"Shrivel" wrote in message
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I mean that in my years of buying audio and video equipment, the Sony
stuff
has ALWAYS proven to be the least reliable. I've had ONE single piece of
Sony stuff that did not die prematurely and that is my Sony EP9ES surround
processor and I attribute it's longevity to the fact that it's an "ES"
component, which means it's built by an entirely different division of
Sony.
The other stuff that has broken:

2 car stereo head units
1 Laserdisc player
1 CD player
1 receiver


I can only think of ONE SINGLE piece of A/V equipment that was not Sony
branded that has broken on me in all those years and that is an NEC
integrated amplifier.

Needless to say, I don't buy Sony anymore, although I never really had any
complaints about the sound or video with any of the products. The lack of
reliability was the problem.

I found that interesting to read on my Sony Multiscan 20 se II monitor that
I purchased in ~1994. It has been my monitor through several computers and
several different iterations of the Intel Pentium series processor.

Over my shoulder is my Sony XBR32 TV which was also purchased around 10
years ago. It is STILL a very respectable TV and would cost ~$1,000+ to
replace with a similar quality/featured TV today.

I could go on. I guess everyone's experiences are different.

Sincerely,

TS