NY Times: How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By

[mike_intellivision]

One point hinted at in the article but found in real life is that Sony quality is not what it once was.
I have an Sony VCR that I bought at least 12 years ago that use every day. Other than a problem of "eating tape" when I review (rewind with play) for too long, there is not a problem with it (and I wonder how much of that is caused by using tape over-and-over-and-over again).

Meanwhile, two newer VCRs act up much more frequently and have had remote malfunction issues (including one remote losing buttons). Finally, the DVD player in my combo player (VCR and DVD) has to be cleaned each time or it will not read DVDs. It does not matter if the DVD is scratched from Blockbuster or just out of shrink wrap.

These decreasing quality issues are one major matter that will need to be resolved. Another is cross promotion with various units. Sony Music cannot be backing a TV show and then have that show have a game on two systems -- Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. (The show is Victorious on Nickelodeon. While not prime viewing for most posters in here, if you are the parent of a pre-teen or early teen, you probably have seen it at least once).

Mike from Morgantown