We decided that it was time to replace the old Panasonic TX-28DK20D. First, we wanted to buy a Samsung LE32R72B. The price was right – CHF 1299, and I didn’t want to buy a Sony because of their decrepit opinions regarding copyright and privateers (what they call “pirates”). But when I arrived at the shop today, the Samsung was sold out. The next shop who had it was too far away for public transport. And the Samsungs were selling so well, the other shop did not want to send it to the shop where I was. So I looked at all the models in the CHF 1000 – 2000 price range again. Two unknown brands had interesting models: LG and Finlux. And there was the Sony Bravia model we had already looked at. The sales manager hooked the same DVD up to the models I was considering. The Sony did look better than all the others. It cost CHF 400 more than the others, but the grass was definitely greener on that side of the fence. So I relented and bought the Sony KDL-32S2520.
Now I feel bad for taking my business to the enemies of FreeCulture.
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I think sooner or later the industry will understand that information is free and they only sell packaging... actually, I think there’s a record company which offers now a three-staged price model on CDs, one more or less equivalent to your self-burned CD, one like the standard we have nowadays and one which lots of extras, big booklet, etc. - so it seems they are on their way.
Nice thing is they actually hasten themselves unto that path unvoluntarily with their myriads of cases in courts some people have started to fight back legally. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/ has news on this (don’t yet how good it is as I found it only recently).
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
– madalex 2007-07-02 18:25 UTC
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I’ve become a bit jaded over the last few years. I no longer believe in the industry’s ability to change. I think we’ll see the same thing as in personal life or academia: Enemies are not befriended, opponents are not convinced, and nobody learns anything. They just die, and the next generation will try to be different.
I read RecordingIndustryVsPeople for a while, and it inspired some hope. At the time there was quite a lot of material coming in on that feed. I felt like I was drinking from the fire hose and stopped.
– Alex Schroeder 2007-07-03 00:13 UTC
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ehe, keep faith ;)
Sony let you install another OS in their PS3 sun has opened solaris and Java
– PierreGaston 2007-07-03 08:26 UTC