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Posted by Goro on 02/15/06 14:26
yeah, this is about what you'd expect from Sony these days.
-goro-
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1926577,00.asp
OKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp. said on Tuesday that about 400,000
Bravia brand liquid crystal display (LCD) and rear-projection TVs
launched last year may malfunction due to faulty software.
A Sony spokeswoman said that after 1,200 hours of use the TVs may not
be able to be turned off or switched out of stand-by-mode.
She said the TVs were sold in Japan, the United States, South America,
China and other Asian countries.
The software for those sets receiving digital or cable broadcasts can
be upgraded automatically but Sony must dispatch a person to fix those
TVs that are receiving analog signals, the spokeswoman said.
She declined to comment on how much it would cost to fix the problem.
The number of TVs affected comes to about 10 percent of the 4.2 million
LCD and rear-projection TVs Sony is aiming to sell in the current
business year to March.
Sony has enjoyed strong sales of its Bravia brand TVs since launching
them worldwide late last year, taking market share from LCD rival Sharp
Corp. in the United States market during the key year-end holiday
season.
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