[cryptoz]

I definitely don't. Maybe at 24 I'm too young to remember those days? All I know about Sony is rootkits, lies, lack of security, exploding batteries and pompous execs that think their customers are idiots.

But given their size, I suppose that growth must have come from innovation in decades past.

[moylan]

i bought a sony walkman radio in the early 80s. still have it, use it every day, use it in the bathroom where it is subject to hot and humid conditions. it's now over a quarter of a century old and works fine.

in the 80s the build quality of sony was legendary. in the 90s they were still excellent and most people i know preferred them over an alternate brand. but minidiscs and even before that d.a.t. showed they preferred a locked down environment that favoured sony and not their customers. mp3s were the nail in the coffin for many folk that i know and people went elsewhere. i stopped recommending sony back in late 90s. cd and dvd burners speeded up the process when sony products refused to handle them.

the rootkits, lies and lack of security were just nails in the coffin.

[Lewisham]

I'm 28. I remember Walkmans/Trinitrons/Microstereos. You wanted Sony. It's possible that there was some sort of four year cut-off, but when I grew up Sony was king.