Amazon Prime and BBC iPlayer

[Athanasius22]

Is anyone else totally disgusted with the built in obsolescence of Sony Bravia TVs?

I now find that my Sony Bravia 42W805A has recently become incapable of receiving BBC iPlayer or Amazon Prime, but otherwise remains completely satisfactory in quality and reliability.

I am usually impressed with design and quality of Sony products and I would have expected Sony to offer discounts to existing customers of at least 50% for purchase of a new Sony model which will not have these problems.  I would also expect Sony to then recover re-usable parts from returned equipment as their contribution to minimising global waste.

Sadly I now believe that built-in obsolescence is a deliberate tactic by Sony to reduce the life cycle of their products.  I will be seeking a replacement TV from another manufacturer.

[Joe_Dohn]

Planned obsolescence is only a thing when it's for services actually offered by the provider you're accusing. both Prime and iPlayer are 3rd-party so that doesn't really count, especially since you really like the TV. Having said that though, I do understand what you mean, I recently bought a new phone (not a Sony Xperia) and it's already obsolete since 3 newer models were released, and to top it off, it's only about 1.5-2 years old right now.

The times we're in do mean that we're moving quickly and heading for the future at an accelerating rate, services getting better, devices getting better and what have you. But that also means that what we have now becomes older quickly.