22 May 2007

When major companies screw up

Part of my job is writing copy for my company's web page. A Sony product page just made me feel really good about my skills.

Notice the title of this page (displayed in the windows Title Bar): "DCR-SR42 30 GB Hard Disk Drive Camera". Well, no, actually this is the page for the DCR-SR42A, a different camera in the same line.

Now, look a little lower. "Enjoy 60GB of storage with this Sony Style exclusive." So is it a 30 GB or 60 GB drive?

Well, down in the specs it says, "Recording Media: 100GB Hard Disk Drive". So either this camera has three hard drives, or someone at Sony is a very, very bad proofreader.

I'm far from perfect, but that's just plain embarrassing. I invite any Sony employees reading this to comment.

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