sony got a image problem. i like my sony tv, i think the sone digital cameras are great. i love my sony photoprinter.
but sony sucks when it comes to support and sustain their product lines. they sell the product and forget about the whole line. no driver updates, no new models.
the other thing that sucks about sony is that they always do this proprietary/protected/non-compatible thing. why does the power-supply cable to recharge my camera have to be sony specific. that means i have to carry the damn thing back and forth to europe because the generic 5V powersupplys dont fit. let alone their dvd-players that are region coded and can't be hacked. or the special battery format that you can't buy when you're travelling.
they really make good stuff, but i don't recommend to by it because of these incompatibility problems with everything.
their products usually have less features (e.g. reading mp3 cd's or jpegs in their dvd-players) than the radio shack $20 no name products. of course not many people buy that stuff.
somebody should go there and streamline their business (aka fire at least half of the managment) and use the saved money to build a good, feature rich, integrated, compatible product portfolio without the marketing BS.
sadly they fire the wrong 10.000 people. fire 10.000 business developer, manager, VP's, marketing directors, and that kind of useless morons. saves more salary then cutting 10.000 people in production and R&D.