@nik-007 wrote:
Seems in the race of getting cooler smart features, manufacturer forgot that basics needs to be right first. Hope Sony fixes all the issue as no other make is also perfect here.
Not so cool if they just don't work and wind up crippling the basic function of the device...
To be fair, LG isn't a 'premiere' brand per se... Although they have gained a lot of ground very quickly; and the LG projection set we had at our other place gave a good dozen years of sterling service. - I'd have repaired it if I could have got the parts!
Besides which, almost any computing device is doomed to have a short life before joining the ranks of the obsolete. Manufacturers are fo course free to build these 'integrated sets' as they wish. But the leading brands - Sony, JVC and Panasonic - they really do need to offer a 'premiere' range built for quality and longevity rather than novelty... That way they might avoid trashing reputations that took decades to build...
They might then even be able to sell some of us a specifically-compatible 'media computer' every few years...
I think many once-leading brands though are in a race to the bottom... And not just in electronics. Buy a new Rolex Sub and it'll spend six months of the year in Switzerland - even though you wont! Land Rover? Jaguar? - Fine if you're only going to lease one for a year! There are five-year-old examples going to the scrapyard rotten through like 1980s Ladas... etc. etc. etc...
It's an unfortunate side-effect of big corporations becoming entirely focussed on 'churn'; most of which is driven by the cheap credit that created the economic crisis we saw eight or so years ago, and may yet lead to another one! Blame it on the bean-counters!
