Yes, the Sony trinitron was definately superior to everybody else's CRTs and TVs for about 20 years from late 60's too late 80's. Unfortunately with the move to projection in the 90's and now other 21st century technologies like LCD, LCOS, plasma, And DLP they have lost that edge and are now trying desperately to get it back in the display / TV market. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Papenfuss Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ I'm jumping in a bit late on this, but I've got a couple of comments about my opinion of Sony > Re Sony, they are a respectable company and noone has any doubt about > it. But since the overhaul of thier executive structures, it has been > a known fact that they have been struggling and stumbling in consumer > electronic market. Margins too low anymore. They've had to cheapify consumer stuff for the past 20 years. At least in their home theater stuff (receivers, amps, DVD players, VCR's), quality is the same or worse as any other cheepie no-name brand... only more expensive because it's a "Sony." One of their last great innovations that actually succeeded (IMO) was Trinitron. They were without question the best available CRTs for dozens of years. Most other innovations are me-too's, together with a HUGE smack of arrogance and proprietary stuff (think mini-disc and memory stick). It became a known patter recently that they search for what they > perceive to be profitable market, explore them, but if they found they > are not for them, they are too quick to fold up. It was not like that > before. Look at Cleo (or whatever is called, a Palm PDA) from which > they retreated. Their portable audio is overwhelmed by iPod, and much > touted Play Station stuff is now seem to be in limbo. Theyb are still > a king in the institutional market. They have been producing great > imaging products. But they are operating like a fire drill and still > seraching for the directions and goals in "consumer electronics" area. > Those are the facts which is substantiated by CFO's uttering. > I'm pretty sure that in their professional gear, the quality is still there. Of course the prices are higher and the margins are fatter. At least if you buy a professional-grade Sony product though, you get what you pay for. > I wish they did not have a propriatary hot shoe.... :-). > See above about Sony's love of proprietary sh*t. -Cory <\rant_mode> -- ************************************************************************ * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************************************ * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
