brand names I'll never buy

[pheeleep]

Dell, really? That's the only brand I buy and have never had any problems...

Compaq: I know too many people that had one and ended up tossing it out the window, or smashing it with a hammer ( literally ).

Hansen natural sodas: I think they are filthy discusting.

[Hink]

Dell, really? That's the only brand I buy and have never had any problems...

Compaq: I know too many people that had one and ended up tossing it out the window, or smashing it with a hammer ( literally ).

Hansen natural sodas: I think they are filthy discusting.

and I thougt you were gonna say sampletank

[Funkybot]

Between the new boss at the job bitching about Dell's customer service and Anthony from the Opie and Anthony show (who's parent company XM actually has a deal with Dell) ranting about how they screwed up his order for a replacement PSU fan over three times (it's been over a month and no fan), then another comic who's on the show talking about a problem he's had with them, on top of the numerous coworkers who've also come to me with problems with their Dells, yeah, I would never buy Dell. I'm about making my own system anyway, but in case I was ever thinking about it, I know now to avoid Dell. Apparently they used to have the best customer service in the industry, and now they have among the worst (outsourcing of tech support calls).

[zep777]

You said Pioneer?
I thought they made some decent stuff.

just my humble opinion, but I own more than two grand worth of pioneer dj gear, and am quite happy with it. The CDJ-1k's are brilliant decks.

[The Chase]

pioneer makes great DJ Gear (the standard for top-end DJ's, actually)

However said sony is crazy! they make top tv's, discman, cd rom/burners, good car speakers, recievers, amps, cd players, headphones...the list goes on. All built well and of great quality. One of my favorite companies.

[The Chase]

I own more than two grand worth of pioneer dj gear, and am quite happy with it. The CDJ-1k's are brilliant decks.

2 grand worth of cdj 1000's is 2

[ew]

Numark (or it's other companies)
Compaq
Pioneer
Panasonic
Apex (not to be mistaken with Aphex)
Daewood
Samsung
Hoshino (and all their wonderful guitars)
Radio Shack
Radio Shack
Radio Shack...

I'll disagree on the Hoshino part myself- I've never played a bad Ibanez. I've owned four or five of them over the years; in fact my present electric 12-string's a '79 Artist.
ew

[jmh]

When I was younger (I'm rather young still compared to a lot of folk here), I used to diss certain brands due to personal negative experiences.

However, I've gotten over it

So I can safely purchase Plextor CD/DVD writers though my experiences was "they're total shit" - 3 16x burners in a row that were replaced before I switched brands and instantly got a burner for half the price that lasted for years. Same thing with IBM - still have 4 disks belonging to those DeathStar-series, and sad to see the settlement / verdict on this issue applies to USA only

Just got back from exchanging yet another busted Samsung SpinPoint P80 drive, this one at least lasted for nearly two weeks as opposed to the earlier ones...

And yet, I'll buy goods from each brand

Kraku You'd never buy Roland?! I knew you were insane, but THAT insane?

Regards,

JMH

[The Chase]

BTW why samsung? they make my phone!

[McLilith]

Sony?

I'm with ya on metallica

Sony made the first car stereo I ever owned. It was over-priced and not very good. I bought the second most expensive model they made, and it wasn't as good as other car stereos from other companies, which sold for half the price.

Later, I had a CD burner die in my computer. The only thing handy at the local store that day was a Sony. While all the other brands, even some of the cheapest ones, came with some usable software, the Sony came with crap for software. It wasn't even usable. I continued to use the full copy of Nero that I had received with my first CD burner, and ditched the crap that Sony provided.

My father has a boom box made by Sony. Once again, paid full price and got sub-standard performance and features. It skips horribly on several CDs that play in other people's cheaper players, of the same vintage. The radio reception is also poor compared to many other cheaper radios I've seen.

My father had a Sony CD burner or DVD-ROM (can't remember which). Once again, the software was crap, the performance was average, and the price wasn't too cheap.

My father then purchased a Sony digital camcorder. It records with decent quality, but the accessory software Sony provided to transfer the video into dad's computer was UtterCrap(tm). It times out after something like 5 or 15 minutes. You get an error message on your monitor that says you have insufficient hard drive space. What did we do? We shoved a new 200 GB hard drive into the computer as a second drive. We still get the short recording length and the same damn message about not enough hard drive space! I later found out, that the software was only designed to transfer a few minutes of video at a time! Instead of printing this in any of the literature that comes with the camera or in a PDF file on the software disc, I had to trawl the internet to find this little piece of information! It actually said that the "low hard drive space" message was the normal message at the end of the pre-determined transfer time! What a total f**king waste of time and money that little piece of shit software was!

I've never owned one of their portable "Walkman" products, but they always seemed to be greatly over-priced. I would probably never purchase one, even if I won a lottery and was rich overnight.

Though I've never owned one, Sony makes mediocre digital still cameras, in my opinion. If you buy their very best, you might get a decent camera, but most of the models are below average in capability, and don't come with a below-average price to match. They were also very fond of using their proprietary memory cards, instead of the more common, easy to find, cheaper to purchase alternatives. I've yet to hear of any advantage to the more expensive proprietary cards -- except for Sony's bottom line, of course. Furthermore, I have read in various places, that the software Sony provides to transfer your still pictures into your computer is very minimal, shareware crap! I have absolutely no trouble believing this, after the fiasco with dad's digital camcorder. Everyone else is bundling decent software, why can't Sony? As long as there is Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Olympus, and others, I'll never purchase a Sony digital camera. (I've loved and used fine cameras since 1980. I know a thing or two about what makes a good one. Most of Sony's cameras just aren't that good.)

I can't imagine ever purchasing Sony consumer electronics, or computer hardware, ever again. Other people might love it, but I don't.

To be fair, their pro gear might be some of the best stuff on the planet, but I'll probably never be in a position to need it. They probably have some very bright engineers working at the company, but they don't seem to be in charge of product design. It seems the sales and bean counter people are in complete control, and have no desire to produce excellent product--only to produce excellent profits for themselves.


Does this answer your question, eyeknow666?
(sorry to be so long-winded)


take care,
McLilith

[vurt]

betta buy
no frills
tesco value

[hello1234]

Does this answer your question, eyeknow666?

Um no........I didn't see you say anything about metal "ick" a

[hello1234]

BTW why samsung? they make my phone!

I can also guarantee that at least some of your car parts are samsung, unless it's a classic.........

[Hink]

Numark (or it's other companies)
Compaq
Pioneer
Panasonic
Apex (not to be mistaken with Aphex)
Daewood
Samsung
Hoshino (and all their wonderful guitars)
Radio Shack
Radio Shack
Radio Shack...

I'll disagree on the Hoshino part myself- I've never played a bad Ibanez. I've owned four or five of them over the years; in fact my present electric 12-string's a '79 Artist.
ew

truth is I wouldn't buy another electric again...there are some older Ibanez guitars that are nice, but I never was a fan...but tbh I can build as good a guitar as I can buy for a lot less...of course if you look at a guitar as an investment then that's a different story...

[jmh]

Sony... Playstations, Wega televisions... at least they make some things properly

JMH