Sony is my favorite!
I have to say I have not had much experience with the otehr brands you mention i have heard of them but have never seen them in action. I personaly I like sony stuff it is usualy works very well and is high quality. I have a sony CD-RW and DVD-RW that work wonderfully. I have also noticed with LCDs that the screen size seems bigger than on a CRT it may be due to the curve of the CRT to the flatness of the LCD my 18.1 inch Replaced a 19 inch CRT and I can't tell the difference in size. I set them side by side and They look almost Identical in size.
I have to say I have not had much experience with the otehr brands you mention i have heard of them but have never seen them in action. I personaly I like sony stuff it is usualy works very well and is high quality. I have a sony CD-RW and DVD-RW that work wonderfully. I have also noticed with LCDs that the screen size seems bigger than on a CRT it may be due to the curve of the CRT to the flatness of the LCD my 18.1 inch Replaced a 19 inch CRT and I can't tell the difference in size. I set them side by side and They look almost Identical in size.