las wrote:
>
> I have also never had a problem with any mini disc that I owned*, even brands
> that others on the list (for example Memorex) claimed to have problems with.
Me neither.
> *There was ONE disc that I had that jammed in a motorized loading mechanism. Not
> some cheap brand, but rather a SONY that I had paid $14 for (yes the discs were
> selling for about $16.00 each when they were first introduced in the US and $14
> was a bargain!
I had a couple batches of Sony MD's that didn't have enough silicone
lube on the top surface and would develop concentric scratches during
recording. The more I recorded, the worse they scratched. Not to
mention they had playback problems on my weaker (older) MD players.
> My personal luck with Sony products has been terrible. There are people on the
> list that will tell you that they never had a problem with any Sony product that
> they owned. Almost EVERY (and I have bought a lot of Sony equipment) Sony
> product that I ever purchased gave me problems.
Same here. Most Sony products I buy have *recurring* problems. I'll
send it in for warranty repair, and not a month later but the same
problem comes back. I don't know if it's poor design, or poor choice of
parts suppliers. It's always something small, like those end-of-travel
microswitches that cause JE510's not to load right, or my CDX-828 car CD
changer to forget its last position when I turn off the ignition.
I used to repair electronics as a hobby, and it was easy to get Sony
stuff cheap to repair because there's so many of it broken out there.
> I almost never got more than a year out of any!
My Sony stuff usually holds up fine until AFTER the warranty period is
over.
> So why do I continue to purchase Sony products? One answer could be simply that
> I'm a dumb schmuck :). But if you want a serious answer, Sony comes out with
> products and features that you just can't get from other manufactures. Like your
> 900 for example.
I agree, Sony makes the best, most feature-packed stuff. Sometimes it's
not the glitziest, but the features they offer are the most practical.
> Although you are starting to see a few other brands, Sony was the first TV
> manufacture that I am aware of who offered a true flat screen (cathode ray that
> is, not LCD), their beautiful Vega series.
Before the Vega (Wega?) I wouldn't buy any other brand of TV than Sony.
At the time, their picture tubes were among the flattest, and I greatly
preferred the fact that they were only curved horizontally rather than
curved both ways like a fishbowl. Now that other brands have true flat
tubes, I probably would be willing to break my brand loyalty. However,
my Sony TV's (after being repaired the first time) are quite reliable
and have been working fine with no problems for a number of years.
> As far as picture quality goes, Consumer Reports almost always rates Sony mid
> priced VCRs as the best. But down on the bottom of the page where they list
> reliability (based on polls of their readers), Sony is usually rated as one of
> the most unreliable.
Yuck, I hate any VCR manufactured in the past 5 years. They are
disposable cheap junk.
I have a Sony SLV-595HF and a pair of SLV-585HF's, I believe they are
1992-94 vintage. They are much better quality than Sony's late-model
VCR's with central loading mechanisms. I noticed on Ebay people will
bid higher on the old Sony SLV-585HF/686HF and SLV-595HF/696HF than
their modern day counterparts. I can definitely see why.
> One company that is kind of a "sleeper" is Toshiba. Their DVD players, for
> example usually get very high ratings. I have no information on reliability
> though. I also recently bought a flat screen 20" TV/VCR combo from Toshiba.
Toshiba flat screen? Does Toshiba have a true flat series out now?
I'll probably have to check it out. I know Panasonic has the Tau or
something like that which is supposedly true flat. I think I've seen
one of them and it was many times more expensive than a Vega.
Shawn
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