Guest badbob Posted August 20, 2014 Share #121 Posted August 20, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have had Sony products since the 70s. I can't say that I have ever had a problem with any of them. Have never had anything but a Sony TV, had Sony tape recorders, a clock radio, normal radios. Never a problem. Haven't ever had a Vaio for an obvious reason. My Apple products have been similarly good company. Our full-size Sony TV's have always lasted 10 or more years - no complaints. We had Sony reel-reel tape recorders once - also good. One small Sony recorder, the WMD6C - I had 2 of those - both very good. The Sony digital recorder (TCD-D3?) was very good, although both $100 batteries I bought wouldn't take more than 50 charges, then died. I bought a Sony handheld "scanner" for $400 in 1988 - failed after 3 months. My wife and I bought 2 very small radios that were fairly advanced in features, circa 1993 - both failed within 2 months. I bought several of their $80 earbud/folding/headband headphones from circa 1990 to 1993 - all failed within a couple of months. And I could go on with Sony alone -- bottom line is the department or division that was making handheld and small portable products was playing cheap, even to the rechargeable batteries. I could tell about HP and their bad -- the "Portable Plus", i.e. second-generation laptop computer that came out in 1985 - we sold one to Steve Martin for script editing. It failed, as did mine, my boss's, and the store demo. I found out from an internal source of mine that the bean counters at HP specified tin contacts on a low-voltage board instead of gold plating, and all the boards failed. We were unable to get any of those fixed for 3 months while HP lied and lied, saying they couldn't find the problem.... How do we tell that to a comic who's embarking on a scriptwriting career? We paid out of pocket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Hi Guest badbob, Take a look here Best reason to purchase the Leica T. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted August 20, 2014 Share #122 Posted August 20, 2014 May I ask what this has to do with the Leica T? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted August 21, 2014 Share #123 Posted August 21, 2014 My Sony walkman was nice... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted August 21, 2014 Share #124 Posted August 21, 2014 …and my Sony cassette-corder still comes in handy for interviews if I don't want to do shorthand. I've been using it today. But no, this has very little to do with the Leica T and why one would want to buy one. If greater reliability compared with other brands is seen as one reason, I think that's unlikely in the digital age. Design and style are the standout features of the T. I prefer the ergonomics of M Leicas because I am used to them and I like analog controls, but I still think the T looks very sleek and classy. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted August 21, 2014 Share #125 Posted August 21, 2014 ....But no, this has very little to do with the Leica T and why one would want to buy one.... Exactly. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted August 21, 2014 Share #126 Posted August 21, 2014 I bought the Leica T for my wife, with a thought that I would be able to get access to the camera. No way, the T was taken over by my wife completely. It lives permanently in her purse.:-) But I am happy, my old Contax T2 returned back to me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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