This is a fascinating discussion. It is sincere, but you're complaining and asking advice about several obsolete generations of products. From the very start...
I always found it strange that the vast majority of philips consumer products are average to below average in quality, performance and features, BUT, the pronto line was arguable the top of the heap.
You know....... I've noticed that the 1960s Fords aren't as good as those from the last ten years or so...
But I don't go to Ford forums to complain about it. Maybe this seems irrelevant, but I'm not the one who named this thread a rant.
