Sony vs. Matsushita (Panasonic/JVC) at DVinfo.net

Joseph George · May 20th, 2003, 01:30 AM

These are the world's biggest consumer electronics (and pro video) giants. Which one do you like better and why.

I like Sony better. IMHO the products, although usually a little more expensive, are better made; the Sony products have a better reputation word-wide; Sony is more into the high end.

In the low end the credit goes to Matsushita, which was the first with low cost HD -- DVHS, HD DV. But I think that it will be the blu-ray HD DVD format that will be the true breakthrough in low cost HD videotaping/recording. Sony and Nishia? basically developed it and then Sony involved other companies, including Panasonic, with the blu-ray HD consortium.

Nigel Moore · May 20th, 2003, 03:09 AM

I used to favour Sony products. But they are expensive, and I find their colours to be too 'blue'. No experience of Panasonic...except that they have a typical large corporate website which is nigh on impossible to penetrate.

I prefer Canon for both colour and website. :-/

Frank Granovski · May 20th, 2003, 03:18 AM

Yup. Me too. Canons and Panasonics I like. You can't beat their colors. Well, maybe Canon's color is a bit better than Pana's. I sure like XL1S footage!

Boyd Ostroff · May 20th, 2003, 07:55 AM

There's an interesting article in this week's BARRON'S titled (I think) "The Laggard's Club". They list around 100 stocks which during the past 15 years have underperformed a completely risk free investment in short term treasuries (which yielded ~5% during this period).

Interesting membership in this club: Matsushita, Sony and Apple (among others). There are also many other well known/prestigious companies that share this dubious disctinction, including Dow Jones who publishes BARRONS's and the WALL STREET JOURNAL. So much for the "buy and hold" approach these days.... ;-)

Oh yeah, back on topic... I prefer Sony and have a PDX-10, VX-2000, two WEGA's, CD deck, cassette deck, tuner, walkman, etc... :-)

Michael Wisniewski · May 20th, 2003, 06:56 PM

I like Canon first, Sony second, Panasonic third. Though it really depends on which products your talking about.

I think Canon does the best when they build something new and cutting edge, IMO they seem to make items that are more "human friendly".

Sony's products are top notch and many times "technically" better, but they're not as "friendly", cool looking but to me too cybernetic.

Panasonic does better when the technology is established and they're churning it out cheap and good.

May 20th, 2003, 01:30 AM	#1
Joseph George Permanently Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 265	Sony vs. Matsushita (Panasonic/JVC) These are the world's biggest consumer electronics (and pro video) giants. Which one do you like better and why. I like Sony better. IMHO the products, although usually a little more expensive, are better made; the Sony products have a better reputation word-wide; Sony is more into the high end. In the low end the credit goes to Matsushita, which was the first with low cost HD -- DVHS, HD DV. But I think that it will be the blu-ray HD DVD format that will be the true breakthrough in low cost HD videotaping/recording. Sony and Nishia? basically developed it and then Sony involved other companies, including Panasonic, with the blu-ray HD consortium.

May 20th, 2003, 03:09 AM	#2
Nigel Moore Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Switzerland Posts: 358	I used to favour Sony products. But they are expensive, and I find their colours to be too 'blue'. No experience of Panasonic...except that they have a typical large corporate website which is nigh on impossible to penetrate. I prefer Canon for both colour and website. :-/ __________________ _________________ Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana

May 20th, 2003, 06:56 PM	#5
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	I like Canon first, Sony second, Panasonic third. Though it really depends on which products your talking about. I think Canon does the best when they build something new and cutting edge, IMO they seem to make items that are more "human friendly". Sony's products are top notch and many times "technically" better, but they're not as "friendly", cool looking but to me too cybernetic. Panasonic does better when the technology is established and they're churning it out cheap and good. __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

May 20th, 2003, 03:18 AM	#3
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Yup. Me too. Canons and Panasonics I like. You can't beat their colors. Well, maybe Canon's color is a bit better than Pana's. I sure like XL1S footage!

May 20th, 2003, 07:55 AM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	There's an interesting article in this week's BARRON'S titled (I think) "The Laggard's Club". They list around 100 stocks which during the past 15 years have underperformed a completely risk free investment in short term treasuries (which yielded ~5% during this period). Interesting membership in this club: Matsushita, Sony and Apple (among others). There are also many other well known/prestigious companies that share this dubious disctinction, including Dow Jones who publishes BARRONS's and the WALL STREET JOURNAL. So much for the "buy and hold" approach these days.... ;-) Oh yeah, back on topic... I prefer Sony and have a PDX-10, VX-2000, two WEGA's, CD deck, cassette deck, tuner, walkman, etc... :-)