Sony Sells Stake In LCD Joint Venture To Samsung For $939M

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• Maybe they’ve changed their repair problems but it used to be that Sony Tvs could only be fixed if you sent them in (or took them in) to a verfied SONY repair center. That was an issue for us not purchasing an item previously.

  Comment by SonyTvProblems — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 1:59pm PST  Reply to this post

• It is truly sad to see this once most influential technology power house…slowly fade away from profit and vision..

  Sony used to be what Apple is today.

  Never did any of my 30 years of Sony televisions ever require service. They were the best…long, long ago.

  Comment by Confused? — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 4:54pm PST  Reply to this post

• The Sony name used to mean quality years and years ago. So will they be buying cheap quality Chinese panels now to save a few bucks?

  Comment by casting couch — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 5:57pm PST  Reply to this post

• I made one of the first large screen TV’s, well large for the time 72″ out of a Sony 20″ tube TV a lens, a cone and a switch that reversed the picture and turned it upside down, when played thru the lens you got a 72” picture on a screen mounted on the wall.

  While I don’t use it much now, it still works as a TV 40 years old. I have it out in the garage; the TV is 40 years old. I still have one of the first Sony BetaMaxes, a 30 pound unit.

  If Sony isn’t careful they will wind up like Eastman Kodak.

  Comment by lsb — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 6:42pm PST  Reply to this post

• Funny, I just sent a letter to Sony in regards to its’ decline in quality. Have bought Sony products, mainly electronics, since the 1970s, but the last three purchases in the past few years have been major disappointments. Where you use to expect quality and durability in their products now there is neither. So I told them goodbye. No longer going to buy anything with their name on it. Not worth it. Sad, they use to be a great company and when you bought Sony you knew you what you were getting. 40 years, millions of dollars in advertising and they lost a loyal customer by selling *#@$. Oh well.

  Comment by RPF — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 8:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• Sony’s tvs have been overpriced garbage for awhile now, which is odd as they are using the same high quality panels as Samsung. Their problem lies with whomever is building the video processors for their sets, as you can put a Sony tv side by side with a Samsung that’s using the exact same panel, but the picture quality is night and day. As if that disparity wasn’t enough, when you look at the pricetag of the Sony, and find out it’s actually a couple hundred dollars more than the Samsung, it’s just plain comical.

  Comment by Cash — Monday December 26, 2011 @ 10:26pm PST  Reply to this post

• Hi,

  As well as access to competitive supply, it might also have to do with the investment that Sony has made in OLED technology which will be with us within the decade and probably replace all other display technologies eventually.

  Howard Stringer seems to be consolidating and streamlining the company, lining up all the ducks in a row, as with Sony Ericsson mobile and other assets.

  As well as the media production and channels business, there’s also the great success of the Playstation 3.

  The great problem in recent years for Sony has been the lack of a single visionary leadership without worry about multiple internal conflicts, but the ground seems to be being laid for Kaz Hirai to become just that with a better directed ship.

  Kind regards,

  Shakir Razak

  Comment by Shakir Razak — Wednesday December 28, 2011 @ 1:10pm PST  Reply to this post

• What was missing from that article that feel is very important was Sony’s multimillion investment in a new OLED factory. Do not count them out yet. These OLED sets far surpass LED, in black levels, thinness and power consumption. Also, Sony is the leader in 4K projection in the cinema and soon in the home.

  Comment by James Bridges — Thursday December 29, 2011 @ 1:15pm PST  Reply to this post