Sony products

[juli_]

So I was spring cleaning today, a little late, yes - and was surprised to see how many Sony things I owned. Apart from the recent purchases of the 808, 706, and the speaker system for the daps, I'd forgotten that the 2 Walkman CD players, the old tape-cassette Walkman, 3 radio alarm clocks, and 10-year-old TV were all Sony. I have 10 Sony products and I thought I had about 4. It's like I was integrated into a cult without even knowing.

Edited August 20, 2007 by juli

[Old skool D]

I have a Sony Wide screen TV( Seven years Old), A NH1 mini-disc recorder, and my A806.

[juli_]

I have a Sony Wide screen TV( Seven years Old), A NH1 mini-disc recorder, and my A806.

Aaaah - but did you know you had them??? I think my TV is at least 10 years old and still going strong, unlike the remote control which isn't made anymore so I can't fully access the menus. I don't know if I'll get widescreen in the future, everyone looks short, round and fat on it. It's most disconcerting

[Old skool D]

Aaaah - but did you know you had them??? I think my TV is at least 10 years old and still going strong, unlike the remote control which isn't made anymore so I can't fully access the menus. I don't know if I'll get widescreen in the future, everyone looks short, round and fat on it. It's most disconcerting

Yes Indeed I knew I had them. The TV has lasted well, but like you my remote control has been destroyed (Kids )

I'd like a plasma, or LCD, but as my TV still works I'm not fussed at the moment. I found that Sony make good products that last. Would Love a Sony Vaio Lap top, but can't afford one!

[Guest Stuge]

Sony Dvd Writer ,Sony walkman and Mp3 Players ,Sony Mini HiFi and Sony Wega Tv that 's it !

[AntiPod]

Yes Indeed I knew I had them. The TV has lasted well, but like you my remote control has been destroyed (Kids )

I'd like a plasma, or LCD, but as my TV still works I'm not fussed at the moment. I found that Sony make good products that last. Would Love a Sony Vaio Lap top, but can't afford one!

lol i'll agree with the comment on VAIO, they are even more expensive than macbooks which are already ridiculously priced, but VAIOs are way better than macbooks IMO

back to the topic, i have only 2 sony products, which are the E507 and E005. I might get a sony ericsson phone in the future tho.

[juli_]

Would Love a Sony Vaio Lap top, but can't afford one!

I had one last year and sold it within 2 weeks. The fan noise drove me up the wall. Never mind the listening levels on the daps, the fan noise was so loud I thought a mechanical digger was outside. When I 'Googled' it, I saw I wasn't the only one with the problem. It wasn't a problem as such, as it used a desktop processor which is noisier anyway. But I couldn't live with it. And my lust for a Vaio was firmly quenched and doused on the first day. I think I'll stick to daps, radio alarms, TVs, walkmans, Sony don't need any more of my money!!

[Old skool D]

I had one last year and sold it within 2 weeks. The fan noise drove me up the wall. Never mind the listening levels on the daps, the fan noise was so loud I thought a mechanical digger was outside. When I 'Googled' it, I saw I wasn't the only one with the problem. It wasn't a problem as such, as it used a desktop processor which is noisier anyway. But I couldn't live with it. And my lust for a Vaio was firmly quenched and doused on the first day. I think I'll stick to daps, radio alarms, TVs, walkmans, Sony don't need any more of my money!!

What about a Sony LCD or Plama. I'd love one of those!

[juli_]

What about a Sony LCD or Plama.

Well of course!! I was drooling over some earlier at Amazon. I'd like 2 TVs, one for casual watching, and one for music/concerts/ballet etc. They never look so good on a small screen so it would be brilliant to have a massive TV just for that. I wouldn't like to watch normal TV on it though, I don't like the thought of big faces staring at me from the screen! I don't mind in the cinema, but I don't want to be that close to giant faces at home.

Edited August 16, 2007 by juli

[Old skool D]

Do you know/understand the difference between LCD & Plasma, and if so could you share your knowledge as I don't have a Scoby Doo( Clue)

[juli_]

Do you know/understand the difference between LCD & Plasma, and if so could you share your knowledge as I don't have a Scoby Doo( Clue)

No idea at all, so I just looked here: http://hometheater.about.com/od/lcdtvfaqs/f/lcdfaq2.htm LCD seems to be more expensive and has smaller screens, but I think you should read it all on my behalf and then tell me which one I want

[Old skool D]

No idea at all, so I just looked here: http://hometheater.about.com/od/lcdtvfaqs/f/lcdfaq2.htm LCD seems to be more expensive and has smaller screens, but I think you should read it all on my behalf and then tell me which one I want

LOL!!!!!!!!! Nice One.

[markey]

Here we go, a 12 year old 29" Sony Trinitron; 12 year old Sony video recorder; Sony DVD player; 5 year old 14" Sony Trinitron. A brocken 27 year old Sony clock radio and a 7 year old Sony clock radio. A brocken PS1; A PS2. A 20 year old Sony cassette Walkman, a Sony minidisc recorder and 3 Sony mp3 players. That makes a grand total of 13, oh both my sons have a Sony mp3 player each and the wife has an A1000. The 29" trinitron is on it's last legs so maybe a large screen Bravia at some point

[aob9]

Sony Widescreen TV...... Sony NW ms7,HD1,S703,S805......Sony Handycam HC47........Sony Camera DSC-M1.......Sony Discman.....Sony Alarm clock.......Sony Photo printer ....Sony Memory Stick Reader........Sony Ericsson K750i Mobile Phone.......Numerous Sony Headphones incl DJ phones.........Sony DVD player.

MY GOD!!!! I need help.........however,none of them have ever broken down;honestly.

[markey]

Do you know/understand the difference between LCD & Plasma, and if so could you share your knowledge as I don't have a Scoby Doo( Clue)

The plasma works on gases apparently, correct me if I'm wrong? LCD is a Liquid Chrystal display. I think the plasma gives a better picture but apparently won't last as long as a CRT or LCD. My brother just picked up a 37" Panasonic Viera Plasma, he reckons plasma is better for sports and fast moving images.

[juli_]

Do you know/understand the difference between LCD & Plasma

It's quite funny, when you first mentioned fancy LCD and Plasma tvs, it got me to thinking that just 8 relatively short years ago, I had

• No mobile phone - First I had to find a phone box, and then I had to queue up like an animal

• No satnav - I rarely strayed 20 miles from home because my sense of direction is abysmal. As for reading a map, :lol: :lol: forget it. It could be in Hindi for all I know. It makes no sense, everything is upside down and 'blue' means water? I thought it was the sky. I only kept A-Zs in the car so that when I got lost, strangers in the street could tell me how to get home! My friends would draw big childlike maps with large arrows pointing in the direction I had to go.

  As you can imagine, satnav has changed my life!

• No digital camera - I had to use a primitive Nikon jobbie, go to a chemist, get them developed - again, like an animal, and half of them always featured some big thumb, (mine) and then I had to pay money to print that big thumb! Now I do them myself, so much more civilised.

• No computer/internet - I love being able to find out answers immediately. For example, I see an actor, I know he's been in something before - I go to the IMDB and find out where I know him from. I think of a song, I can't remember who sung it, I type in a few lyrics, and hey presto, there's my answer. It's instant magic and no more going to bed fretting about a song I can't remember all night!

  Although this method doesn't work for instrumentals, as my dear friend Kenny who was bugged to death for weeks about a song, was finally and humiliatingly forced to go to his local CD store and 'whistle' the entire song in front of all the staff!! After much bemusement and scratching of heads, a very old doddery assistant correctly identified it as 'Whistling Jack Smith'. He then shuffled slowly down to the store room, shuffled back an age or two later and offered him the record for £5.

  Kenny said very politely: "Oh, no thanks. I just wanted to know what it was called" and then he left.

• No Sony daps or Sony CD players - I used my tape cassette Walkman, (like a caveperson) regularly tightening up the tape that would inevitably come loose, and chucking out TDK C120s after 2 uses as they always got chewed up. And then listening to the 3-minute silences at the end of the tape where there was not enough room to put another song. My daps have changed everything. I constantly marvel at how easy it is to listen to music wherever and whenever. And to think, I started my musical journey with an old record player that had the option of stacking 6 singles - and if you were lucky, they dropped individually with the needle landing on the actual record and not on the turntable. . . I used pennies to keep the needle down to skim over the scratches and the middles of my singles always fell out and I'd have to go the record shop and ask for a spare one! How primitive is that?

• TV Recording - No such thing when I was young, you watched it or you missed it. Now I have a Freeview box that can store 40 hours of programs, plus I can pause or rewind live TV

Even with all this wonderful technology, I still recall (with a lot of fondness) the Saturdays when we'd choose a friend's house to go to, pick our favourite LPs to listen to, and sing all the words to all the songs very very loudly while pulling out the posters and reading all the credits. Then we would tape ourselves singing! Those were the days, simple, but a lot of fun. . . even we did have to queue up for the phone like animals! Edited August 17, 2007 by juli

[juli_]

Sony Widescreen TV...... Sony NW ms7,HD1,S703,S805......Sony Handycam HC47........Sony Camera DSC-M1.......Sony Discman.....Sony Alarm clock.......Sony Photo printer ....Sony Memory Stick Reader........Sony Ericsson K750i Mobile Phone.......Numerous Sony Headphones incl DJ phones.........Sony DVD player.

MY GOD!!!! I need help.........however,none of them have ever broken down;honestly.

It's amazing I know. Sony make damn good long-lasting quality products.

And Markey You've got over 15 including the boys stuff. Whatever Sony product resides in the house counts!!

[pata2001]

6 Sony PCDPs.

5 Sony Network Walkmen/DAP.

7 MD/HiMD portable units.

1 PSP

2 PS2s.

1 PS3.

1 Sony LCD monitor.

2 Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

Various Sony earbuds.

Sony Bravia LCDs look good, but IMO Samsung/Sharp provides better bang for the buck (although now Samsung is getting on the pricey end too).

[aob9]

So I was spring cleaning today, a little late, yes - and was surprised to see how many Sony things I owned. Apart from the recent purchases of the 808, 706, and the speaker system for the daps, I'd forgotten that the 2 Walkman CD players, the old tape-cassette Walkman, 3 radio alarm clocks, and 10-year-old TV were all Sony. I have 10 Sony products and I thought I had about 4. It's like I was integrated into a cult without even knowing.

Juli, I see from your profile that you are you are female......a female gadget lover.........this is truly unique in my experience. You could be 'the one' to convince millions of women everywhere that they too can marvel at technology................ My wife thinks I am MAD.

[juli_]

6 Sony PCDPs.

5 Sony Network Walkmen/DAP.

7 MD/HiMD portable units.

1 PSP

2 PS2s.

1 PS3.

1 Sony LCD monitor.

2 Sony Ericsson mobile phones.

Various Sony earbuds.

Sony Bravia LCDs look good, but IMO Samsung/Sharp provides better bang for the buck (although now Samsung is getting on the pricey end too).

25 Sony products, WOW!

[Old skool D]

Was just wondering if you purposely go out to buy Sony Products. The only times I have done this was when I was getting my TV, and, of course my DAPs. Other then that I'll buy the best product my money can afford.

[markey]

It's amazing I know. Sony make damn good long-lasting quality products.

And Markey You've got over 15 including the boys stuff. Whatever Sony product resides in the house counts!!

Well over 20 if you include the wife's NW-A1000 and the aftermarket headphones I have purchased. Also the other two PS2's, one in each of the boys bedrooms.

[markey]

Was just wondering if you purposely go out to buy Sony Products. The only times I have done this was when I was getting my TV, and, of course my DAPs. Other then that I'll buy the best product my money can afford.

For Audio and Visual I would choose Sony 99% of the time, although I recenty purchased an LG 17" flat screen monitor for my pc. I don't think I would choose Sony for my computer needs, probably go for HP or Dell. For Kitchen appliances, oh, they don't do those yet. Intersting if they did though

[juli_]

Was just wondering if you purposely go out to buy Sony Products. The only times I have done this was when I was getting my TV, and, of course my DAPs. Other then that I'll buy the best product my money can afford.

Ditto on the TV. That was because my friend had one and I was really impressed with the picture and sound quality. The first portable Sony CD player I had was given to me for a birthday present, and I loved it. So my choices for portable audio after that were deliberately 'Sony' because I liked the sound so much. I would probably still stick with Sony for portable audio and TVs, only because I've been so happy with them in the past. It's a kind of 'play safe' mentality, but having looked at the age of some of the products owned on here, it seems to be the right choice as they seem to last for ever!

I think my only beef would be lack of spare parts. The right speaker on the TV has been knackered for ages but there is nowhere to buy a speaker for it. And as the original remote died on me, there's no way to shift the balance slightly from left to right to reduce the muffledness. But until I can afford another TV I'll have to live with it! As for the Vaio, well you know what I did with that (!!) so I'm only loyal to Sony if their products meet my expectations

[juli_]

Juli, I see from your profile that you are you are female......a female gadget lover.........this is truly unique in my experience. You could be 'the one' to convince millions of women everywhere that they too can marvel at technology................ My wife thinks I am MAD.

No no no, your wife is mad! These are not gadgets, they are necessities of life. A gadget is something you don't need, a necessity is something you do need. Well, that's my rather limp excuse anyway

[markey]

No no no, your wife is mad! These are not gadgets, they are necessities of life. A gadget is something you don't need, a necessity is something you do need. Well, that's my rather limp excuse anyway

My wife also thinks I'm mad. She has an A1000 because I got it for her as a present. If she were to buy one it would be one of those 1 gig ones for £20 they sell in Tescos. You know in between the vegetables and dairy products.

[Old skool D]

My wife also thinks I'm mad. She has an A1000 because I got it for her as a present. If she were to buy one it would be one of those 1 gig ones for £20 they sell in Tescos. You know in between the vegetables and dairy products.

My wife thinks I'm mad as well. She questions if music was a person whether I'd leave her for it!

[juli_]

My wife also thinks I'm mad. She has an A1000 because I got it for her as a present. If she were to buy one it would be one of those 1 gig ones for £20 they sell in Tescos. You know in between the vegetables and dairy products.

Hahahahaha, that is too funny!! In between the vegetables and dairy products? Hahahahahaha. I must tell my friend, she will want one immediately!

[markey]

Hahahahaha, that is too funny!! In between the vegetables and dairy products? Hahahahahaha. I must tell my friend, she will want one immediately!

You know the ones I mean don't you? Have you listened to one? OMG, they sound awful

[markey]

You know the ones I mean don't you? Have you listened to one? OMG, they sound awful

Even my two sons aged 10 and 6 rejected them. One has an NW-E405 & the other an NW-E407

[juli_]

You know the ones I mean don't you? Have you listened to one? OMG, they sound awful

I've never seen them, but I will definitely have a look out of sheer curiosity. Tesco mp3 players, wow, what next?? Sometimes I think it would be nice if my ears weren't so fussy and I could choose any old mp3 player and be happy with it, like my friends, instead of analysing the SQ to death and rejecting anything that isn't 100%. I think it's a disease

[RoGeR-atrac]

Oh dear... got a confession to make; I'm a sucker for Sony products

I think my whole life revolves around them:

3 MD/HiMD units

1 MDLP bookshelf mini hifi

1 Vaio pocket MP3 player

1 PS2

2 PS1

1 PSP

1 MDLP Car Stereo

1 W800i mobile

1 K750i mobile

1 Clie PDA

1 VAIO SZ laptop with

1 VAIO mouse

1 Bedroom clock

30 (maybe more) recordable MDs

5 2G MS Duo cards

2 Cybershot cameras

Ok... I'm doomed.

Edited August 17, 2007 by RoGeR-atrac

[markey]

Oh dear... got a confession to make; I'm a sucker for Sony products

I think my whole life revolves around them:

3 MD/HiMD units

1 MDLP bookshelf mini hifi

1 Vaio pocket MP3 player

1 PS2

2 PS1

1 PSP

1 MDLP Car Stereo

1 W800i mobile

1 K750i mobile

1 Clie PDA

1 VAIO SZ laptop with

1 VAIO mouse

1 Bedroom clock

30 (maybe more) recordable MDs

5 2G MS Duo cards

2 Cybershot cameras

Ok... I'm doomed.

Yes indeed, you have a slight problem there

[juli_]

Oh dear... got a confession to make; I'm a sucker for Sony products

I think my whole life revolves around them:

3 MD/HiMD units

1 MDLP bookshelf mini hifi

1 Vaio pocket MP3 player

1 PS2

2 PS1

1 PSP

1 MDLP Car Stereo

1 W800i mobile

1 K750i mobile

1 Clie PDA

1 VAIO SZ laptop with

1 VAIO mouse

1 Bedroom clock

30 (maybe more) recordable MDs

5 2G MS Duo cards

2 Cybershot cameras

Ok... I'm doomed.

Not only are you doomed, you need therapy.

[RoGeR-atrac]

Care to recommend a shrink then? In central london area would be good.

[juli_]

Well, if this was a contest, which it isn't, RoGeR-atrac is the only 'serious' contender for the "I-have-the-most-Sony-products-and-a-disease" award, closely followed by Pata and Markey. RoGeR, did you know how many you had before you counted them?

[RoGeR-atrac]

Hi juli, of course... everywhere I look at home, that SONY word is on it )

[aob9]

Hi juli, of course... everywhere I look at home, that SONY word is on it )

I kid you not, a friend of mine made SONY boxer shorts for me using an iron on transfer for my Birthday last year...................he too thinks I am stark raving mad, I didn't wear them though.......they were a little too tight.

[juli_]

I kid you not, a friend of mine made SONY boxer shorts for me using an iron on transfer for my Birthday last year...................he too thinks I am stark raving mad, I didn't wear them though.......they were a little too tight.

:lol: :lol: :lol: This thread is exposing all of us!!

[juli_]

Care to recommend a shrink then? In central london area would be good.

There's one next door to a Sony dealer, is that any good???