2 May
2010
2 May
'10
3:48 p.m.
Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
- Sony still makes great sound devices. Of course,
iPod took the
world by storm.
I can only think of one: the MZ-RH1.
- Sony makes one of the greatest videogame devices
of all times. PS1
was a huge success, PS2 IS a huge success (it still sells by the
truckloads in Brazil) and PS3 will be a huge success for years to come.
Believe me.
This is the company that thinks removing base features (notably: "Other
OS") in firmware updates is a good idea...
- Sony makes some of the greatest televisions
around. What beat the
Wega line? Have you compared side-by-side a wega LCD panel and a common
plasma/lcd?
+1 for that. The Bravia series LCDs are nice. Compare against a common
garden-variety LCD and there's no competition.
- Sony STILL makes beauful computers. The vaio line
is expensive, but
beautiful. I've seen one OLED device that made me think about selling an
organ.
They're pretty, but they build quality is somewhere between "abysmal"
and "absolutely appalling."
I know two people who had Sony laptops -- one sent his back over a dozen
times over the course of the two year "repair plan" he had (they
eventually gave in, wrote the laptop off and replaced it). The other is
still trying to get Sony to honour the warranty ("there's dust in the
fan, which caused it to fail" -- oh *really*, show me a PC that isn't
full of dust, and hasn't spent all its life in a Class 100 cleanroom).
- Sony is STILL a force in professional video.
Maybe. But Canon have been giving them a good kicking in that
department. Ref: XH-A1 series.
So...I don't believe that sony is a cool
company. I do like their
products, although the difference between them and the rest got smaller.
I think they *used* to be cool. The RH1 is the mutt's nuts, and if it
had as good a battery life as my Sandisk "Sansa Clip+" MP3/OGG player,
I'd still be using it. It gets additional points for being pretty much
the best tool for recording lectures at university. Just a shame it eats
the battery (even when switched "off").
--
Phil.
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http://www.philpem.me.uk/