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From: "Nick Andrews" <[email protected]>
To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Steve Jobs
Sony is infamous for crappy marketing of superior products. Remember
the Betamax? And some very stupid decisions regarding the Playstation
3 with screwy backwards compatibility, etc. Sony makes the best TVs
and just about everything else they make, but you do pay a small
premium for the name.
Betamax wasn't exactly superior. The video playback quality was better -
but to the naked eye the difference wasn't noticeable. The main thing that
killed it was that VHS was able to achieve longer recording/playback times
on each tape than Beta. The original Betamax could only record for an hour
for example - so you couldn't even record an entire movie onto it.
Toyota may have taken a small hit with the unfounded claims of product
flaws in the last year or so (alleged uncontrollable acceleration,
etc.), but their products are still far superior to their
'competition.' Remember the Ford ad where they said 'and quality is
now equal to Toyota'? It was a lie about being equal, but they were
admitting that they were not as good on national TV! And Dodge
doesn't even try to compare themselves to Toyota, just Chevy and Ford.
Depends on which competition you mean. I bought a Mazda when I needed a new
car because it seemed to have a small edge over the equivalent Toyota model.
Harley-Davidson screws their customers worse than anyone I've seen on
price versus quality, yet the people still line up to pay double for
half the product because of the name.
Well, the problem is that Harley-Davidson were made very famous by
Hollywood since they wanted an American made motorbike in their movies for
"cool" characters. This gave them a publicity boost they've enjoyed ever
since. Comparitively speaking their bikes aren't as good though, and I've
heard someone say they are actually quite uncomfortable to ride on.
Allan
