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Last night, my husband and I got into this very passionate... double-monologue of sorts, about why we love Sony so much.

They were just a small company at first, making radios. And then they started to shake things up, developing and releasing technological commodities that make up huge parts of our lives which for some reason so few people in the world really know or think about. Their major accomplishments:
    Tube televisions Computer monitors Videocasette recording The Walkman (I LOVED MINE SO MUCH) Compact disc The Discman (again, LOVED that thing) Floppy discs Video8 Hi8 Revolutionary hi-fi component for under US$5,000 (as opposed to twice as much before) Digital audio tapes Optical discs The MiniDisc (I LOVED MY MD PLAYER. Why did I ever switch to the iPod?) Magneto-optical discs Memory sticks Flash memory cards Rolly, an egg-shaped digital robotic music player AIBO, a robotic dog QRIO, a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot The PlayStation 1 The Playstation 2 The Playstation 3 (so powerful, affordable, and reliable that the US military uses them for super-computing) Blu-ray


And now they've developed this technology that is THIRTY YEARS AHEAD OF OUR TIME. It's called OLED, which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. It's a technology that uses carbon-based organic material in a process that converts electric energy into light. This light is used to illuminate the screen and produce the most astounding results ever seen on a television. The contrast ratio is 1,000,000 : 1. Basically, for the first time ever in history, you get to view true, absorbing black. REAL BLACK.  These will eventually revolutionise billboards... you know those things you see in sci-fi films, signs that turn translucent at certain angles, while from other perspectives they produce deadly, crystal clear imagery? Yeah.

So while Sony is changing the world every 3-5 years, what has Apple accomplished?

Aside from contracting factories in China where the working conditions precipitate suicides among workers, at a rate so problematic that the iPhone and iPad are facing boycotting in Asia (More here in the South China Morning Post. Register for free to read full articles).

I like Sony's marketing. It's all about, "Here's what we have done to make some experiences more enjoyable for you, and here are the options you have to customise your new experience".

With Apple, the way I'm reading it, it's, "Here's how you can fit in."

Everyone who's ever complained about Sony's products are, from what I've noticed, plainly and simply negligent consumers, who don't do their research and don't bother to understand what they really want. Take these people who complain about their older version VAIOs crashing on newer versions of Windows. Have you downloaded Sony's dedicated security updates? Sony does their own thing and they have their own system to service and protect their clients. Specifically, good clients, who would take the the couple of minutes required to check online for Sony's updates.

People who love Sony, are ones who know what they want, and do not make compromises, especially with the price. What you pay is what you get, and then some.

I just bought the Sony all-in-one JS and I'm comparing it with the 21.5" iMac. If I were to pay an extra US$200 for the latter, I DON'T get Blu-ray, or a 2-year warranty, or a screen that supports high definition. In fact, I'd be getting a screen that's so glossy I'd have to work in complete darkness in order to see anything but myself in it, which is counter-productive since the very reason I'm getting an all-in-one computer is so I can view my references while I'm painting... at a workstation where I paint very close up for high detail, under lamps that put out over 100 watts of illumination. Furthermore, the iMac display continuously receives consumer reports on having blackout problems, has dead pixels, and which is by the way under a one year warranty that does not specify how many dead pixels are accepted for a full free product replacement. And it has too short of a power cord. It's like every basic engineering/usability aspect was thrown out the window.

The only thing that Apple still has going for them is their operating system. Their OLDER operating system. I'm still running on Tiger, and I do love it. But that's about it. I'm too afraid to upgrade both my OS and hardware because I don't want to be surprised by the kind of corners Apple chooses to cut. That, and there is nothing they made that I can't accidentally damage and break to a point where I risk not being covered by warranty.

And now I'm reminded of that one time where the power adapter for my first MacBook Pro caught on fire...

Which brings us to this little story concerning my Sony TX5 Cybershot...

Keith and I were just coming in for our landing at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan, after an 11-hour flight from San Francisco. It was the first time in a long time where I arrived at this airport during the day, and being able to actually see scenery and not pitch black out the windows was very exciting for me. I reached one arm across Keith, who had a window seat, and yelled, "Oh look at the farm houses ---" CRASH. Our plane touched ground and the Cybershot that I had out and sitting on my drinks table flew and slammed right against the hard-shell back of the seat in front of me.  FIVE FEET AWAY (first class leg room can be nice). The impact was so powerful that it actually BOUNCED BACK and I had to DODGE or I'd get hit right in the eye with a block of pale pink METAL. Yes, it was my fault, I had my camera out because Keith's mother demanded photos this time of everything we did, which was weird because the last thing seasoned travellers do is take videos and photos of the food and how far back your seat can go. And again, it was my fault for forgetting to put the digicam away while we were making our descent.

But guess what? The camera wasn't even dented.

Try doing that with an iPhone.


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What do you love to shop for? What purchases get your happy on? 8-)

Me: Art supplies, books, movies, plane tickets, gummy candies, kitty toys, Lego, and clothing.




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candy-wolf's avatar
I totally agree... you forgot to mention the Playstation Portable, PSP for short. it changed my life :heart: and now they even have PSP Go. ^-^