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Originally Posted by Greg B
Welcome to the board!
As for SONY and their hardware, I have two rules:
Don't buy SONY products.
Don't buy SONY products because their manufacturing and customer support eats shit.
Every piece of SONY equipment I've bought during the 2000's has gone to shit. SONY doesn't confront the problem and with one handycam the solution was literally to slap it on the bottom! Millions of customers complaining and the high tech answer was to slap it on the bottom!
They went for cheap manufacturing and when they got caught they tried to bullshit their way out of it. Don't even get me started on their Playstation line of defective products.
I bought a SONY cam in '97. That thing went through hell and worked to a 'T' for almost 10 years of continual use. I bought a SONY handycam in 2006 and the fucker has been shitting every other day.
Bottom line, trade the camera in for a better company. Save yourself time and misery.
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I have to differ...
I had a Nice little single chip sony Mini DV that I shot the crap out of. I tossed it around everywhere and it never gave me a single problem. When I got my Vx2000 I gave it to some friends for their shooting and they are still using it everyday for their cam shows etc. As for my vx2000, I got it used from Commander, it was already pretty beat up and had had a ton to tape though it before I got it. It works perfectly, I even borrow it out to others who have used it in filming a couple dozen DVD's with it. It's time to get it refurbished, but the cost of doing so is low enough that why not. One of the best things about these cameras is the compact size and built in screens, unlike the canon equivalents. I'll most likely look at getting the Sony HD version at some point because of the good luck I have had with them.
On the playstation.... I made the mistake of turning it off via the switch in the back and fried the laser... Hmm... that was a totally poor design... Your told in the manual not to do it, but who reads those damn things... I was able to get it replaced with a brand new one just by taking it back to bestbuy... so no biggy.. and now ˆ use the controller to shut it down. Problem solved.