any chance of getting cheaper technology from good ol japan? I know japan is a head of us in the technological curve... So I was wondering if in the future it might be cheaper when searching for items to buy it from jaanese places.. Or would it be more trouble then its worth with shipping handling.. and then get a product that doesn't even have the american language on it..
Price difference?
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"Cheaper technology" is a misnomer - allot of computer goods are made in Taiwan; Monitors, TVs, VCRs and the sort are made in Korea as much as Japan; ipods and sort are often mass-produced in China.
Infact the only thing I know of that is far cheaper in Japan compared to my own country (Australia) is digital cameras, which are the same price in America as Japan anyway.
Infact the only thing I know of that is far cheaper in Japan compared to my own country (Australia) is digital cameras, which are the same price in America as Japan anyway.
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Ah yes, but the ones in Japan look much nicer than the ones in America. And apparently the display screen on the Japanese ones tend to be bigger.
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Because I do not know a price of an American electric appliance, I do not understand what is cheap.
I think that software of Japan version is hard to be available in U.S.A. even if you buy a game machine such as PS3 and WiLL in Japan.
In addition, because a manual is Japanese,
You do not understand an operation method unless you can understand Japanese.
There is not a merit to buy a Japanese product in Japan only by being cheap.
But,
A topic of an electric appliance of this year in Japan.
Sony seems to release organic EL television this year.
Toshiba is to release it the year after next.
In Japan, a liquid crystal monitor and plasma television, a battle of organic EL television begin from now on.
And blue disk and HD DVD.
I think that software of Japan version is hard to be available in U.S.A. even if you buy a game machine such as PS3 and WiLL in Japan.
In addition, because a manual is Japanese,
You do not understand an operation method unless you can understand Japanese.
There is not a merit to buy a Japanese product in Japan only by being cheap.
But,
A topic of an electric appliance of this year in Japan.
Sony seems to release organic EL television this year.
Toshiba is to release it the year after next.
In Japan, a liquid crystal monitor and plasma television, a battle of organic EL television begin from now on.
And blue disk and HD DVD.
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