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General Electric (GE) camera
General Electric is a newcamer to the market of digital cameras
manufacturers, http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07...ralimaging.asp They say: "... advanced features such as image stabilization, high ISO sensitivity, and panoramic stitching will be standard on ALL models. "Entry-level GE digital cameras will start with 7 megapixels of resolution and 2.5-inch LCD screens. Higher-end GE cameras will offer up to 12 megapixels of resolution and 3-inch LCD screens." In other words, _more_of_the_same_. I.e., they are coming up with the "me too" products. I am not sure that they will be commercially successful. I think that manufacturer will be commercially successful who comes up to the market with a principically new camera. Such as an APS-C sized sensor in a compact P&S body. Such as Sigma DP1. But no. Nooooo. So let'em burn. I have no sorrow for them. |
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I don't see it working out. The market is already so saturated with
digicams - and digicam makers - that manufacturers are dropping out of it. The number of possible first-time digicam buyers in America must drop by the day - and be few now. And the camera phone sales are eating into the "Instamatic" side of the digicam market. No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com |
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In article . com,
" wrote: I don't see it working out. The market is already so saturated with digicams - and digicam makers - that manufacturers are dropping out of it. The number of possible first-time digicam buyers in America must drop by the day - and be few now. And the camera phone sales are eating into the "Instamatic" side of the digicam market. I wonder if they're aware of their own reputation? I have never once - in DECADES - had a GE brand consumer electronics product that was satisfactory. They would have been better off with a new brand name, but I'm sure they're just relabeling some Taiwan junk anyway. Nice jet engines, though. |
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:35:35 -0500, Scott Schuckert wrote:
I wonder if they're aware of their own reputation? I have never once - in DECADES - had a GE brand consumer electronics product that was satisfactory. They would have been better off with a new brand name, but I'm sure they're just relabeling some Taiwan junk anyway. Nice jet engines, though. I guess that you're not familiar with GE's inexpensive SuperRadio? http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/r.../gesr_faq.html |
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"moonsotti" wrote in message oups.com... General Electric is a newcamer to the market of digital cameras manufacturers, http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07...ralimaging.asp They say: "... advanced features such as image stabilization, high ISO sensitivity, and panoramic stitching will be standard on ALL models. "Entry-level GE digital cameras will start with 7 megapixels of resolution and 2.5-inch LCD screens. Higher-end GE cameras will offer up to 12 megapixels of resolution and 3-inch LCD screens." In other words, _more_of_the_same_. I.e., they are coming up with the "me too" products. I am not sure that they will be commercially successful. I think that manufacturer will be commercially successful who comes up to the market with a principically new camera. Such as an APS-C sized sensor in a compact P&S body. Such as Sigma DP1. But no. Nooooo. So let'em burn. I have no sorrow for them. I think we should start a pool and all pick dates on when GE will drop this foolish activity. Or pick how many months they'll stay at it. God, what a stupid move. Did anyone every think of the name "GE" when referring to a camera? Nope, never, not in their over 100 year life. |
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On Feb 14, 7:31 pm, "moonsotti" wrote:
General Electric is a newcamer to the market of digital cameras manufacturers,http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07...ralimaging.asp They say: "... advanced features such as image stabilization, high ISO sensitivity, and panoramic stitching will be standard on ALL models. "Entry-level GE digital cameras will start with 7 megapixels of resolution and 2.5-inch LCD screens. Higher-end GE cameras will offer up to 12 megapixels of resolution and 3-inch LCD screens." In other words, _more_of_the_same_. I.e., they are coming up with the "me too" products. I am not sure that they will be commercially successful. I think that manufacturer will be commercially successful who comes up to the market with a principically new camera. Such as an APS-C sized sensor in a compact P&S body. Such as Sigma DP1. But no. Nooooo. So let'em burn. I have no sorrow for them. Welcome to yesterday...... K202 |
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wrote: I guess that you're not familiar with GE's inexpensive SuperRadio? Nope; it would never have occurred to me to look at it. Interesting, though - I've often bemoaned the miserable AM performance of almost all recent car stereos, stereo receivers, etc. - even some very high-end units. I DO note in the article you linked to contains phrases like "severe quality control issues" and "not uncommon to go through several SR's before finding one that's satisfactory." |
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On Feb 14, 3:26 pm, Scott Schuckert wrote:
In article , ASAAR wrote: I guess that you're not familiar with GE's inexpensive SuperRadio? Nope; it would never have occurred to me to look at it. Interesting, though - I've often bemoaned the miserable AM performance of almost all recent car stereos, stereo receivers, etc. - even some very high-end units. I DO note in the article you linked to contains phrases like "severe quality control issues" and "not uncommon to go through several SR's before finding one that's satisfactory." GE is a huge company--one of the largest corporations in the world. It has a tremendous amount of resources and doesn't undertake an initiative without exhaustive research. Maybe they believe theyve found a niche where they can dominate. Whether or not it's successful remains to be seen but given GE's reputation, it has a strong chance of success. -- Gator Bait |
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:23:28 GMT, "Kinon O'Cann" wrote:
"moonsotti" wrote in message roups.com... General Electric is a newcamer to the market of digital cameras manufacturers, http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07...ralimaging.asp They say: "... advanced features such as image stabilization, high ISO sensitivity, and panoramic stitching will be standard on ALL models. "Entry-level GE digital cameras will start with 7 megapixels of resolution and 2.5-inch LCD screens. Higher-end GE cameras will offer up to 12 megapixels of resolution and 3-inch LCD screens." In other words, _more_of_the_same_. I.e., they are coming up with the "me too" products. I am not sure that they will be commercially successful. I think that manufacturer will be commercially successful who comes up to the market with a principically new camera. Such as an APS-C sized sensor in a compact P&S body. Such as Sigma DP1. But no. Nooooo. So let'em burn. I have no sorrow for them. I think we should start a pool and all pick dates on when GE will drop this foolish activity. Or pick how many months they'll stay at it. God, what a stupid move. Did anyone every think of the name "GE" when referring to a camera? Nope, never, not in their over 100 year life. Nobody ever thought of GE when referring to an airplane engine until they built their first one. Now they're a major player in hat market. GE's more than twice the size of, say, Sony--they certainly have the capitalization to establish themselves in the market. The question is whether they can come up with a competitive product. |
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:26:22 -0500, Scott Schuckert wrote:
I DO note in the article you linked to contains phrases like "severe quality control issues" and "not uncommon to go through several SR's before finding one that's satisfactory." The article that I provided the link to does not contain the word "severe" nor the word "quality". It does contain several dozen links to additional articles, and what you read is probably from one of those, but after checking a couple of them, including one on "repairs and modifications" I still didn't locate what you found. Considering the type of person these FAQs were written for, the "severe quality control issues" may have been the types of quality control issues that would affect performance, and would be typical of most similarly constructed and inexpensive electronic products, but would probably go unnoticed by most purchasers. For a while, Radio Shack sold a similar radio, possibly trying to capitalize on the reputation of the GE SuperRadios. Now *there* was a product that had severe quality control issues, as well as lesser performance due to the use of inferior parts, such as a smaller ferrite loop antenna and other things that most owners would never see. To get better performance that this $50 analog radio one might have to buy a radio from companies such as Drake, but then be prepared to spend from $400 to $1,000. That makes it very easy to tolerate most quality control issues. I can't think of any problem I had with mine, and have had many quality control issues with several of Sony's much more highly regarded and expensive AM/FM/SW portable radios, none of which matched the SuperRadio's performance. |
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