Sony is Cutting 10,000 Jobs – Many Coming From Flat Panel Production

[TheDickWard]

Kaz Hirai believes this is an essential step in turning Sony around.

http://www.twice.com/article/482895-..._More_Jobs.php

[taygan315]

Makes you wonder if there quality of their tvs will take a hit as well as a way to stop their financial bleeding.

[Badger3920]

They're going to have to figure something out. They made a huge mistake by riding their name while charging premium prices and allowing competition like Samsung and Panasonic (and sharp et al) to come in and dominate the LED/LCD and Plasma sets.

Now they have to figure out how to come back from behind, and you certainly can't do that by saying "I'm sony, so please pay my 15-20% markup"

That said, my fiances grandma of all people recently bought a 55" LED set and it's one of the most beautiful TVs I've ever seen.

[cupboy]

I'd like to have them sell their music division to Universal. That way we could get some SACDs of Sony Music artists.

[taygan315]

They're going to have to figure something out. They made a huge mistake by riding their name while charging premium prices and allowing competition like Samsung and Panasonic (and sharp et al) to come in and dominate the LED/LCD and Plasma sets.

Now they have to figure out how to come back from behind, and you certainly can't do that by saying "I'm sony, so please pay my 15-20% markup"

That said, my fiances grandma of all people recently bought a 55" LED set and it's one of the most beautiful TVs I've ever seen.

Which one did she get Badge? I have the 55'' Sony HX800 LED and I love the pq as well.

[Badger3920]

Which one did she get Badge? I have the 55'' Sony HX800 LED and I love the pq as well.

You know, I havent seen it in about a year so I couldn't tell you. The thing is paper thin and puts off a beautiful, vibrant picture without even being calibrated. High quality stuff. I gave her an old blu-ray player of mine so she could watch films in high def.

[taygan315]

You know, I havent seen it in about a year so I couldn't tell you. The thing is paper thin and puts off a beautiful, vibrant picture without even being calibrated. High quality stuff. I gave her an old blu-ray player of mine so she could watch films in high def.

That was nice of you to do.

[Badger3920]

Add to that a 'down economy' for someone who produces luxury item electronics and a devastating Yen to Dollar/Euro? Yep - rock and hard place.

[rm082e]

Now they have to figure out how to come back from behind, and you certainly can't do that by saying "I'm sony, so please pay my 15-20% markup"