grrr.. Sony conspiracy
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- dkid
so, normally i would praise Sony.. lots of sony products, all pretty robust and trustworthy. 3 year old VAIO working great, old skool digital cam closing in on its 14,000th shot and some misc. audio goods like discman, MD, headphones, etc...
no here's the weird thing.. shortly after moving from canada to the us, my discman started acting up and still has issues with it's optical line out, burned cds, etc...
then.. shortly after moving BACK to canada with my american-born MD, the battery went haywire. now instead of the normal 8hrs playback on one charge, i get 1.5hrs..barely. and instead of 2.5hrs recording time, i get about 17 seconds. grr.
but i sucked it up. now.. i was surprised/encouraged to find that when i moved to Europe, my digicam and laptop continued to operate flawlessly.. however, having recently moved BACK to canada, both my digicam battery AND my VAIO battery died within 2 weeks. what the hell? are sony batteries on timers and just self-destruct on some cue? of course, sony doesn't warranty/guarantee batteries so i'm continually getting screwed. needless to say, i won't be buying sony again anytime soon but i'm curious if anyone else is having these issues with their sony batteries..
- Bluejam0
Wouldn't it be something to do with the varying voltage rates(?) in different countries...my discman battery (uk) died after trying to charge it up in america (using an electrical adapter)...
- unknown0
I think your a geek
- unknown0
....only joking ;)
- nospacebar0
I think it's the fact that G. Gordon Liddy has joined on as CEO @ Sony.
.j
- monNom0
NiCad and NiMH batteries develope a 'charge memory'
if you don't fully discharge them, before recharging them, and then charge them the whole way, they develope a plateau which limits your amp/hours.
so if you keep using your minidisc for 15 minutes at a shot, then charging it, it will develope a memory and eventually it will only hold enough charge for 15 minutes.
lithium ion batteries don't suffer from the same problem, but they're hella spendy.
- ********0
I think it could be plane rides you been having,, and voltage
i hear that these equipments are highly sensitive to slight voltage (even with adaptor)
either that or they are tracking you.
- finnpimp0
it could be the voltage rates that bluejam mentined (220/240?) or it could be the different frequencies in the electricity net. europe uses 50 Hz in every electrical appliance, while US uses 60 Hz. Hence you should've used an adapter that converts 50 to 60 I guess..
And that's why NTSC and PAL have different framerates... F Y I...
- AD0
everything is a Sony conspiracy,
,sincerely Micheal Jackson
- monNom0
"And that's why NTSC and PAL have different framerates... F Y I... "
no shit!?!
i've alwys wondered that.
- finnpimp0
jup. US uses 30 fps (well, 29.97) and europe uses 25. This also applies to tv's, camcorders, etc.
- dkid0
yes yes. that would make sense for the MD.. i'm sure i wasn't always using them till they were dead and then charging them up any chance i got.
the digicam and the laptop though, are Lithium Ion batteries.. and wouldn't i have noticed a problem when i first went to europe and encountered a higher voltage? plus.. these silly devices are supposed to switch/convert the voltage on their own! :(