So, your last paragraph proves my point, and disagrees with everything else you said. Beta came out in testing with higher video quality, but by the time both actually hit the streets, they had comparable video quality. The tech was comparable, but lots of **** was made for consumer use (VHS) while nicer machines were made for commercial use (Beta), as is always the case. That skews people's perceptions. Perhaps even especially those who worked in the industry on quality equipment, going home to ****.
IME, Philips makes crappy products, including TVs. Whether the panels themselves are an 8 or a 3 (scale of 1-10) hardly matters since overall they do not make a quality product. PQ is my first consideration, but not the only one.
I'm no expert, but I thought Aston was not exactly high on the reliability list. And a niche product that most people would hardly know about if it weren't for James Bond. Even in England. Maybe y'all should stop with silly car analogies.
That could be it.
You've been brainwashed. It's not even a brake issue, and it's been fixed. Every car has recalls, this one was very serious, but it was worked on pretty quickly and efficiently by Toyota. In fact, they took it so seriously they stopped production for a week or so, I've never heard of another company doing that. The media blew it up to be far more than it ever was, and has dragged it out much longer than it should have been. Maybe you should actually read that article you linked.
Theres a difference...
"But" said family says, "we don't want the unsightly little box on display where anyone can see it". Salesperson says, "well, I can sell you that Apple TV for twice the price OR we could include this bracket which will hide the littleTV box behind the TV."
