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- From: lauren@CV.VORTEX.COM
- Newsgroups: rec.video
- Subject: Re: TR101 Reliability
- Message-ID: <m0n7dS2-0001Z1C@cv.vortex.com>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 03:53:33 GMT
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- Jeff Killeen writes:
- > I have a TR101 clone, I have friends who have a TR101 clone, and I have
- > checked with my video store that sells TR101 clones - no one is having
- > problems. Note - Canon just released a lens for the L1 that uses the same
- > technology for stablization that the TR101 does.
-
- I'm the one who initially reported the rumors of TR101 autostabilizer
- unreliability. I carefully reported them as such and added that I had no
- direct experience regarding the problem. However, there are a couple of
- points worth noting. Jeff implies that the salesman was conducting some
- sort of bait and switch. Perhaps, but if so it was of a very odd sort,
- since:
-
- a) A lot of my video business has gone to that salesman; he realizes that
- I know what I'm doing and have independent sources of information.
- It would seem quite counterproductive for him to have tried
- such a tactic.
-
- b) Instead of the TR101, he recommended a substantially less expensive
- camcorder for my friend buying the unit--who would have happily
- bought a TR101. He had plenty of TR101s in stock ready to go.
-
- I also later checked into the repair status of the TR101. The info I've
- gotten is that the stabilization unit on the TR101 didn't fall apart all the
- time--but people have had substantial trouble. The failure and adjustment
- requirement rate brought the TR101 back for service at a higher rate than
- other comparable units, and that was apparently a factor that contributed to
- SONY's decision not to emphasize that system in many future models. At
- least that's what my (usually reliable) sources say.
-
- Such failure data is always statistical in nature. Any particular unit, or
- even groups of units, may be fine. Use your own judgement, of course.
-
- --Lauren--
-