A:AnswerLife expectancy of Insignia: ours have not "aged out" yet! I've had my 42" for 8 years, plasma set, works perfectly still! My wife had Insignia about 9-10 years old, w/a DVD player, works perfectly, but of course the DVD player failed in 3-4 years (don't EVER buy a tv w/DVD built-in; "any device built to do 2 things, does neither one very well, and one will fail before the other".... old engineering axiom). We put 3 Insignias into our ski condo in Park City UT, 4 years; all working when we sold it this Fall; 32" & 32" & 39". I'm buying this 55" asap, I trust these things! Wish I could get another plasma set, picture is as good as any 1080. .... Engineer w/Westinghouse for 23 years.
