High Definition Tele

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

Got in a new hard drive from Sony today which they have kindly loaded with some proper bo high def footage.

It's absolutely awesome. The very reason that we sell Sony stuff is because they have the best picture quality on the market. I have seen the new spanky top of the range sony stuff running dvds but high def just puts it all to shame. It really is like looking through a window.

Just though I'd mention it as it absolutely blew me away when I saw it. Quite a freaky experience to be honest. If anyone gets a chance to go into a local sony centre do it it's well worth a look.

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

pics?

and as i just typed that i dropped my hula hoops everywere.

bollocks.

but get some pics up.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

sony stuff is slickly designed and marketed, but very very poor reliability compared to say panasonic, in my experience.

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

samsung stuff is good too.

and for the cheaper alternative goodmans i find is also pretty good.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

At the end of the day reliability is based on anyones own experiences although the average age of sony sets we repair is 10-15 years old and panas tend to be a lot younger ie 5-10 years.

The reason we do sony is that in the 40 years that out company (my boss company) has been trading as an independant Sony have come out as reliably and quality the best that they have ever done. Having said that.....yes panasonic are their main rivals (I have a Panasnic set at home) and are one of the few companys that are in the same league as sony in terms of reliability performance and research.

I'm not back at work till Tuesday but I will get pics up then. Not that pictures will show anything near the quality of high def tho.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

Quote:

goodmans

Hooooock ptouh Ting (sound of one spitting) Goodmans isn't even owned by goodmans any more. Laughing

Sorry but I had to

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Of of the brothers is mad into his tv picture quality shit

I'm quite happy with my cheapo stuff!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

sony teles good.

panasonic vcr's good

sony headunit, utter shite. I have yet to see one that works properly.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Not to mention Playstations/PS2s. Badly made, unreliable pieces of crap.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

have to say my original playstation from 95/96 still works fine. occasionaly it won't load first time but its done that for a few years now.

I knwo others who have had to buy 3 or 4 of them and replace the laser assembly a dozen times right enough.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Chris H wrote:

sony headunit, utter shite. I have yet to see one that works properly.

Ive got one, no probs with it, and ive had it for over a year

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

give it time.

my sisters doesn't work, my grans doesn't work, ambers doesn't work iains (trantons) doesn't work.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

mine stopped working too, i put my venerable old JVC in instead, meaning ive now got the sony CD changer bolted to my parcel shelf doing squat.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Ive got a JVC 12 changer and lead if your intrested?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

what happened on it neal?

They seem to fail in a lot of ways.

trantons won't store anything in its memeroy, turn it off its there if you turn it back on but leave it 10 mins its all reset.

Ambers no longer plays cd''s (just a year old now), the display only works half the time and it normally needs the face popped off a few times to get the radio working.

My grans won't play tapes and will lose all settigns evry few weeks.

Pioneer head units, never had any problem with them, i have used ones that have been in a box for 10 years and work straight away.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

only if youre going to give it to me for free Razz

And anyway, i dont suppose this headunit has the input for it. Rolling Eyes

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

my Sony keeps switching off momentarily Chris

Like it's dodgy wiring, except the JVC is on the same wiring and is fine.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

pop the face off and clean the contacts on it.

Ambers does it, the old NES cartridge blow on it trick usually works.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Tried all that, believe me!

Oh, and as for the original playstations, I lost count of the number i fixed for mates and their mates.

People used to have to put them upside down in order to load. This was because Sony made the moving parts of the CD drive out of plastic. After several months of the lens going backwards and forwards along its plastic rails, they wore down. The laser/lens then sat squint to the CD and couldnt read it.

Still, a few pieces of cut up metal floppy disc flap glued in the relevant contact points within the CD drive sorted that.

Nice one Sony!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

its hammer time methinks.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Neal wrote:

my Sony keeps switching off momentarily Chris

Like it's dodgy wiring, except the JVC is on the same wiring and is fine.

My first sony done that, i send it back under warranty and it was returned to me with no faults. Was fine after that.

Shite radio reception on sonys