Whatever Happened To Sony TVs?

Sony is one of the most iconic electronics makers in the world. From the Sony Walkman and TVs to cameras and the PlayStation, Sony is a dominant player in a wide array of sectors. One sector in which they’re not doing so well though is TVs. For the longest time, Sony was the most dominant TV maker in the world. In 2006, they lost this title to Samsung, and it’s only been downhill for Sony ever since. In fact, Samsung has now held that title for nearly 20 years and Sony has fallen all the way to 5th place in terms of market share. Currently, they only control a mere 5.7% of the market from what used to be 15% back in 2005. This video explores the various reasons why Sony lost their lead within the TV market and if the electronics giant will ever return to their former glory.
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2:24 - Losing The Edge
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[@GaretZaugg]

I bought an “open box” Sony TV on EBay for $2,200. It didn’t power on. Surprisingly, Sony customer service shipped me a $4,500 TV to replace it. I was so impressed by the customer service and quality, I bought a second for my game room and am now a Sony loyalist.

[@barbaralyle6703]

That’s great but I bought a new 70 inch 3dtv from Sony. The panel failed in 6 months they shipped me a refurbished one after waiting 9 weeks that had several dead pixels. They said it was in the acceptable range. It did last almost 20 months then the screen went black. No further replacements. Oh and the best part they no longer make 3D TVs. No one does now and I was disappointed with their customer service. Glad they treated you fairly.

[@RobertK1993]

Sony fanboys just can't help their live but fanboyism is bad

[@Nope_handlesaretrash]

I'll take shit that never happened for $500 Alex

[@GaretZaugg]

@@Nope_handlesaretrash Want to bet $500 it did? I’ve got receipts. Or are you just a spineless troll?

[@GaretZaugg]

@@Nope_handlesaretrash Want to bet $500 that it did? I have receipts. Or are you just a spineless troll?

[@DK-ox7ze]

Actually Sony never lost the best picture quality crown. Even though it uses Samsung and LG panels, in terms of pure picture and audio quality, Sony is still the best. And now they are only targeting the premium end of the market, which makes sense given the massive shifts in the TV industry.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

True, but I would argue that Samsung and LG are close behind

[@DK-ox7ze]

@@LogicallyAnswered Yes they are close behind, but for the TV enthusiasts Sony is still the number one choice. But ofcourse it doesn't lead to massive sales. But I believe Sony still has pretty good brand value in the TV industry and anyone who can spend (irrespective of whether they are tv enthusiast or not) will likely consider Sony as the top choice.

[@seriouslyfun9740]

@@LogicallyAnswered I dont think they are close. LG is like a lower quality barnd with overprice tag.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredLG is nowhere close to Samsung or Sony when it comes to image quality

[@thatsamazin-]

@@davianoinglesias5030 The LG G4 is currently the best looking tv right now. In side by side comparisons, most are siding with G4 over A95L.

[@JoloNavarro]

We still have our Sony Bravia TV that was bought a decade ago. Still works like a charm!

[@confuseddesi80]

Mine is almost 15 years old

[@level80888]

same here but smart functions suck

[@metalheadzaki]

mine has green strips showing up on the screen after almost a decade and before that the colors of the screen changes to grey and green, sony tv is just like any other brand from the looks of it

[@level80888]

@@metalheadzaki not a single symptom on mine. Works like new.

[@metalheadzaki]

@@level80888 lucky you

[@Evil.Totoro]

I have had 3 different Sony flat screens ranging from 15 years old to 4. All work perfectly and I couldn’t be happier. Hope Sony is still making TVs when I need to upgrade years down the road.

[@MYDOESofficial]

I've been living in the Philippines for 6 years now, and I've noticed that most TVs here are from Chinese brands. Samsung and LG seem to be the popular choices for higher-end models. Interestingly, the only Sony product I see widely recognized is the PlayStation.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

PlayStation is likely Sony’s only surviving hero product

[@DaleonM4]

Sony is just plain expensive. And Chinese brands give u just enough with android tv u don't need more.

[@nuznikas]

Sony onwn Hollywood and music industry Sony Bravia create streams movies higher bitrate than nowrybady does

[@MrDragos360]

@@LogicallyAnswered really ? Their Alpha profesional Mirrorless are the best, their TVs like A95L, X95L and the new Bravia 9 are the best TV on the market, their smartphones like Xperia 1 and 5 V are the best, their ANC headphones are the best. Is not really Sony problem that people can't afford high end devices. Especially in poor countries like South East Asia.

[@MrDragos360]

@@DaleonM4 And ? Is not their problem you can't afford thier top end electronics. I preffer to save few months and get a top end Sony at 2000-5000 euro than a "just enough" Chinese brand for 500-1000 euro.

[@Technobitz]

They decided that they would focus on the higher end tvs and they are known for their performance and processing

[@LogicallyAnswered]

I would argue that Samsung and LG are on the same league now in the high end market, if not ahead even.

[@yuval6091]

​@@LogicallyAnswered that would be a wrong argument. Sony uses Samsung's QD-OLEDs for the past 2 generations, and they, alongside sonny's processing are considered the best in the market. As an owner of the LG C2 and C1, I can say that WebOS has gone from a top tier OS to a shitty one full of ads, and I would rather have Android over Tizen any day of the week.

[@wnxdafriz]

@@LogicallyAnswered I'm going to be blunt, unless my family is just unlucky ---- Samsung monitors/tv's 3,000$ DLP tv (b4 the widespread LCD panels and plasma) died 1 month after the warranty expired 2 years... samsung had no parts to repair the tv, a 3000 dollar television back in 2002? or 2003? my brother and I had their 32 inch first QD LCD hi-refresh rate monitors... both of our monitors got serviced two times, we had arguments with their support where they kept claiming the monitors had only a one year warranty... the RMA was so high on those monitors that they changed their warranty on all their monitors to one year (this line when it first came out had a 3 year warranty like their competition) ... mine should have been serviced a third time and I had to take Samsung to small claims (live in the county seat.. and the courthouse is literally blocks from my house so it is quite easy to do) brother and parents had a samsung plasma tv, it was great when it worked but both developed issues just after 2 years (brother bought his 1 year after i got my dad one on clearance) meanwhile my high end sony lcd tv from 2018, still gets updated and has had zero issues in 6 years / friend bought one 3 years ago which is just an updated version of my model and it has had 0 issues, friends old plasma DLP monstrosity (not sure if its dlp... the weight of the thing and how large it is continues to be the reason it doesn't move ... i know the screen is supposed to be plasma but unsure if there is some odd CRT hybrid use... picture still holds up to OLEDs to this day and the tv is like 16 years old now) still no issues sony doesn't do the volume compared to other brands but I would be hard pressed to say they aren't a better buy for high end products because if you are going to spend 1000+ dollars on a tv you want to get it from a company that has a track record where the screens don't die after two years my family and i recommend to almost anyone that I wouldn't invest a lot of money in any samsung tv as its my opinion the parts they put in their high end models are no better than their low end... because the only samsung tv's i have seen last are mine and my parents 43 inch tv's that i got for less than 200 dollars on clearance but even then they behave weird sometimes where the screen will be all garbage lines flicker and stuff and the solution to fix it is just turning the thing off and on until it fixes itself.... but it continues to limp on apologies for the wall... but samsung really really really gets on my nerves when people try to say their high end is comparable to their competition but is 100 dollars cheaper.... 10 percent cheaper than your competition is nothing when their product easily lasts 5 times longer --- personally id take my chances with hisense or TCL now over samsung

[@eegernades]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredthey aren't. Especially samsung. LG is considered budget. Sony's audio and motion processing is undisputed the best. LG, lesser extent samsung, suffers from stuttering on panning shots.

[@user-zn9ke8um8s]

​@@eegernadesLG G4 smokes the S90D and S95D go look for yourself. And it's not even QDOLED 😂😂

[@sohigh10]

I still love my Sony Bravia OLED. The way they calibrated the panel makes it look so much nicer, more natural and impressive than all the fake sharpening, overblown highlights and ridiculous saturation commonly seen in other TV's in stores.

[@bend8353]

You can set any TV like that. The display always is set to vivid

[@eegernades]

It's because sony tvs are some of the best. This video is uninformed

[@nimblegoat]

@@eegernades Flagships are very small part of market . otherwise Plasma would have beaten LCD for another 6 to 8 years . Stop thinking you and me are the market.I may get a G4 83" this year. Folks could get a 98" monster on special for $2000 in the USA a month or 2 ago , they laugh at puny A95L 77" for 2 to 3 times the price. Did you even watch the video. TCL will continue to grow , with big actually pretty good mini-LEDs . Even for flagships how many actually buy day one, most wait for BF or Easter day sales following year for big discounts , ie not much profit to be had if any. That's why Sony is a niche seller, they still want to compete with Bravia 3 and 5. They hope to sell lots of Bravia 7 as think people will pay a so so premium for better quality , reliability and processing . Bravia 8 now is just keep costs to miminium , make some sales . Bravia 9 is there hope to get the cream with little discounting. Look a for PS5 the new VR , Sony's sales falling , so looking to sell it for PCs as well

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Trigered 😅

[@havencat9337]

yea...turn up saturation and you get just what Sony has...Cmon dude, grow up, Sony its gone now. upgrade and welcome to 21 century!

[@lawball1727]

I have 2 SONY TV that I bought in 2012. Both are still going strong, beautiful life like pictures. The build quality is excellent with Gorilla glass screen in all Black (KDL- NX720). Even when the TV is off, it looks like a work of art ...simply beautiful.

[@good-tn9sr]

get a room 🤮

[@shivamguchhait]

​Get a brain​@@good-tn9sr

[@tonydarcy7475]

I bought a Sony TV in 2019 and it died after 3 years. They aren't the same quality they used to be.

[@michigan1777]

@@tonydarcy7475 it also depends on model. If you bought one of their lower end tvs, qc isn't as good.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

If u bought--LED in 2012. If u have one of those very high end LED, with Gloss STand, 1 senter spine. Thoes are --SHARP Aquos LED. At Begining of LED era. 100% 💯 of LEDS were produced by SHARP Aquos -in Japan. SONY LG Samsung did not have capacity produce LED> they went to SHARP asked to do whole sale at high price. Put their logos on it. U are likey have 2 SHARP tv with SONY LOGO.

[@PavelGramatikov]

Sony's high end TVs are still the best out there. They might be buying their panels from other manufacturers but their quality, tuning, and processing are above everyone else's.

[@kabubagachugu7729]

Nah man. You cannot outsource your panels and be the best out there. That honor falls to LG. The Chinese are catching up fast though.

[@destructodisk9074]

@kabubagachugu7729 Sure you can. You just ha e to use the best panels available and tune them better than the manufacturer. Support them with better hardware. Somy does this with TVs. Apple does it with monitors and phones. No one is doing color grading on a Samsung Laptop or tablet, because Samsung calibrates their displays to catch your eye on the sales floor with out of tune fake punchy colors. Professionals use Apple screens made by Samsung all day long though.

[@MG-Alexandrovich]

Sony’s image motion processing and upscaling is really good.

[@ruukinen]

@@destructodisk9074 You don't get sold the best panels. Competitors are not reliable suppliers.

[@destructodisk9074]

@@ruukinen You can say that in theory... but in the real world you will almost never see professional studios with Samsung monitors, because Samsung doesn't build their displays to the highest ends of professionals work flows. They do however build the displays for competitors who's monitors are found in studios. And yes competitors like Samsung are a reliable supplier.. because of competition. They aren't the only ones making the displays for their competitors. There are many display manufacturers that make panels for companies like Apple. Not all of them are retail brands so you may have never even heard of them since they aren't available to buy directly, they only manufacture, not sell. Also in many cases professional monitor vendors will have displays built to their own specifications. Meaning even though it's manufactured by Samsung, you can't buy that display from Samsung, since Samsung doesn't hold the rights to it... they are just the assembly factory. And what happens if Samsung makes a subpar display for an order from a studio grade display vendor? The vendor drops the order, delays release, and finds another manufacturer that can meet the appropriate quality yield or has Samsung try again. Meaning Samsung eats a loss if they produce an unreliable product for their competitors. You can look it up, this has happened many times and is covered by tech news outlets. Many times a single studio grade monitor model will be produced by multiple competing manufacturers at the same time, and they are all expected to produce them same panel. If they can't keep up, they eat the loss and the other manufacturers fill in the gaps. LG on the other hand has been known to be able to do both, sell studio grade panels and manufacture them for competitors. it's mostly only Samsung in this regard that doesn't sell studio quality monitors with success. You can see the same thing with Samsung in CPU manufacturing. They themselves design and produce B tier CPUs. You can't buy a top end Samsung CPU. However their foundries produce the CPUs of many flagship processors... those processors are built to competitor's specifications because Samsung isn't competent enough to design a winner.

[@PanteraRossa]

I think Sony just saw they were getting out competed in TV and pivoted towards Cameras. For about 10 years now Sony has made incredible advancements in pro video applications and grew their market share tremendously.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

True, they are indeed killing it with cameras

[@dariomladenovski7047]

cameras and speakers are the only two markets they have left, they got destroyed in lap tops, TV's and smartphones and they will likely lose in gaming to Microsoft in the next 10 years

[@dariomladenovski7047]

cameras and speakers are the only two markets they have left, they got destroyed in lap tops, TV's and smartphones and they will likely lose in gaming to Microsoft in the next 10 years

[@BigHeadClan]

⁠@@dariomladenovski7047Sony has taken a step back from manufacturing of completed goods but they’ve still massive supplier of individual components and patents used in almost every electronic produced today and own more intellectually property/patents than almost any company. And over the past 20 years they’ve actually never done better.

[@alpay389]

not as long there are playstation exclusive games.

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

Sony use Samsung oled panels also. In fact the best TV currently on sale is the Sony oled that uses a Samsung oled panels.

[@personzorz]

Does that marketing job pay well?

[@MrDragos360]

@@personzorz he tels the truth, lookt at A95L. It uses a 2nd gen QD-OLED from Sasmung and it looks better than on S95C, own Samsung TV

[@fafillionaire]

@@MrDragos360 I have the A80, uses the Samsung S90 screen but with a way better CPU. I can't complain at all

[@blackbelt2000]

@@personzorz cry harder

[@eegernades]

​@@personzorzhe aint lying. Look it up. Has one of the best motion processing on the market as well.

[@Thumper68]

I can tell difference between coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper by smell alone 😂

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Hahaha

[@mankind8088]

😭😂😂😭😂😂🤣😂😭😂😭

[@vitaminprotein6814]

I give myself an uppercut every time I drink Dr Pepper.

[@Thumper68]

@@vitaminprotein6814 really that’s all I drink. I mean it’s the oldest soda they got it right the first time.

[@Throttle_Club]

after 25 years i will still use the sony TVs

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Still have one from 2009 as well :)

[@NotSomethingIsNothing]

@@LogicallyAnswered have one from 2009, it's outdated and going to get a Samsung now, it's overpriced for the features.

[@user-jm7kc4bm8m]

It’s Samsung OLED

[@jonboy602]

I will use all of the sony TVs

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

Meto just bough a X80L and have another sony from 2010. That's why i stick to them make better long lasting TV's.

[@joeyp1927]

The problem with Sony goes across all their products, even their very best ones: they don't properly promote or distribute their products, and issue pointed out by the Wall Street Journal back in 2014 when Sony released an Xperia phone. It said that Sony was producing great phones, but "too bad no one knows about them...Sony needs to do something about distribution." One of the best mobile phone analysts, engineer Tomi Ahonen, reported that Sony's phones were ahead of Samsung and Apple's iPhone often by a year - but again, no one knew about them, saying that Sony should "hire an American marketing person." Same with their VAIO line of computers that even Steven Jobs praised, saying they used it as a model for their products. Point is, when Sony has a great product, be it a TV, phone, laptop, or reader, it does not promote the product or make it widely available. Even the WSJ saw this. It is almost as if they are embarrassed to make waves, so they make their products languish. The funny thing is that the leading handsets, iPhone and Galaxy, use Sony imaging technology, from the slow-mo features to the sharp megapixel chips.

[@barebarekun161]

They suffered the same problem as Panasonic make great TVs that nobody knew or heard of until it was too late.

[@joeyp1927]

@@barebarekun161 Yes, the Japanese do not properly promote their products because they're scared. The Koreans aren't afraid of this, so Samsung and LG took major market share from Panasonic, Sharp and Sony. Now, Sharp is owned by the Taiwanese.

[@rishi0299]

The Sony A95L is still the best screen I have ever looked at.

[@daviddavis6876]

I agree.

[@doujinflip]

That’s the one I chose over the slightly cheaper Samsung equivalent. Image looked a bit better, the Sony shop I bought it from sounded more competent regarding warranty service, and it uses the more open Google TV OS in case I want to install some app like a remote control preset button changer.

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

Best on the market right now high end Sony's always are. Samsung is ahead mainly due to massive success of phone business giving it a huge budget advantage.

[@michaelbeckerman7532]

It's the best screen that anyone has ever looked at.

[@jaseaquino]

Sony TVs seems more premium feel, despite I hate the operating system they're using (Android TV/Google TV) as it is notorious for being too painfully slow.

[@lvproductionsinc9748]

I think people don’t realize that Sony isn’t just into TVs. it’s the largest sensor manufacturer in the world, largest music label out there, the number one professional camera and the #1 full frame consumer camera manufacturer, professional monitors for grading movies, and regarded as the number one tv brand in picture quality the last 5 years in a row won. Sony just doesn’t make everything out there, they stick to entertainment in home and the professional entertainment side and electronics used to create and capture the content people watch daily or listen to daily and more

[@didamnesia3575]

"I think a lot of people don't realize" = long winded opener for "this is my opinion"

[@lvproductionsinc9748]

@@didamnesia3575 these are pure facts, not an opinion, you can research it. Idk if you have a personal feeling about things and felt the need to comment to troll, but have a good day.

[@TVEXPERT.co.]

You hit the nails on the head with this one. Sony is solely focused on things which you can connect cognitively and emotionally.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

You’re right in that they are doing well in other areas. But to say they are No.1 in all those industries is misleading. You will have to state your sources….

[@arx117]

Sony changed their focus from TV to camera since 2000. If you asked your parent, Sony trinitron and Sony wega is the best tv until LCD tv became popular and bravia sucks until 2017

[@collinbeilke8231]

What I love about the Sony tv that I use is that the TV remote can be used for controlling the ps3, ps4, and ps5, all good blue ray players

[@cubetikiller]

all new tv's i think have this feature as some hdmi passthrough thingy , i can too with samsung tv

[@rocketPower047]

Dude, how do you pump out so much content??? I hope you're not burning out or you're getting help. It's great stuff!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

On the grind hahaha /)

[@destructodisk9074]

@LogicallyAnswered future CEO right here.

[@saviordream]

I bought a 50" Sony TV back in 2014 that I used as my gaming room TV until around 2020. My wife still uses it as the living room TV in our new house, while we got a 77" LG OLED TV when we bought the house back around 2020/21 that we have in our finished basement. Even though it's pretty old, the Sony is still going strong and since my wife basically just uses it for streaming content (she has a Roku hooked up to it as its own built-in apps are woefully outdated) she hasn't seen the need to upgrade, even though I've mentioned it to her multiple times.

[@arx117]

Sony tv before lockdown can withstand long lifetime. But if you follow Sony group, Sony quality already plummeted since lockdown until today. Recently sony introduce a new Line up tv anda i hope it's not bad quality as covid era

[@kitpong1777]

I have owned a series of Sony TVs over the last 35 years, from the first one I bought when I started my first job. When an old model got worn put or when it made sense to upgrade to new tech, I always ended up buying another Sony. Never regretted any of the purchases. Recently I went shopping for a new TV, after the old one had started to give trouble. It was quite a shock to see Sony relegated to the far corner of the showroom. The retailer obviously considered Sony one of the less desired models.

[@haakonht]

Would love to get a Sony OLED, but it's not worth the 30-40% premium over LG when picture quality is like 5% better at most.

[@williamgo9957]

I HAVE been obsessed with display technology since 1999 when I took my first flat-screen CRT TV (the Wega, 29"). Since then I owned a Sony CRT 7-inch projector, 40 DLP/LCD projectors (including the Marantz 11S2/15S1/12S4, Optoma 8600, Infocus IN83, etc.), 7 OLED TV's (only one Samsung, a 77"), a 70" Sharp LCD, 6 Plasma TVs, 5 Dell Ultrashap monitor, an Apple iMac 5K, 6 Sony RX100 cameras and 2004 Sony digital camera with a Carl Zeiss lens that at that time produces the most breathtaking digital image - but at a mere 4 megapixels. My fervor for display has not waned as is my preference for Sony, but lately as my finances has gone into dearth and the world economy being what it is now (which cannot reversed the economic damage/hardships that the covid epidemic has brought, as well as the invasion of Ukraine which brought so many disasters on the world economy that I myself cannot quantify, the only solution to it being that Putin should be killed in the most brutal manner to be hastened to hell) -- I lament that Sony's TV pricing in my land, The Philippines, is so disconnected from the financial pulse point of Filipinos. For a 77" S95C Samsung OLED, you could buy it for P125,000 from a TV wholesaler (roughly $2,100 without any tax levy) but Sony sells a similar size (with the same LG panel) for P222,000 ($3,900). How in the world can a price disparity be this great, is Sony processing that specialized (is it even better than a HQV-Teranex/Realta, of long ago?) and stands as state of the art video processing platform? In my heart I wanted to go Sony all the way but hard realities ties my hands, hence I had to settle for a Samsung (yet even with its $2,100 price tag I still have to take out a bank loan just to be able to pay it within six months). Clearly Sony or at least Sony Philippines, couldn't see the handwriting on the wall, the financial woes for billions of folks all around the world will obliterate Sony TVs' sale, and the most regretful thing is that Sony won't marked them down in any meaningful value but adheres obstinately to their pricing scheme. What leads me also to think twice about Sony now is the failure of their OLED TV, two of them failed after two years like it was a planned obsolescence or terminal failure. And the failure too of two RX100 cameras (one got deemed unusable when a very subtle sound of an "explosion" took place inside the camera). After those, there's nothing anymore sacred or a fanboy choice for me, I'll go where what I can only afford could get me....

[@iceflower7004]

We bought a Sony tv recently, and it’s amazing. It was only slightly cheaper than entry level oleds, but it’s super bright and there is very little blooming. We are very happy with our purchase. We could have bought a Hisense, but those are notorious for breaking after a few years

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Unfortunately if now i can tell u ppl work at Bestbuy has been exposing that Bestbuy takes SONY bribe. N makes employee tell everyone that Hisenese has qualiy issues. 😮

[@L33tSkE3t]

My dad purchased a 77in SONY Bravia OLED TV a few years ago. I can’t remember which model exactly, maybe the A80J but, it is a great Panel capable of over 745 nits peak brightness which is pretty good for an OLED. I have a 65in SAMSUNG QN90A QLED TV with full array local dimming capable of about 1800 nits peak brightness with 792 local dimming zones and although there is some light bloom / haloing, it is really only noticeable with white text on black backgrounds and it really is the best of both worlds of the brightness of an LED and contrast of an OLED, without the currently high cost of QD-OLED Displays. I currently won’t purchase a Chinese TV due to privacy and quality concerns and although the Panels in Hisense and TCL TVs are good, the SoCs they utilize are a bit lacking, so features like a smooth UI experience as well as features like upscaling and image processing can be less than ideal. They also seem to have shorter lifespans than SONY, SAMSUNG and LG TVs. A TV is about more than just the panel technology but, things like the SoC and how capable it is at image processing and just delivering a good user experience in general and although I’m sure people are purchasing a lot of low to mid budget TVs from Chinese brands, I still feel as though the Japanese and Korean brands make the best all around TVs and Displays right now.

[@ubacow7109]

Sony x95 and the future bravia 7 & 9 models w/ miniLED are where its @. Imo OLED doesnt sell it for me, but MiniLED w/ brightness makes a lot more sense esp w/ Sony's color science and motion processing.

[@3Cr15w311]

Sony's quality control went down in the 90s and early 2000s. I had a number of Sony products with problems (two identical model relatively high end cassette decks that ran at audibly different speeds (3-4 percent difference), a Sony digital camera that failed shortly after 3 years of owning it, and worst of all, a 57 inch HDTV rear projection set that developed the flickering brightness problem (which many did around 2002). Because of these problems, I stayed away from Sony after 2002 and I think the quality control issues with their products helped former customers to avoid the brand in the future.

[@arx117]

Sony brqvia tv also got crap quality since 2020. I see plenty of people resell their tv after warrranty ended

[@ubacow7109]

This is just false 2024

[@drew3030]

It's wrong to jump from anecdotal evidence (your few instances of personal experiences) to a general inference about the population ("I think the quality control issues with their products helped former customers to avoid the brand in the future"). You would only have to browse through the comments here and will find and least 100 positive about Sony quality for every negative. Actually yours was the only negative I found but I'm sure there could be more.

[@mAdcaTzm4a1]

Loved the sony bravia tv before and bought one. 2 years after the warranty expired, there were green lines present on the screen, eventually grew to unwatchable tv. Since then i vowed not to buy sony, switched to LG and never regretted

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Do u have C9 CX C1 C2 C3? Or the B series?

[@jamesmisener3006]

We enjoy our Samsung Plasma TV for the picture quality. 10 years old now. Great channel by the way. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@blackbelt2000]

plasma?!? dang. Brings back memories.

[@evan]

I absolutely love my Sony X90J! Honestly the best quality tv I’ve ever had. Best TV at the price without going into microLED or OLED. Well there’s updated ones now but yeah

[@vigilant_1934]

Do you mean MiniLED? You can find some of those in the price range of OLED or even less money. MicroLED TVs on the other hand, are still around $100,000 and I think still at a minimum of about 80-90" in size. I think Samsung has the smallest microLED TV available and that's 89" though they showed a 76" one last year. You can find smaller microLED displays in certain luxury vehicles but of course those vehicles are also $100,000+. I've been waiting for microLED for a couple years now and we'll have to wait before they get to the price range OLEDs are currently in. It's a completely different technology and much more expensive manufacturing process that OLED or miniLED right now.

[@wmalden]

My “daily driver “ is a 1998 Mitsubishi 32” CRT TV. Still works perfectly.

[@RFGSwiss]

Sony had trinitron tubes. Man, they were durable and sharp. They had superior technology but failed to adapt to lcd. From there it was all down hill.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

I still own 2 Trintrons. They still work amazingly after more than 20 years. I should go knock wood though, so as to not tempt fate.

[@RFGSwiss]

@@NinjaRunningWild the tubes will work another 20. maybe some of the electronics will deplete over time. capacitors an mainly solder joints in the highvoltage part of the mainboard (very quick fix if handled asap).

[@cjeelde]

Oh yeah Trinitron DESTROYED the competition! All other TVs were crap! Totally garbage! There's a good reason why Apple used Sony Trinitron for a long while for most of their CRT displays for their Macs. Some displays were not Trinitron, for example the display for the first Mac 128k and the successors and iMac G3. I grew up with some Sony Trinitrons and everytime I saw non-Trinitron at friends I thought for myself "whyyyyy did they buy this piece of crap when there's Trinitron models in the stores???" 😇

[@Erowens98]

They've had the best LCD TVs on the market for years. Its not that they couldn't adapt to LCD. Though you could argue they sort of abandoned the low end market that most people are buying.

[@arx117]

​@@Erowens98Sony never have good LCD TV, i remember when they introduce bravia in 2005, they look crap compare to Samsung. Thats where Panasonic with plasma tv became huge success from 2005 to 2012

[@Paulie8K]

So my gf is a big fan of Sony and we upgraded our old TCL 42" 4K tv to a Sony Bravia 65" 4K tv for our living room. Huge upgrade but in all fairness, the TCL was a $270 entry level model from 4 years ago and the Sony is a $1300 mid-range tv. We also own an LG B2 in our bedroom which I actually prefer picture quality wise as those deep blacks are incredible in low light. There is fierce competition in the TV market which is ultimately great for us consumers.

[@crimsonninja5090]

You could buy a Sony OLED to compare against the B2 OLED. To be fair, Sony wouldn't be making OLEDs as its flagship from this year on, and are moving to miniLED. But still, the picture quality of Sony's OLED TVs are undeniable. They are still very much at the top end of the spectrum. The main downside is the cost.

[@Paulie8K]

Actually, my gf got her parents the OLED version of the Bravia that we have just a few months ago to upgrade their 10 year old Sony TV (her and her family are huge Sony fans). It's definitely a step up from the "Full Array" model that we have. We'll probably hold off on any upgrades for now as our LG B2 is less than two years old and our Sony Bravia is only 6 months old. I'm definitely getting OLED or mini LED for any future tv moving forward. I'm spoiled by OLED. I wanted the C3 but she insisted on our Sony.

[@Henry_Jr_Watsson]

@@Paulie8K Personally, I would go for a TCL miniled. OLED-like contrast, but with much higher peak brightness. And all that, with no worry about tv lifespan of the TV as that is the case with ALL oled TVs.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@Paulie8KI know AT LEAST 2 PPL with B3 or C3. 1 bought C3 returned for U8K. Another guy bought X90L. Blooming too bad, returned for 75” U8K. N another has 65” C3 n 75’ u8k. He end up bring C3 upstairs instead cuz him n his wife both prefer U8K. The hype is real dude. I mean ppl hear mix signals. U have to see it to believe it. Its like Tesla, when a lot of ppl be rating it. D rest are quietly buying them , soo nice.

[@noahflare6825]

I wish SONY executives watch this video. Their pricing is so out of touch with market reality. I have bought TCL TVs, washing machine, and airconditioner. While they dont have fancy features, they get the job done without being expensive. Quality is good as I have them for about 4-5 years now and they are still working fine. With consumers seeing they can have reliable goods on cheaper brands, it does not make sense to buy higher priced brands, especially in this economy.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

I love your domment about SONY OUT of Touch. I cant still believe BEST buy still has 2022 SONY X85K-- Edge Lit TV on the WALL under x93L on display Yeah edge lit 2010 tech

[@shivamarya5225]

X85k isn't edge lit. It has a backlight for direct lighting and it's a qled tv, Sony calls it triluminos

[@ubacow7109]

Its cause they make the best though, ironically when it comes to TVs TCL & Hisense have the best features but only on paper. They dont do everything else but they do a lot of things but they do a ton of cost cutting. My Hisense q8k flagship shipped in a flimsy box w/ almost no padding i was concerned for damage when i received it, whereas my Sony x900h was shipped in a box that felt robust and def could have tanked shipment bumps. The other thing is that while my Hisense q8k is bright as hell but its exhausting to look at because the colors are all over the place and the brightness processing is really poor leading to weird color gradients and blooming. Whereas my x900H looks really natural and i can sit in front of it forever, images look like they move really organically. Sony does image processing and color calibration better than anyone else and that what you pay for out of the box.

[@shivamarya5225]

@@ubacow7109 even in terms of features i personally think sony has pretty good lineup of features not offered by others, remote control finder, google assistant, auto picture settings adjuster, voice zoom function to make the dialog clear without raising volume or are not a native speaker but enjoy english movies, it only works with english but still works fantastic, raised shadow details, it will automatically raise shadow colors so the areas that are too dark would be visible and they have the best motion software to remove judder and motion blur and the best upscaling software when you're watching 1080 or 720p content like on youtube or cable which would not look good otherwise, other brands can't get their processing to work with youtube, And special mode for netflix and amazon prime

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@ubacow7109 hey dude good for getting U8K. MOST ppl even GURUS they get Hisense to test, they do NOT how to set it up. They are using OLED n 1 trick poney to adjust LED. Its like using Cookig method for Greek to cooking Chinese. I can tell u friend ppl like ME n Quatum tv (HE has Hisense U8 at home he actually USE it till this date) . We know how to set it up. How to make it not blinding X900H is a great tv. And it is yes -680 Peak brighness. Its A very Dim tv its good for its time. In Theater at movie watching I MAX. Its dim because its PROJECTION . Most projection lamps are very dim watch in dark room. But if they BOOST brighness. They look PLAIN. So if projector ADD INSANE color VOLUME. EVERYTHING come ALIVE. U DO NOT even need to worry about Black. The IMAX moive none of black is even black. If u have U8K day time mid day. If by window. Open the curtains, if the backlight is so high at 70-80s. All u have to do is up the “COLOR” (Density) to 75-80s. BOOM. 💥 come alive. It will look vibrant 3D solid object. So remember any time when it looks washed out, its like projector with the COLOR tint that is too thin. It needs DENSER color . Dont worry black level as much. If those cable tv news etc “brightest white is too bright” then turn the “CONTRAST” down. If “Brightness” is up (it ups entire panel including peak brightness), color up n rich. But turn the (brightnest white down) u are good. Most ppl focus on Black Black black. They dont remember the Contrast is for (d brightest peak brighness) , the COLOR -Density makes things 3D. Solid visual vs a Tint. Not black. Before I bought Hisense. I read online Reviews on Chinese site. The Girls 👧🏻 bought Hisense flagship were giving heads ups lol . Saying “1 takes a couple weeks for eyes to Break in. 2 takes like 2-4 weeks to get used to tweak the tv. But 1 month later, u CAN never go back. N dont worry about initial annoyance. A few weeks in u can weak the tv on the fly in a few seconds for any show. SOOO EASY”.

[@divyanshbhutra5071]

I live in India, and back in early 2010s, good be considered affluent if you had a Bravia. For the past 6-7 years, this status has slowly shifted completely to Samsung TVs.

[@anand.chaudhari]

You’ll still be considered affluent if you own a Bravia mere bhai. Sony ka naam aaj bhi chalta hai apne yahan. Although Samsung TVs are better now

[@divyanshbhutra5071]

@@anand.chaudhari Not that much. People know Sony is no longer the quality king. Most people consider Sony as overpriced TV for people who love splurging on old brand names.

[@ubacow7109]

Its chause theyre cheaper but they look terrible, id rather go TCL/Hisense than samsung

[@anddo24]

Sony is still the gold standard in terms of high-end, picture quality and processing. The price of Sony TVs puts them out of the range for most consumers. The average person cares more about size, as previously noted. It's why the average Joe will buy a 100" TCL over a 75-85" Sony, LG or Samsung. The price and size difference are why TCL and Hisense are on the rise. I purchased my mother a 55" Hisense Mini-Led TV last year for under $600. The picture quality, brightness are all more than adequate. But I could tell the areas it was lacking. I'll continue to go Sony until they exit the market. The picture quality and industry leading innovations; bravely putting out a flagship that is not an OLED in 2024, is why Sony is still relevant.

[@CokeSpiller]

Great vid as usual!!!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thank you Mayank!

[@lutzfilor8253]

Working in TVs in America we lost all tv manufacturing in America. All I learned the moment one stops to offer more features then what the market reasonably would need - you have already lost the battle as the market requires new features year after year. Yes cost is the driver. The cheapest display technology will dominate.

[@balpreetsingh6834]

Great video as always

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thank you as always Balpreet!

[@gavriloking5637]

I switched from LG to Sony when a single diode strip was damaged and created a single diode line across the screen but LG's quoted repair price was 90% the original cost of that TV. With such a poor attitude towards repair costs, I went to Sony. I owned that LG (2017) for only 6 years as well so we'll see how long the Sony goes for but from the comments it seems that most people say the quality is top notch.

[@ArthasProVEVO]

I bought a 4K 42 inch TCL TV 8-9 years back @ $550 or so , and it's still woking fine without any issues , Never repaired , but not to forget that my older 15 year old LG 720p TV still looks great because of LG's Screen quality

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Hey u must have TCL Roku tv. So they are talking about HIsense TCL. They are mostly taking about their--extremely high END flagship GOOGLE OS tv. They tag team have been CRUSHING SONY flagship LED performance surpassing OLED last 4-5 yrs. No joke. My family think SONY’s flagship LEDS are inferior TVs last many years now. In case ppl only know Hisense tCL about their Roku. Their high end Mini LED U8K U8n(just launch last week) INSANE. Then UX this year. TCL also has QM8. My 2020 55” 2021 65” Hisense tv together cost me $2500 in Canada. If buying from EU. They would costed like $3500 for those 2 smaller panels. No joke if u are in USA. When u get the next UPGRADE. U will be JAW Dropping seeing their flagship. They had those superior tv outside of USA for decade. They just never made to USA till last 5 yrs. So now they are selling VERY good stuff in ROKU n Elite level like insane value SONY LG cant compete. Last year SONY for the first time of 30 yrs did NOT show up at CES Las Vegas Consumer Eletronic show. . The SONY ppl are in RAGE. Cuz Hisense extreme high end tv launch. 2024 CES SONY did not show up again. Cuz they are like “this is walk of shame” so they only promote thru youtubers, tech journalist now. They do youtube launch instead . So ppl dont see them first hand, but u get to see the youtube Influncers pitch. It’s getting so sketchy n pitty. .

[@phoenix5054]

Japanese electronics companies completely misread the 2000/10s trends. They lost the internet, streaming VS. dvd/blu ray, TVs, smartphones, cameras, appliances, etc. We'll see if they lose the car and gaming market.

[@user-bk4pm6me8i]

3:36 My Panasonic TV has the same menu, but with a different font and layout. I guess the Panasonic menu is the standard among their TVs?

[@unlap9377]

All I know is that BestBuy sales people loved telling my grandparents to buy the most expensive Sony OLED TVs for a decade and each one burned out dead or unwatchable. Now they're enjoying normal LCDs since they couldn't tell the difference anyway with normal cable television with 0 quality loss.

[@frederickclause2694]

I can relate to that. I'm an old guy and I can't really tell the difference between 1080 and 4k.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Yeah i AM waiting for Hisense U8N. It just launched this week. INSANE stuff. 2000-- local dimming zone for 65” U8N. For x90L --58 local dimming zone . Lmao. N they still try to promote that!

[@ubacow7109]

I mean that happens w/ all OLEDs, you can get Sony LED / MiniLED tvs you know....

[@evanrhildreth]

It goes back even further. Sony was caught off guard by flat panel tvs - they were still pushing their Trinitron CRTs when other manufacturers released their first flat panel plasma and LCD tvs. Without the ability to manufacture their own panels, in 2004 Sony made a deal with Samsung to supply LCD panels for Sony tvs, under a joint venture called "S-LCD", but it was 100% Samsung panels and Samsung profits. This meant Sony tvs were more expensive than the Samsung tvs with the identical panels. In 2007 Sony showed off an OLED tv, the XEL-1, even placing it front on center in Sony stores. They never followed it up, and the whole thing felt like a publicity stunt to say "don't buy an LCD or plasma tv yet, wait for OLED". In 2011, Sony broke off their deal with Samsung, and briefly sourced panels from LG and Sharp, before sourcing from Chinese manufacturers. So now, Sony tvs have panels that come off the same Chinese assembly lines as HiSense and TCL. At times, Sony produced their own upscaler processors, or their own backlights, to try to differenciate themselves from cheaper tvs that shared the same panels. But without panels of their own, Sony could never reproduce the following they once commanded for their CRTs.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

They’re not getting panels from LG anymore?

[@fluidefluide1128]

A well thought-out analysis.

[@kevincrawford6243]

Believe it or not, I had a 40” (yes 40”) 4:3 (there was also a 42” 16:9 available) flat-faced HD Tube TV from Sony that I bought new in 2004, because it was so much cheaper than the Flat Panels of comparable size at the time. The thing weighed around 300 lbs, had DVI, did 1080i, and had its own subwoofer. Required a special stand made just for it. Was about 3’ deep. And it was awesome. To this day I have not heard a TV that sounded nearly as well as that one did. Wish I still had it. All that being said I like my 50” LED Sony real well. It’s not the biggest TV in the house, but it is the best, especially for gaming.

[@arx117]

Those CRT is the best Sony tv ever did. Sadly CRT weight and energy consumption is too high forcing them to migrate to LCD

[@pasjeihobby]

I love this channel. Best one man podcast.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thanks you so much man!

[@bendybruce]

My first big tv was a Mitsubishi diva. If I recall it was a monolithic CRT 32 inches, and as heavy as a small tank. Back then it seemed like an impossibly large screen size, I guess it all comes down to expectations.

[@animaze8043]

Its actually simple. They focussed on high-end TVs, but seems to forget they have competition from other brands like LG. Their OLED tv in 55" was/is more expensive than the 65" LG offering (G-series, not the cheaper C-series). Similarly, when i looked in stores, noone had any model on display. Lastly, even as the cycle was nearing its end, the gap between the LG and Sony offering had widened. Sony was practically still at launch price, LG G-series had a tasty discount to move inventory before next model.

[@driller_e8098]

I was shopping for new TV 15 years ago, when I had movies on my Harddrive , I said to the guy I need a TV that will play from USB. Sold me top end Sony. Got home, didn’t work due to formatting and copyright problems, went back and swapped for LG and it worked perfect and have only bought LG ever since

[@arx117]

If i'm not wrong Sony only use FAT32 until they adopt Android TV and their DHCP is very strict. Other brand doesn't have this issues

[@nitricoxide1]

I actually have a Sony TV myself but was never used because it was upstairs used for binge watching on the bed but was never used at all because the upstairs was really hot. The last time I knew it was used was from last year. All it did was it being just a decorative thing. Our main TV that lives in the living room is a Samsung TV. Yep... A Samsung TV. We also recently bought a LG TV because we wanted a OLED TV but was not used in the living room. It was more like my sister's personal TV that she uses nearly every day probably.

[@braydensecora3516]

I own and still use the original Sony Bravia series “flatscreen” (it’s like 4” thick”) TV. It’s perfect for console gaming.

[@Hermit-Crab]

Sony Bravia was the GOLD standard in TV. The key word is WAS.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

🎉🙌🏼

[@Controllerhead]

Surprised you didn't really mention Sharp, which was at one time the Aquos was the best rated TV on the market. They invested heavily into making their own panels very early, however, other companies basically outpriced them. It's still a great looking 1080p TV all of these years later! ...also "late 1900s" oh god lol 💀💀💀💀

[@arx117]

Sharp picture quality is great in mid to late 2000's but they got serious financial problem and got sold to Foxconn in 2015

[@katycatjulius]

I have a almost 10 years old (since buying it in 2015) sony tv, i use it a lot and it still works perfectly just as good as when i first got it

[@chebrubin]

This is well done

[@GiNodrog]

I did a Sony firmware update on my TV and now network access terrible, so much so I never attempt to use it on the net . Sadly it's not possible to put old firmware on it.

[@AM562]

Well, my Sony 49 inch X800G won’t connect to the Internet anymore I stopped using the Internet feature for like two years and I got it back in 2019 Black Friday. I did an update with a flash drive, but I did not fix the Internet problem ethernet and Wi-Fi don’t work on my TV for some reason, but the rest of the TV works flawlessly

[@michaelportier8597]

I bought a Sony TV in 2021 and it's a great TV but I don't see myself buying another one over in LG mainly because the Sony caps their HDMI 2.1 ports to 32 gigabytes per second which means you can't run vrr and Dolby vision at the same time not to mention they only give you two HDMI 2.1 ports and limit the other two to 2.0 while LG pushes their HDMI 2.1 ports to 40 gigabits per second and give you four of them

[@onkz]

This is only true for MT5895-based Sony TVs and before that. However, anything from A95L onwards (new range) uses the Pentonic 1000 chipset base, which surpasses this HDMI limitation.

[@Strike_Raid]

Bought a A8H oled a while back, it developed a row of dead pixels going from top to bottom right in the middle literally 18 days after the 1 year warranty expired. They said nope, not going to do anything about it. Before that, I had an XBR-85X850G that only lasted 2 years. Before those I had a series of 51, 57 and 65 inch RPTV’s, all of which died. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment but I did finally learn my lesson; Sony reliability is terrible. I did have a KDL-70W850B that died too, but after I fixed it with a new main board, it never did die again, I just got rid of it because it was old but still working (but it did die, most would have trashed it). Literally every Sony TV I've ever owned from 2002 until now died quickly.

[@amirmoradi9595]

So when are you guys gonna make the Silo app for Android?

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Shooting for end of year for android and web :)

[@bombkuan]

I think one of the reason people choose other brand like Samsung and d LG because people just see review, compare the price tag and purchase online. I am quite confident most people will choose Sony when they visit physical store to compare the picture and built quality.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Yeah I am one of those esConfident ppl had $5000 LED (SHARP Aquos). Spend years trying to find upgrades. N kept going to Store n strange the SONY newr Flagship look Inferior than other brand’s other older panels. Its JUST disturbing. I at least give a change. My family sees SONY like :” NO ..why am I getting a tv look like worse than what I have?” I am talking about their flagship LED> SO bad. Their OLED . SEVERLY BLUE tinted . Whtie is always blue. SONY LOGO in demo when everything goes Black. The -SONY--is blue. THIS is SONY’s SOW White❄️ NOT ☁️ :P u dont belive me. u can go to BEST buy this weekend to look for SONY A80L A80K , the up coming 2024 SONY R8 will be d same.

[@MarbsMusic]

We used Samsung and LG and still have a number of their TVs, however we we decided to get one very nice high end we got a Sony OLED, the upscaling was far superior to LG or Samsung. I believe ours has an LG panel but the Sony software and processors make the picture just superior and reviews seemed to verify what we saw with our eyes. The speakers without a soundbar were also much better. We didn't really look at Sony for years but are very happy and will probably buy more of their TVs in the future.

[@shiro214okane]

in ph, for higher end TVs its Sony, Samsung and LG. and there's literally tons of chinese brand at mid and lower end. like itel android smart TV that's only 90 USD to 100 USD at 32-inch, got most of features that's important. if it breaks its not expensive and you won't cry.

[@tonyiommisg]

Sony uses both LG Oled and Samsung Oled. Depends on the model line and size (QD OLED panels can't get bigger than 77" currently.

[@animesh0769]

Your acer asus and sony's thumbnail are very similar it seems like i have already watched this video (by looking the thumbnail )

[@LogicallyAnswered]

They are indeed hahaha :)

[@dhuhuyee6690]

作为曾经的业内人士, 十几年前业内其实就只剩下sony和其他品牌了. 其他大品牌都是在卖屏幕,剩下的soc在内的方案全都是第三方的...

[@vivekkumary]

Though Sony used Picture tube, LED/OLED Panel of other brands, its the unique circuitry which made it stand out in terms of quality and durability. Trinitron, WEGA, Bravia were the USP for Sony. A 2013 model 3D Bravia is competes with the best OLED TV in terms of Contrast and reproduction of deep blacks.

[@Steven64]

I bought a Bravia TV at Costco and not even a month later I got a letter saying that they extended my warranty for free. Then, at Costco, I saw many of the same TVs at the store. All completely dead. Mine still works, but it always makes a click sound when turning it on or off. (4K 65" just in case.) EDIT: The sound comes from the Power Supply inside the TV.

[@jjunify]

Do kids visit often, grandpa?

[@arx117]

Sony quality turned into bad quality post covid. I got Sony phone and it got vertical green Line. I saw many of people in Sony FB group complaining their tv died under warrranty, they Said their old Sony tv still working.....so after Sony fixed those tv, they resell it and stick with their old Sony tv

[@user-hi1et2tb5u]

Samsung sells curved OLED's in a straight box.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Would you expect a curved box???

[@fluidefluide1128]

Bananas arrive in a straight box. Always have a yellow tint though... developement.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

@@LogicallyAnswered😂😂😂

[@ianstorm45]

I own one of the latest Sony TV and it’s very good, it have one of the best pictures in comparison to Samsung and LG tv, what’s causing Sony down fall it’s not about the inability to make good tv” it’s their marketing approach, they mostly caters to wealthy people with their high prices 😮

[@nirvanaj1010]

In India Sony tv ‘s market share and company’s profits are improving year over year as people are preferring buying sony over Korean and Chinese brands . Sony is the preferred choice for a tv weather it’s oled or Mini led . Chinese brands like tcl and Hisense are getting hammered here .

[@arx117]

But Sony tv is so overprice especially at entry level tv

[@nirvanaj1010]

@@arx117 do you go to Starbucks and say oh their coffee is so overpriced . Or go to dominos and say oh I can bake that pizza at home for less than 5€ , Sony is not overpriced they just offer better quality and reliably compared to other brands . That’s the reason why sony makes very little profit from its consumer electronics division .

[@nirvanaj1010]

@@arx117 do you go to Starbucks and say oh their coffee is so overpriced . Or go to dominos and say oh I can bake that pizza at home for less than 5€ , Sony is not overpriced they just offer better quality and reliably compared to other brands . That’s the reason why sony makes very little profit from its consumer electronics division .

[@arx117]

@@nirvanaj1010 better quality? You didn't know how many people ranting about their new Sony tv they bought? It died after 1 year use, thank's God they still under warranty and they sell it after Sony fixed those tv's. This happened since post covid. Basically quality of Sony is no longer there.... The good One is the old One at the time when Sony use JDI panel, but since JDI change their product to OLED, Sony changed supplier to Samsung and since then quality is 50-50

[@ROBERTBROWN-rp3jq]

This is crazy because I have a Sony TV in every one of my bedrooms and I'm thinking about getting a new Bravia 9 TV as well and I have a 3D Sony TV that I'm currently watching your video on that I bought when I was stationed in Korea and it still works till (2012) this day. My mom has a Samsung TV that should replace like three four times now

[@LogicallyAnswered]

A true Sony enthusiast!

[@arx117]

Old tv can still works. But today post covid tv will died after warrranty end

[@tim3172]

After owning the 40EX400 and the XBR-65X900E, the 65A80K will be my last Sony. I ordered it, and it has inductor squeal that varies with the amount of gray on screen. Lots of gray? Lots of squeal. You can watch a scene and hear ear-piercing pitch change from almost-tolerable to "turn the TV off now." A Sony-authorized repair person came out and now the pitch is different but also worse. So... A) it's an issue on many units (unless I got 2 bad ones in a row... right...) and B) Sony didn't fix it. I called them back and they said "It's a fact of life that electronics make noise." I haven't heard a TV make a noise since the CRT days.

[@tim3172]

I begrudgingly replace the A80K with an LG C3 which is tolerable but... wow the color, motion, and image stability is so much worse. I'd try Samsung, but their stubbornness to pay the licensing fee for Dolby Vision is a no-go. Also, it pops up every time you turn it on: You have an LG Soundbar Connected! and it saves the notices in the upper-right. I have 28 notices that I have a soundbar attached. Thanks LG! Meh, it's fine for now.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Dude A80K so pricy. Its very dim also. Its just like very over priced for the visual. I had a $5000 LED (made in Japan). Like that tv was going bad, n I was first looking at SONY, could NOT match the image. I end up getting Hisense U8. Like no joke the HIsense n Samsung hype are real. Just no comprising once owning one.

[@leroyyoung6614]

Sony main problem is that they didn't transfer to software i love this video keep up the good work.

[@CM-tc4ny]

Bought my Sony TVs in 2010. I was hoping to upgrade to newer televisions but these things just wont die. Ended up replacing because of the newer features and advancements - not because they broke.

[@user-gi4no6gn7m]

I remember having a Sony LCD in around 2012 and just after warranty period it failed and Sony was not providing any support neither the parts available for 3rd party repair. They loose big time because of quality control instead of low marketing budget

[@benhardsim8629]

Reupload?

[@rafbarkway5280]

Sony tried to be clever, they made a lot of TV's with NO heatsink on the main vision processor. They cooked up the processor in less than a year, built in redundancy, and expected no one would notice. Nice try sony. (Engineering comment).

[@slomotrainwreck]

I wanted to know how much power that 152 inch Panasonic plasma tv would draw so I asked Gemini - the Google AI, it told me that since that 152 inch plasma tv never went into production it estimated that it would "possibly exceeding 500 watts depending on usage and brightness settings." YIKES!

[@bentencho]

Probably geopolitics plays a bit of a role too. When Sony dominated, the Yen was like ~250 for 1 USD. Due to the Plaza Accord, the Yen always lingered from around 100-150/USD instead, at least up until last year. Assuming the Yen depreciates and more tariffs are placed on China, there may be a possible resurgence of Sony.

[@stevemccormick4938]

May also be that sony decided to install a root kit virus on every computer that played their digital assets. Since that event I've never considered a sony product.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Yeah remember SONY got hacked ransomware!!!! 😮 skechy as hell.

[@ashdog236]

I have the X90k and it’s a great tv but menu is laggy and sluggish

[@repatch43]

You knew this was coming: you have to be careful of studies, since sometimes they don't tell you what you think they do. Many studies have indeed shown a preference for Pepsi over Coke. But that isn't the full picture. The problem is that Pepsi is sweeter than Coke (to most pallets, and this can be regional as different sweeteners are used in different regions). That higher sweetness is immediately more appealing. However, once you get past the first few sips that sweetness starts to become less appealing. And when one takes into consideration drinking a whole container of the stuff, for most people Coke pulls ahead. So ya, in this case, the marketing is absolutely important, but the product matters quite a bit to.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

U made a lot of good points. The SONY LEDS still been horandous tho on spects delivery last 5 yrs. They just keep making the same thing yearly call it flagship. Imagine making iphone -pro yearly up like 10 battery , n like 5% screen brightness. Then make ppl buy again n again? Thats what SONY did. Like it was crazy how pricy they were for like a VERY average Tv at $1300. When the TV could be a direct Lit tv like X85K that they are still selling .that thing does not have QLED or local dimming, not even mini LED. Just bad super dated technology.

[@erniekeller1093]

Sony is the leader for videophiles in the US because of color accuracy, upscaling quality and the fact that they require relatively little picture adjustment out of the box. It helps that Sony TVs are designed to come as close as possible to a professional reference monitor, the BVM-HX3110 made by Sony.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

In business school. Professor explain the Sony business model as the MOSt manipulative f ed up fake prestege. U know how Hollywood Oscar ppl wear those $100000 Dresses from LV GUCCI? the stars are--PAID to wear those. They did not choose them. Once show off. Ppl will flood to buy those $2000-3000 LV Gucci bag! SONY spent --MILLIONS bribing Hollywood from day 1 to use their TV as”Reference Monitor” turn out their TV looks like Blue tinted Shit. But even tho they are ugly as blue tinted all over, they can still use that “reference MOnitor, cost $20000” , so ppl will Flood to buy it, cuz they can claim on sales pitch” its color accuracy to movie” Duah, cuz they back door bribed Hollywood, its a created to make SONY easy sale. Like Bonneing with 737 Max! The ppl do the checking used to work for Bonneing If u EVER hear ppl say” most accurate Color”, u nkow that person doesnt care. They are just talk the talk or they are SONY snob like I used to be. That cant give up that believe that they wasted their passion/money for

[@shanksinha81]

You obviously haven't experienced a modern Sony Bravia. Hell, they even make the LG OLED panel look better. The key is their X1 processor and picture processing. They have moved into the premier segment long back and still command a premium.

[@dani3po]

Sony used to be synonymous with an extra quality, "premium" product, and still is for older people. But in 2024 it's hard to justify the high prices of their TVs when they don't offer more quality, so it's logical that they sell so little. Something similar has been happening for some time with their phones. They are very expensive and offer nothing over their competitors.

[@fungo6631]

They don't offer a headphone jack, tool less microSD card slot and professional camera settings! Oh wait, they do...

[@Erowens98]

They are still top end when it comes to quality. That seems to be the niche they are targeting

[@ubacow7109]

They do offer the best image processing movement and colors are litterally the best out of the box in all objective & subjectve benchmarks they always score higher than the rest.

[@anand.chaudhari]

@@ubacow7109but still do they justify the price tag? I don’t think so

[@ubacow7109]

@@anand.chaudhari I do, when you look at a sony flagship you can look at it for hours and its the most cinematic picture possible. I own a flagship Hisense Q8K and flagship Sony x900H and the picture quality is so much better on my x900H. The Q8k has a ton of features but the image just isnt natural. When you get used to proper color accuracy and motion processing everything else looks wrong. Going back to my hisense, everything looks fatiguing almost and it feels like im watching a mall tv display rather than a proper home theater.

[@Grid56]

Sony did some fantastic CRT televisions and monitors. The switch to flat screens has seen them lose their way.

[@thecwwshow8036]

My father’s TV was bought in 2004/ 2005 and died in 2019 I believe or maybe a little later. It was so good

[@lobonegro1567]

R.I.P. to the TV🙏

[@Tottorul]

I still use my Sony 42" i bought 15 years ago, and it still looks very good in SDR mode. You get what you pay for

[@06dame27]

Over the past 4 years I've had 3 TV's, whenever I look at Sony TV's, the pricing is the main reason I went with LG Oled twice.I couldn't justify spending an additional $600 to $800 on Sony.

[@RobertK1993]

600-800 not to bad of premium Sony usually used be higher than that 😂

[@Kpopcandies0]

boi you explained it very well

[@ArchThaBoss]

Just goes to show you folks, competition is good and we should fight mergers at every turn. Companies used to be satisfied with making a profit. Now they want endless profits year on year. Look at how expensive TVs were until foreign companies came and and sold cheaper ones of the same quality. This goes for most industries. The big tech companies have made more money than ever, but are laying off workers because they want ALLL the money. They can’t bare to go with making lower than usual profits. It has to be record profits

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@patrickmeijer78]

Nice video, but one big thing isn’t talked about "positioning", Sony is positioning themselves as premium manufacturer and you can see and read about there TVs everywhere. Professionals rate Sony tv higher in quality allround (picture quality, lifespan etc) and what you see in sales is the Apple effect. They have the entertainment market (movie/ music/ gaming) in there hands and the knowledge to tweak their product precisely because the make the products to fabricate what you use the TVs and audio for. There’s growth in the position that they have chosen. So placing Sony products next to LG and Samsung is like comparing apples and oranges.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

The SONY as -Reference Monitor, n film industry . Once again u said it. The First thing our Business professor pick SONY apart before explaing the SONY false advertising was. It went over anyone to spend millions lobey hollywood to use Their TV in filming. Then send thoe $20000 tvs to be used in film. Suddenlty they can claim “ we are d prestige reference monitor” to Cover up their BLUE cold very UNREALISTIC color. All SONY tvs suffer this Pestle tone. They look BLUE /pestle. Green looks turquoise. Pink looks like lavender, fuchsia looks Magenta . yellow looks mustard , ❤🛑red looks ☎️🪭🖍️. All they had to do just pay a few thousand bucks to have tech journalist to write “color accuracy “ n pay like 2-3 online TV guru like “Digital Trends” to FLY over to visit tell u nice thing about it. Suddently creat Confirmation Bias. Ppl buy it lives in Placebo. Like the ‘stanley cup water quencher crazy” ppl buy it live in placebo. Human fallow trends. Thts how Man bum looks so aweful guys jump at it. Women get lip injections looks duck lips , ppl jump at it. We are NOt as wise as we believe

[@patrickmeijer78]

Thanks for your insight, but I’m sorry to say, as a calibration engineer your arguments are incorrect. Sony has an overall better understanding of picture quality, longer lifespan etc. I am a professional and what I’ve seen the last 5 years is that Sony positioning has changed to a premium brand with the quality to match. On all the lobbying etc that you mentioned, you don’t know that and if so, what do you think those other brands who are spending way more are doing? I’m looking at it from a professional non biased perspective

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@patrickmeijer78 thx 🙏🏼 for yr feed back . I have had 2 YES , 2 Sharp Aquos Quatrum with - 🟥🟦🟩🟨. There no amount of professional calibration u do can help with 🟥🟦🟩RGB SONY . Those 5 yr in a row ppl came over asking “why is my brand new SONY n my uncles cousins n new upgraded high end panel look 👀 less color , flat than your 3 yr old tv ??? Why “ Real feed back from ppl own them made me aware they r not good . 😊 not me having beef 🥩 with sony . Their Owners think they get tricked ! lol Sony JSUT looks blue washed out . RGB can only do UP to 69% color human eyes can do , Sharp Aquos Quatrum = 99.9 % ! Quatrum has 50% more color at least than Sony could do n on top insane color volume . 2013 Sharp flagship had 10X dynamic Contrast rate than SONY . Sony was long ago already not so hot 🥵 to start . It’s NOT new 🆕:) I appreciate your professional opinion. I believe ur option is honest to u. So I respect that . Def Sony has weird pestle Color . My family all think SONY weird . They have no issue with Color when seeing Samsung S95B or Hisense U8H U8K :) They have issue with Sony color right way with X95J X90K x95K A95K a80l . - BLUE !! 🩵 thick Blue Tint ! SONY logo on the black background is BLUE

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@patrickmeijer78 have u heard of -- SHARP AQUOs Quatrum ? The RGB-+ Yellow pixel as 4th Base color ? I don’t think anyone have d 2 of those Quantrum Panels can ever see SONY TV as “best in color” ever again .

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@patrickmeijer78 quatrum Led can produce 3 trillion shades of color . Match 99.9% human capacity of able to see. When RGB is just plain weird . Once u have Quatum u dont need professional calibration cuz accurate blend of Color with Yellow 🫰as 4th base . :):) Sony’s 💯 > best Leds were made by Sharp 2011 . They r good but was never best :) Sharp had the Best kept in the house . Sony “color accuracy “ is Marketjng pitch .

[@ckelly5141]

Great video. Best part? No AI 🤖👍

[@ashishpatel350]

sometimes it isnt about market share but profitability. sony wants the high end where all the profit is. and for high end tvs sony makes the best ones. samsung and lg are not far behind. but i wouldnt touch a chinese tv even for cheaper prices points. they tend to not last. if you go to your local electronics recycler all you see are 5 years or newer tcl or hisense tvs.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Let let me enlighten u . In Busienss school business profesor made clear: sony d most Over marketed tv false advertising. Their BEST sellers are entry x90L. They are NOT selling many flagship. Only 1-2% ppl will buy their flagship. Everyyear sony lose a LOT of money seling flagship. Its like selling cars, it takes mass produce to make selling car profitable. SONY produce flagship for showing so they can use flagship to make ppl pay 2X to buy the low end x80L x85L x77L (EF that. They are still selling -Edge lit 🔥 2010 technology) THEY do NOT buy flagship, by get low end tv live in placebo. So 3 yr in ppl will WASTE money do EARLY upgrade lured by NEW flagship. If Everyone is doing it so happy, they all live in placebo. Rinse n repeat. If anyone buy mid range they will NEVER go back to equal end, they lower end will NOT sell. They MAKE d--NOST money on ppl staring $600- 1000- 1500 going up every 3 yrs. SONY does NOT care for customers, they squeeze MONEy out of d MOST poor ppl. They are on the Dark skechy side. Friend. Go to car show, Auto show, eveyrone hype over concept care, ppl turn around only buy BMW X3 , HOnda Civic experience tin Can with slightly larger engine. Ppl will live in placebo with BMW brand.

[@Gary0557]

I'll had one of those the tiny black Panasonic TV's! Lasted for years

[@msbmri24]

Who does your voiceover??

[@Afrocanuk]

Years back, Sony was the best with CRT Flat-screen TV's. They should focus on becoming the best with overhead high resolution projectors.