Sony's reputation is already totally trashed.
If I can choose I never use Sony products, CD or whatever...
I believe Sony has a reputation unfortunately Bad and since the first Sony DRM Rootkit fiasco, I too have vowed never to buy any Sony product from memory to computer, from digital camera/mobile phone to LCD TV, nothing, nada, zilch, zero, sod all.
And don't mention the PS3 which is also tarnishing an already bad reputation with delay after delay mainly revolving around DRM and the Blu-Ray format optical drive.