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Originally Posted by sabredog
Well, I just purchased a Sony Bravia 55" smart TV with 3D. Sony still make arguably the best flat screen TV's currently.
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It's fairly easy to argue that they don't make the best flat screen.
(a) The three companies with the highest consumer satisfaction are Panasonic, LG and Samsung.
(b) Samsung, LG and Vizio control around 80% of the market.
(c) Sony uses Samsung's factories to produce their tvs using Samsung tech. And at CES they demonstrated that they were incapable of true innovation because they could not make a large screen oled and instead debuted an inorganic led. Pitiful.
(d) Sony has a long history of coming up with great ideas for new tv tech, but never following through. Were technologies like fed just a pipe dream?
Now Sony might offer excellent picture quality and features on their tvs, but they are far from the best flat screen manufacturer. In fact as I've just argued they are clearly second tier.
This story repeats across everything which is why Sony is no longer a leader. Their ereaders are not competitive with the kindle or nook. Their tablets are a joke compared to Apple, Samsung, etc Their game console finished the race last and was long considered overpriced. Even their blu-ray players don't command the market. Their mp3 players simply don't compete with any ipod.
And across the board Sony does not make durable, lasting electronics anymore, and they have relatively low customer satisfaction. Coupled with what another poster mentioned-- the lack of integration with app stores and across devices means that they desperately need to reinvent themselves.