Why does everyone crap on Sony?

[Platypus]

Because they have high end product and low end product and those who cannot afford the higher end product buy the low end product based on the sony name, find out it sucks, and then claim sony sucks. I hate sony because their high end product sucks too, just in different ways.

 

[neilm]

Originally posted by: metalmania
Some does not know iiyama and says SONY crt is the best. What a joke.

Indeed.

 

[Noirish]

Originally posted by: brigden
They don't seem to be too popular over here.

You can ask the same thing about MS.

 

[neilm]

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: metalmania
Some does not know iiyama and says SONY crt is the best. What a joke.

english? link? huh?

GOOOOOOOOOGLE.COM

 

[BillGates]

Because they've spread themselves too thin. Their products are all mediocre and boring at best because of this.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
For CRTs you can't beat a Sony Trinitron

iiyama owns sony

WTF is an iiyama?

It's a Japanese company that makes CRT computer monitors. Once again, someone doesn't realize we are talking about CRT TELEVISIONS, not PC monitors.

My two-cents. I've never owned an "expensive" CRT television made by anyone but Sony. I currently have a five year old 32" Sony Trinitron. Flat top to bottom, but not left right. It calibrates almost perfectly; I've no complaints. I have more than gotten my money out of it and it's still running strong. I've also owned countless Sony Walkmans over the years. I still have my 2.1mp Sony Cybershot digicam...it's perfect!

The ONLY reason why I'm probably going to upgrade the TV is that the TV doesn't have component inputs...only S Video. That, and I want a bigger picture.

I haven't made up my mind yet if I'm going to go w/a 36" CRT or a RPTV. I have read that Hitachi and Mitsubishi make the best RPTVs. But if I go the CRT route, I'll be looking at Sony, Toshiba and maybe Proscan.

I don't know how so many people have gotten bum Sony products....to much B Stock purchases maybe? Refurbs? I dunno. *shrug* I bought mine new, from an authorized dealer and after calibration, it's been perfect.

I would buy another Sony in a heartbeat.

 

[metalmania]

I meant to say "someone" instead of "some", anyway, made a fool of myself.

Just check www.iiyama.com if you want to know iiyama.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: neilm

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: metalmania
Some does not know iiyama and says SONY crt is the best. What a joke.

english? link? huh?

GOOOOOOOOOGLE.COM

ya, go google it..then come back with a link..

my english comment was not b/c of the word iiyama, but rather b/c of his english..or lack there of...sorry for the lame joke.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
For CRTs you can't beat a Sony Trinitron

iiyama owns sony

WTF is an iiyama?

It's a Japanese company that makes CRT computer monitors. Once again, someone doesn't realize we are talking about CRT TELEVISIONS, not PC monitors.

My two-cents. I've never owned an "expensive" CRT television made by anyone but Sony. I currently have a five year old 32" Sony Trinitron. Flat top to bottom, but not left right. It calibrates almost perfectly; I've no complaints. I have more than gotten my money out of it and it's still running strong. I've also owned countless Sony Walkmans over the years. I still have my 2.1mp Sony Cybershot digicam...it's perfect!

The ONLY reason why I'm probably going to upgrade the TV is that the TV doesn't have component inputs...only S Video. That, and I want a bigger picture.

I haven't made up my mind yet if I'm going to go w/a 36" CRT or a RPTV. I have read that Hitachi and Mitsubishi make the best RPTVs. But if I go the CRT route, I'll be looking at Sony, Toshiba and maybe Proscan.

I don't know how so many people have gotten bum Sony products....to much B Stock purchases maybe? Refurbs? I dunno. *shrug* I bought mine new, from an authorized dealer and after calibration, it's been perfect.

I would buy another Sony in a heartbeat.

thanks for the iiyama info, but I thought we were talking about any Sony porducts?

 

[metalmania]

Ok, leaving now to watch American Wedding on my ViewSonic CRT. Good night fighters!

 

[nodoubts2k]

I love sony. I own a sony camcorder, playstation, TV, DVD, Reciver + speakers and got a free digital camera. Plus my Monitor is a dell branded sony trinitron. Most of my family owns sony products as well

 

[Amused]

I used to be a Sony Loyalist, but I've been disappointed in some of their stuff lately.

That said, all my CRT monitors are Sony, and all my CRT TVs are Sony as well.

Their non-ES stereo equipment disappointed me. Their phones did too. And I have not been impressed with their LCD or CRT rear projection TVs.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Not me, i love Sony.

same. over the years..

sony digi cam
camcorder
couple wegas
some older tvs
5 optical drives
as previously stated, sony CRTs are SOLID
some dvd players
vcrs

only had 1 problem, which was with 1 of my sony dvd players, other than that, perfect performance out of everything. Have heard about alot of problems, guess im lucky.

Ditto.

I like my Sony stuff, but will go for the best of what I am getting usually. Monitors I like my Iiyama crt. LCD I went with Sony 23" widescreen. Mac one is out of the question as it is a mac and more hassle to adjust stufff on it. Also 4 imputs on my monitor

3 Sony MD's to replace the other one as I liked the newer one better. Not to replace as it was bust on me.

SonyEriccson phone.

Various Sony Walkmans.

Sony ps2, currently dead but my bro plays it A LOT. So has put in loads of hrs in to it.

Varous Sony tvs and a nice 32" Wega that is a few years old. Amazing picture.

Sony laptop.

Sony DVcam PC120. Was rated highly.

Sony 17 E200 monitor. Great picture, prefer it to my 19" Iiyama in fact, more contrast and is brighter but the spec is lower and doesn't run 1280x1024 higher then 75Hz but fine at that refresh rate.

I don't mind paying more for Sony stuff if I want it and it is good. If another brand is better for my money I will EASILY go with that brand. If it is good I will go with whatever brand is best for my £££.

Koing

ps I do admit Sony make some crap products but what company doesn't?

 

[Looney]

Sony make quality products. Are they the absolute best in everything? Some things, yes, but others, of course not, but even with the things that they're not the best of, they're still quality products. Do they make the best TVs? Arguably, but there are certainly competing products. Best notebooks? Some say so, but if not, they certainly compete well with all the others out there. Not everybody has the time and means to research every single product they buy to buy the absolute best... and unless in those very rare instances, buying Sony you're going to end up with one of the best anyways.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Cuz it's popular.

I've never been very critical of consumer electronics (most of my stuff is either a present or a hand-me down) but when it comes to prosumer grade and above video gear Sony is almost always a solid choice.


Lethal

 

[Dowfen]

I hold high regard for Sony mainly because I've bought lots of Sony displays and other items. Not a problem with one.

Perhaps a little higher priced, but if the stuff works I can't complain.

 

[rbV5]

My Sony DSC-s85 digital Camera is great.

 

[loup garou]

I don't think Sony's great, because they have such a wide variety of products, it's hard to judge the entire company. To narrow it down:

Their designs are incredible. You cannot argue that their products just look cooler than most of their competitors'.

Other than that, I love my Sony Ericsson phone. I like my Sony laptop, but I wouldn't recommend their laptops to just anyone. My Sony digicam is great, but aging.
I've had 2 sony Trinitron TV's with no problems. I've had and worked on countless computers with Sony CRTs that were great. They are the kings of camcorders, my father's 8mm Handycam (the first 8mm consumer camera released) still works like a charm.

On the other hand, I wouldn't consider ever buying a Sony Plasma or LCD because of the high price and average performance. I wouldn't buy any of their receivers, unless I could afford an ES Series, but there are other brands I'd prefer in that range. I also wouldn't purchase their speakers.

 

[nodoubts2k]

The only problem ive had with sony is my camcorder. Also, I've basically beaten my remote to a pulp, but it still works fine (just had to tape it together - there also is a rattling sound)

 

[NeoSolo]

my first walkman (~10+ years)
cd player (lasted 10 years until it got stolen)
had 27in TV but died after around 12 years.
32in tv
vcr
had 17in monitor (just replaced with 19in sony crt)
dig camcorder
dig camera

Sony has been good for me.

 

[anxi80]

me and my family buy sony products (cameras, dvd players, tv's, walkman's) and have been happy thus far. i guess to each his own.

let me ask those who are on the fence though, if you were able to get a lot of sony products at wholesale price, would you re-consider the company? i ask this because a lot of people seem more turned off by their prices than the quality of their products.

 

[rubenswm]

36" sony (96-97?)
20" WEGA
13" WEGA
19" FD Trin (dell)
sony dtv reciever
sony alarm clock
sony vcr
sony reciever, sony cd deck

I guess I haven't really had a problem with sony stuff.

 

[CraigRT]

because a lot of their stuff really does suck

 

[Mucho]

The average Joe really cant afford Sony so its natural to dislike them.