Sony says enough is enough, to cut 5,000 jobs, split off PC, TV operations

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Xen on 06 February 2014

Anything that keeps them in the gaming and smartphone business is good to my ears... always favored PS consoles, and ever since Nokia self-destructed, I favor Sony phones

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Zelhawks37 on 06 February 2014

And the internet says Nintendo is doomed.... Sony is in way deeper trouble than either of its competition.

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mutantsushi on 06 February 2014

Figgycal said:

About time. They should be focusing more on tablets and phones as that's where the future is headed.

Though it is a shame because they really did (imo) make the best T.V's.

The spun off TV division may well continue to "make the best TVs".
Especially if it's debts and costs are reduced, possibly via courts, it could instantly be more profitable,

and a Korean/Chinese brand may want to buy it, keeping Bravia as high end line but using it's tech in lower end models as well.

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Figgycal on 06 February 2014

mutantsushi said:

Figgycal said:

About time. They should be focusing more on tablets and phones as that's where the future is headed.

Though it is a shame because they really did (imo) make the best T.V's.

The spun off TV division may well continue to "make the best TVs".
Especially if it's debts and costs are reduced, possibly via courts, it could instantly be more profitable,

and a Korean/Chinese brand may want to buy it, keeping Bravia as high end line but using it's tech in lower end models as well.

But according too Kaz they're planning on focusing on premium 4k tv's - so basically none that any reasonable person can afford.

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mutantsushi on 06 February 2014

Sony's TVs long have not sold well because people can't afford them or there is not sufficient perceived value for th cost. Nothing new. They do well in the portion of the market that does want that though, so no reason to cede that market segment.

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XxGhostWarriorxX on 07 February 2014

Samsung is easily the best producers of tv's.

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aikohualda on 07 February 2014

vivster said:
Wow, didn't expect that. I thought the TV division would be vital to their unified content network and especially PSNow.

korean companies is the big daddy for tv now...

japanese tv has been suffering recently...

sony and panasonic is murdered by samsung and lg

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foxtail on 12 February 2014

Here are some Sony 4K TV price leaks.

http://hdguru.com/sony-2014-4k-uhdtv-prices-leaked/

850 Series
XBR-49X850B (49-inch): $2199.99
XBR-55X850B (55-inch): $2999.99
XBR-65X850B (65-inch): $4499.99
XBR-70X850B (70-inch): $5999.99

900 Series
XBR-55X900B (55-inch) $3999.99
XBR-65X900B (65-inch) $5499.99
XBR-79X900B (79-inch ) $8999.99

950 Series
XBR-65X950B (65-inch) $7999.99
XBR-85X950B (85-inch) $24,999.99