty. There was also extra money paid for the warranty, so that’s an even lower blow as I paid probably 150% of what this TV costed. I’m gonna have to do some calling around to see if HSN will honor the warranty properly or not, because it didn’t seem like a problem over the phone talking to them. Even the cheapest HDTV’s of today are better than any SOYO, so I’d be happy with any replacement of the same size. If they do honor it and send me another soyo, I’m just going to try and sell it ASAP. If not, I’m gonna be pretty pissed.

By: Dave Kunes

Dave Kunes — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:25:50 +0000

I bought a monitor from Soyo and it stopped working after 6 months. I followed procesdures and returned the monitor at my cost and then never heard anything. I guess that will teach me to buy from a little known brand.

By: rob l

rob l — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:57:13 +0000

I purchased the Honeywell TV that was warrantied by SOYO. I spoke to Honeywell today and they said the warranty would not be replaced or covered by another company. I am very upset with this news, as the warranty was a HUGE selling point for us.