Sony Bravia TV's

harshness said:

There's no economies of scale if everyone develops their products from the ground up. Why have four panel operations when you can have one or two? There is still plenty of room to include features and distinctions that separate each company's products from the others. Big American companies (especially the auto makers) have been doing it for years.

The textbook definition of OEM is precisely what you're railing against: a company that manufactures equipment from outsourced components.

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arlo said:

step back a few years. let's go buy a chevy. raw materials may have been from various industries. after recycling started your 'vette body, fenders, windows glass may very well be made from your empty jack and mad dog 20-20 bottles. the engine, radiator, a/c components made from new (or your recycled pbr cans).
but...everything was made under the various divisions of GM. rochester carbs, delco, delphi, frigidaire, fisher body, moraine glass, harrison....yeah you get it. not like saab for example with bendix and a mish mash of kit parts.

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harshness said:

You're going way, way back (the late 1960s) to when manufacturing in the US was untouchable (and was still relatively economical).

Kia has been building tiny Fords for quite a while.

Chevy LUV pickups back in the late '70s were pretty much re-badged Isuzus just as Ford Couriers were Mazdas. Half of Chevrolet's current product line (by model as opposed to unit sales) is substantially imported from Korea or China.

Chrysler was tight with Mitsubishi as part of their first bailout up to the point that they slipped into bed with Nissan and Renault.

American Motors came out of the gates by assembling frankenparts (excepting a lot of the Jeep stuff).

An organization like GM or Ford buying out a foreign factory doesn't magically transform it to an American factory nor does it mean that they aren't OEMing parts.

Half of the parts divisions of GM that you named are either dead or have been sold off. Delphi (Aptiv) is particularly unrecognizeable.

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arlo said:

what about aerogel?

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Jimbo said:

Not sure why OLED should Scare you ...
Every new technology has the same issues, ya either do as much homework as you can about it and then decide if you want it, or you skip it.

The TV I had and still runs great to this day, last was a 60" Pioneer Elite Plasma .... it was the top of the Plasmas.

I went that route when the Sonys were struggling with not sure what they wanted to do ... it use to be Sony was Tops, they made a few TVs, maybe 3 or 4 and did it right ...
Then a time came say 10-15 years back when they decided they would do better with 7 or 8 TV's out there ... they were lost, the quality was gone and thier Standards dropped, at that time ...

Since then in the last 3-4 years, Sony has gotten back to thier former self.
Thier Quality is back ....

Once again, like with all TVs, you have to look at what series your talking about ... I'm now talking about thier Top line sets ...

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N5XZS said:

Looking for at least 55 to 58 inches screen sized plus built in ATSC 3.0 tuner since our local PBS station KNMD-DT rf ch. 8 going on the air in ATSC 3.0 on June 30th.

Plan to the new TV in late summer or early fall window time frame.

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N5XZS said:

Which model or both can download new apps on store modes, not factory loaded?

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N5XZS said:

Pretty soon I am in the market for a new TV and tend to stick with the Sonys.

Looking for 4k or 8k LED, no OLED please, since I do alot of Satellite TV DXing sport and news feeds manly to avoid burn in issues.

Looking for at least 55 to 58 inches screen sized plus built in ATSC 3.0 tuner since our local PBS station KNMD-DT rf ch. 8 going on the air in ATSC 3.0 on June 30th.

Plan to the new TV in late summer or early fall window time frame.

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Jhon69 said:

Well I hope you reconsider the OLED option,while I am sure the Sony LED TVs would have a beautiful picture,a Sony OLED TV will have
an awesome picture! Yes there is that much difference and Sony OLEDs have Pixel Shift to prevent burn in.
Also Acoustic Wave Sound which is impressive.

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Phil T said:

I have a 77" Sony A80CJ OLED that I purchased from Costco a month ago. Picture is amazing.

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