On 19 Mar 2006 at 23:18, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > 10 years ago it would be absolut true. But in a few last years Sony > makes one mistake after the other loosing money and having to cut > jobs. They loose battles with LG and Samsung on many consumer > electronics fields like displays or portable audio. It can happen > just like you wrote, but in these years it is not that sure.
All manufacturers have their good times and bad but I suspect Sony has still got a good foothold, they lasted through the Japanese recession (which looks now like it's finally ended). They do much more than just produce consumer goods, for instance much of the silicon fab equipment at LG and Samsung is likely Sony. The most recent encounters I've had with Sony were their CRT monitors which on the whole were both very good value and solid performers and their CD/DVD drives, the ones that aren't simply re-badged Lite-on drives were superb. Other than that most of my personal Sony gear is over ten years old but still going strong. I suspect that the LG and Samsung names appeal more to younger buyers, but I still remember the crap Lucky Goldstar used to push out and the early Samsung gear. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
