Sony's another brand that helped keep me in business. Trust me, a lot of "modern" sets have design flaws, and likely designed with "planned obsolescence" in mind, to keep the industry cash flow going.
Alas, the Panasonic/Technics brand stuff rarely showed up, in for service.
And when it did, I was impressed at the serviceability and build quality.
So naturally, what do you think "I" went with for my own home?
And I don't have a bit of trouble with anything from Matsushita.
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Haha! I remember that one! As a parent, while driving my son’s friends around as we do, my opinion on anything was of course less that useless or of any interest to them. So I would say, “that reminds me of that Simpson’s episode where........” and the discussion was on! They all would chip in and we’d spend the next half hour discussing our Simpson favs, and whether something was perfectly funny or could have been even funnier. It was great to be part of the band then, and the “cool dad”
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I guess I hoped we were better than that here, and in the case of FB people seemed. to try to make themselves more interesting and accomplished etc. than they are, but instead we get trolls creating personas that are cranky complainers stating the obvious.
But of course you’re right, look at the political rants on Facebook!
But of course you’re right, look at the political rants on Facebook!
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Funny... I found a 2011 Sony Bravia in the trash with nothing wrong with it (nice area, they just upgraded).
I have a Dynex that is 10 years old that still works and was powered on every day for hours.
I have fixed plenty of Samsungs in my time though. Usually bad caps in the PSU.
Now I have a "Philips" which is just a Chinese TV but the picture is nice and so far so good. Fingers crossed but I just seem to have good luck with TVs...
I had an HP monitor with a 4 year in house service plan (it was a high end business model) that was replaced 4 times within the warranty period because it would eventually develop what I refer to as a coffee stain. I sold it on but that thing ran 24/7 while I had it. Now about a over a year into having the Samsung I replaced it with on 24/7, it's still working nicely as it should, but 500 CAD for a 32" 4K monitor that doesn't look like crap was a good deal anyway, right?
Good deals can be had but usually not from the traditional channels / brand names.
I have a Dynex that is 10 years old that still works and was powered on every day for hours.
I have fixed plenty of Samsungs in my time though. Usually bad caps in the PSU.
Now I have a "Philips" which is just a Chinese TV but the picture is nice and so far so good. Fingers crossed but I just seem to have good luck with TVs...
I had an HP monitor with a 4 year in house service plan (it was a high end business model) that was replaced 4 times within the warranty period because it would eventually develop what I refer to as a coffee stain. I sold it on but that thing ran 24/7 while I had it. Now about a over a year into having the Samsung I replaced it with on 24/7, it's still working nicely as it should, but 500 CAD for a 32" 4K monitor that doesn't look like crap was a good deal anyway, right?
Good deals can be had but usually not from the traditional channels / brand names.
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It would not be natural IF we were artificially modded to grow wings, they were surgically attached, etc.
But walking inside a plane with as you mention, our own feet and legs is as natural as walking anywhere else. And then walking outside is as natural too. That the plane is "somewhere else" when we exit is irrelevant. Also applies to cars, ships, train wagons, oxen pulled carts and even horses.
Yes.
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Why should I? Simply not my experience. The Sony was given to a friend and worked without a single problem for 20yr. I didn't include computer flat panel monitors, I bought one of the first Toshiba 15" available (so early in fact there was still a 2 bad pixel min to get a return). Mine had one totally on pixel in the middle of the screen so they gave me a new one. It probably is still working, I left it when we sold our off grid 12V cottage.
I, too, used to repair hi fi equipment, before I finished college and got a position as a jr-engineer or an engineer's highly educated helper, (at the time). I mostly helped fix tube equipment, back in the middle 1960's, but we also sold really high quality audio tube stuff like Marantz and McIntosh, as well as Fisher, and several other cheaper brands. Here is where I learned the differences between triodes and ultra-linear, solid state vs tubes, horns vs acoustic suspension.
Over the years, growing into a design engineer (Ampex) and later, more a free lance engineer (GD, Levinson, etc), I have been at the beginning of several successful audio companies, where we truly strived to make the best stuff possible. In every case, I have never found evidence that built in obsolescence or need to repair was consciously built in to an audio (or video) product. I think this is a myth, and that the vast majority of failures are caused by cheap (under-engineered) parts, oversights in actual design regarding voltage or temperature limits, or just plain bad luck. Now IF most audio companies were more military oriented, extra effort would have been put out in the mean time between failure calculations, and the parts and equipment would have been life tested before the product was released on the market. BUT, this costs money, big money! And in many levels of audio products, new models are pushed into the marketplace, causing a new set of potential problems, resulting in another slew of repairs. So we have to live with marginally reliable products.
Now, I really believe in repair guys, and think very highly of their skills. Unfortunately, most are at retirement age, and then much of the practical ability to easily repair some of the new stuff, is almost non-existent. Still, sometimes the old stuff is worth the repair cost, like my Marantz 10 tube tuner that I took weeks to repair so that it worked reliably. If I had someone else repair it, it might have cost $1000 or more. Enlightened repair is just as valuable as do it yourself, in my opinion.
Over the years, growing into a design engineer (Ampex) and later, more a free lance engineer (GD, Levinson, etc), I have been at the beginning of several successful audio companies, where we truly strived to make the best stuff possible. In every case, I have never found evidence that built in obsolescence or need to repair was consciously built in to an audio (or video) product. I think this is a myth, and that the vast majority of failures are caused by cheap (under-engineered) parts, oversights in actual design regarding voltage or temperature limits, or just plain bad luck. Now IF most audio companies were more military oriented, extra effort would have been put out in the mean time between failure calculations, and the parts and equipment would have been life tested before the product was released on the market. BUT, this costs money, big money! And in many levels of audio products, new models are pushed into the marketplace, causing a new set of potential problems, resulting in another slew of repairs. So we have to live with marginally reliable products.
Now, I really believe in repair guys, and think very highly of their skills. Unfortunately, most are at retirement age, and then much of the practical ability to easily repair some of the new stuff, is almost non-existent. Still, sometimes the old stuff is worth the repair cost, like my Marantz 10 tube tuner that I took weeks to repair so that it worked reliably. If I had someone else repair it, it might have cost $1000 or more. Enlightened repair is just as valuable as do it yourself, in my opinion.
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Anything BUT herbivores. Lacking 4 stomachs, 12 meters of intestines, the very complex rumination mechanism and cellulase, herbivore diet is GUARANTEE of Death for Humans.
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Where are the small blocks hanging from the tree limbs on a chain?
I'd want your neighbors to have the full experience.
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Oh, so it´s YOU who bought all the common sense! Leaving none for us!!!!
I should have known from all your "wise" comments. 😛😛😛
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I just got my certificate of occupancy a couple weeks ago.....cut me some slack!
I’m imbedded now 😀
I’m imbedded now 😀
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