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[pscocoa]

Just a bit of info that might be of use if you act quickly.

Some of the early Sony Digital cameras and other makes using the Sony base suffered from a faulty CCD  - this manifests itself as a distorted image in the screen. THEY ARE STILL FIXING THEM OUT OF WARRANTY SOME 4/5 YEARS ON!!

Postman arrived this morning with my T1 direct back from Sony - no charge.

Sony said the final date for these repairs was 1st October 2007 I but did not send mine to them till 1st Nov when it went faulty. I only had the original 12 months guarantee from 2003 - this does not matter.

All you do is download the repair form and free post voucher from the Sony site and send off to Wales - the secret words to put in the fault box are simply "I2 fault" you can add distorted image. You then get a confirmation of recipt and a warning that if the repair is not under warranty you have to pay a fixed charge.

Maybe VX could learn a thing or to about loyalty?

Quote from Endgadget
"What can you say when a manufacturer finally comes clean about a product defect, three years after the fact? If that manufacturer is Sony, and the defect is a CCD problem that affects over 100 different models of digital cameras, camcorders and PDAs made from 2002 to 2004, you might say, "gosh, no wonder your market share is slipping!" According to Sony, the defect, which affects both the recording and displaying of images "only occurs to a limited number of units" (ain't that always the case?). The company is offering free repairs to anyone whose camera is still experiencing the problems, though we have to wonder how many owners of long-discontinued digicams like the 2 megapixel DSC-P31 have been hanging onto their defective cameras just waiting for this announcement — and how many have moved on to newer (and probably non-Sony) models in the interim."

[TheBoy]

Shame the useless lying idiots could not fix my Sony TV when it was in warranty  .

"No sir, its perfectly normal for a TV to be out of focus, poor geometry, and scrolling bars across the screen".  

Having had it replaced 4 times, they are right - it is normal for crap Sony TVs to be out of focus (poor tube manufacture coupled with underrated PSU), poor geometry (underrated PSU), and scrolling dark horizontal bars (poor shielding from its own coils).

self-abusers.

[pscocoa]

sorry I touched a raw nerve on that one!!

[Ken T]

Yes, this happened a while ago, it helped to kill off Minolta. I thought Sony had fixed the fault with their manufacturing process, but it looks as if it is still happening http://www.videsignline.com/news/196513344  If you buy a Sony, remember and hang on to the receipt ! . Also Sony CCDs are used in other cameras, that also suffer these faults.

Ken

[PaulW]

Shame the useless lying idiots could not fix my Sony TV when it was in warranty  .

"No sir, its perfectly normal for a TV to be out of focus, poor geometry, and scrolling bars across the screen".  

Having had it replaced 4 times, they are right - it is normal for crap Sony TVs to be out of focus (poor tube manufacture coupled with underrated PSU), poor geometry (underrated PSU), and scrolling dark horizontal bars (poor shielding from its own coils).

self-abusers.

Sounds like an old Sony TV I once had... Same issues  

[Martin_1962]

Sues camera was repaired FOC

My same era DV camera is OK at the moment!