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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 15:09:25 JST Aral Balkan

   The lightbulbs at Sony decide to make Europe and UK pay for Trump’s tariffs. It’s probably a good idea to make an example of them so no one else dares pull this crap.

   https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/04/14/sony-makes-tough-decision-to-raise-playstation-5-prices-in-europe-and-uk/

   #sony #playstation #boycott #trump #tariffs #fascism #EU #UK

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 19:03:58 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

     @hyde We have a six-year-old Sony bravia kd-65a1 – lovely design/screen (they discontinued that design for some reason. Their new TVs are ugly.)

     Hate that it’s Android (it has never been updated; I’ve never allowed it to connect to the Internet).

     Still going strong so 🤞

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     Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian: (hyde@lazybear.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 19:03:59 JST Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

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     @aral I wont buy Sony's products anymore anyway. I have an Android TV, a Sony Bravia, that stopped working.

     Looking online I found that many of their Bravia models have the same issue.

     One guy from the US (https://www.youtube.com/@NicksTVRepair) repair them, but I'm Europe.

     Apparently, it's only an EEPROM that got fried... and, it happens a looooot on those, expensive, models.

     Anyway, I'll probably buy a video projector ... one day, but not a Sony one!

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 19:06:53 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Dźwiedziu

     @dzwiedziu I don’t think that’s the audience. I have a PS5 because I want to switch off my brain and play a game without worrying about the tech :)

     (Got the portal recently and I’m almost entirely using that now. Such a lovely experience. Basically only use the TV if the portal’s run out of juice while playing my latest time sink, Metaphor: ReFantazio.)

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     Dźwiedziu (dzwiedziu@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 19:06:54 JST Dźwiedziu

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     @aral
     PSA: you can cobble up a simple computer from a corporate desktop (like Dell Optiplex, HP $NUMBER, Levovo ThonkStation) secondhand for a relatively low cost and for a similarly relative low cost of upgrades make a low-spec gaming PC.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 04:24:04 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

     @hyde 🤞

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     Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian: (hyde@lazybear.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 04:24:06 JST Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

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     @aral i think mine died around 7 years max 8 ... Hope yours won't have the same fate.