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Sony's sub-par standards
Do the research eh? All my research into electronics has led me to avoid Sony products for 2 main reasons:
1: They insist on using proprietary formats. Frankly, I don't like getting locked in to one type of thing...and, in most cases, their formats offer no significant advantages over the standards

2: Sony's customer service is absolutely horrid! Ever had a Sony product go bad on you? I have. They will try their hardest to avoid fulfilling their warranty; in my case, they refused to because they claimed the damage was done by the user (based on the fact that the housing for the product was scratched in an area nowhere near the faulty part). I cannot and will not trust and invest in a company that will not stand by its products.

Oh yes, I tried that Minidisc player too...I got it for christmas 2 years ago. I returned it the next day when I found out that it DIDN'T play MP3s as it described on the package (listing itself as an MP3 player) and that, not only did songs take up MORE space than their MP3/OGG counterparts, they also sounded crappier, due to the less-than-impressive ATRAC format.
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Viva La I-POD  ericortner | 06/30/04
First in the mind - Apple's Advantage  Brotherdime | 06/30/04
Proprietary music format  parcelbrat | 06/30/04
half-hearted effert  glennhkboy | 07/01/04
REL Proprietary music format  JakAttak | 07/01/04
ATRAC Better quality  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Re-compressing compressed files  tic swayback | 07/01/04
Not the Objective  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Real world use  tic swayback | 07/02/04
better than 128kbs MP3 maybe...  ryusen | 07/01/04
Comparison in order ...  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Comparison in order ...  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Yes, but that's not the point.  d_jedi | 07/02/04
Watch the Kiss of DRM  Nigel Johnstone | 07/01/04
The Digital Disconnect @ Sony Connect  cybershoplifter | 07/01/04
Way too expensive...  jdd48 | 07/01/04
...into balance  mabricen | 07/01/04
Let's review  issthatso | 07/01/04
Plus  tic swayback | 07/01/04
Sony doesn't get it  johnek_z | 07/01/04
Sony can't compete against the iPod  FilledOut | 07/01/04
Is Sony related to suicide bombers?  Guayaipe | 07/01/04
Not cheaper than the iPod, it's the same price  tic swayback | 07/01/04
History repeats again and again and again etc etc etc  Squawkbox | 07/01/04
ahhh yes... typical of Sony...  ryusen | 07/01/04
Only for those who are interested in Quality  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Stand corrected  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Another clarification  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Sony's sub-par standards  theding0 | 07/01/04
Read message  rwb1912@... | 07/01/04
Re-compression  Rodney Davis | 07/02/04
Just get an iPod...  Rick_K | 07/01/04
LOL!!! ATRAC Onlyl Storage!  BitTwiddler | 07/02/04
Another MiniDisc  Rodney Davis | 07/02/04
Just wondering about sony products  Guayaipe | 07/02/04
Serving two masters  tic swayback | 07/02/04
.... iPod -like ... iPodish .... iPodly .....iPod-moment ....  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/03/05

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