Re: [tlug] Sony: Proprietary Junk

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Godwin Stewart wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:38:20 +0900, essertier
> <essertier@example.com> wrote:
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> > And someone, maybe on TLUG, said that their software is lousy, which
> > I did find to be true, after I heard that.
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> I can relate to that. I have Sony-Ericsson V600i cellphone and the
> software supplied with it simply doesn't work. Period.
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Speaking of Sony software.  I was stupid enough to buy an MP3 player 
(Sony NW-E005), but it doesn't actually.  It only plays some weird 
native format and the only way to get an MP3 file into your ears is to 
convert it into the native format with some really really horrible 
software that makes MP3's sound muddy.  I wish I could just get my money 
back and buy a real MP3 player, but at least I can warn the readers of 
this list to not buy a Sony "MP3" player that only plays a rotten Sony 
native format with rotten Sony software.  Is there some way of loading 
real functional software into the hardware and making it into a proper 
machine, or do I have to take a sledgehammer to it to smash it to bits 
and buy another company's product?  (I also have a Cowon MP3 player that 
was working great - for two months, until it broke, and I can't find the 
bloody receipt to get it fixed under warranty.)  Do the "Creative" ones 
sound okay?  I've got a couple of friends who swear by them, but they 
were only talking about cost and reliability - no mention of the sound 
quality was made....

Lyle