Hardware that you should NOT buy

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Gigacore

Gigacore

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I recommend NOT to buy Zebronics SMPS... it's fan will start making hell lota noise after few months.. The noise will be only at the startup and will become silent after a minute or two.. though...
 
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Raccoon

Journeyman
Gigacore said:
I recommend NOT to buy Zebronics SMPS... it's fan will start making hell lota noise after few months.. The noise will be only at the startup and will become silent after a minute or two.. though...
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Well, I have exactly the same problem with my Intex 400 w SMPS! :rolleyes:
 
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goel.suraj

Broken In
desiibond said:
Creating this threat to list hardware from which we have to stay away from. Please mention product that's a failure in the market due to issues. Also, please mention what the issue is, is it widespread etc.

Updated list:


PC's:



1) Lenovo T60 and T61 (huge number of hardware bugs from display to wireless)

2) Dynet Rams, overclocked 5mhz n boom!!!!! bad timings as well... 5-5-5-15, yuck. Go for Kingston, Transcend, Corsair etc.

3) Cheap 500W SMPS. Better invest in better SMPS from Antec/Coolermaster as 500W+ if you have a good GPU setup and cheap SMPS cannot provide regular/stable voltage and if they face constant load all the time, there is great chance for them to fail. Better be safe than sorry.

4) 160Gb HDDs. For just 400 bucks more, you get a 320Gb HDD's.

5) Via chipset based motherboards (if pc is going to be used for gaming and for linux)

6) 22" displays. For real HDTV, you need 24" display and the price difference between 22" model and 24" model is very less.

7) XFX 8600GT (card having heat issues)

8) Mercury UPS. good battery but faulty electronics. Though it is fully charged, 6 times out of 10 it will not swtich into battery mode and everything swtiches off.

9) Intel 945GCNL and 945GCPE motherboards

10) intex/iball/cheapo membrane keyboards and mouse.

11) Canin Pixma IP1000 printer. Very noisy, ink runs out very fast, no output tray, flimsy plastic construction.

12) Notebooks that come with 8600M GT. now, you find better models with 9500GT and 9600GT in the market.

13) Surround speakers from brands like Mercury, Intex, iball. Earlier there used to be lot of price difference between these and creatives/altec lansing/logitech. Now, the difference is minimal and it's always better to for long-term-player's products.

14) Creative XFi Xtreme audio. The entry-level model of the X-Fi series, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio, does not actually have the EMU20K1 chip but is a re-branded Audigy SE, using the same family of chips (CA0106-WBTLF), and even the same drivers. Thus, not only is all of the X-Fi–related processing performed in software, but it also lacks basic hardware acceleration just like the SB Live! 24 bit, the Audigy SE and other budget Soundblaster models. The X-Fi Xtreme Audio does not use the same drivers as the rest of the X-Fi family, some games do not recognize it as being "X-Fi capable hardware", and the device's hardware profile resembles that of older Live! and Audigy cards.

15) Dell 1908WFP. contrast issues

16) Viewsonic 1716W, AOC 913FW, Viewsonic VW1940W, HP L2208w. poor performance when compared to similar priced models.
17) promax speakers. Better get Creatives and AL's for just 200-300 extra.



Mobiles and PMP's:



1) Nokia 6300 (battery issues, network issues)

2) Sony Ericsson S600i (grossly overpriced, ugly, not many features)

3) chinese phones frm Techno, el cheapo n el hazardo. el cheapo n el hazardo.... have lead parts, give radiations (harmful ones), n screen starts 2 shift

4) Nokia N76. Really bad design. Poor body painint, awkwardly placed headphone jack, not-so-bad keypad design.

5) Nokia 6233 Music Edition. This one comes with dock kind of speakers that are not at all worthy. Go for standard 6233. Best phone in 5k-10k category.

6) Motorola S9 headset. Good for looks. Poor audio quality. breaking of sound while on move.

7) Mitashi MWI-4GA. as per digit review, poor music quality and unintuitive menu.

8) YES YMP 18. Runs on external batteries and much better models available (run on li-ion) for the same price.

9) Creative Zen Stone and ipod shuffle. No display. Models like Sandisk clip, Apacer steno are availalbe for the same price and have decent OLED display. You can also go for Creative Zen Stone Plus that comes with tiny OLED display but costs around 1.2k more

10) Vodafone magic box. Much better phones are available for the same price and lot of stores are now giving free SIM with mobile phone purchase.

11) Mobiblu T10. Cnet says "The MobiBlu T10 is the worst touch-screen MP3 player we've seen." The MobiBlu T10 is plagued with problems, such as videos that play out of sync with audio; poor voice-recording quality; an abysmal user interface; and games that are awkward to play.


Miscellaneous:



1) Midrange Digital cameras that are powered by AA size batteries. Most of the midrange cameras come with Li-Ion batteries. Better stay away from a camera that runs on AA batteries as you have to carry a handful of batteries everywhere you go.

2) Netgear WG111USB wifi router. pathetic signal reception.
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icehot

Broken In
Motorala--any make. Recently, my friend tried to exchange his 1 year old motorola mobile in grey market. They refused to accept motorala-any model telling that it has no resale value. They were ready to accept even nokia 1100
 
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desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
^^ huh. Say that Motorola Maxx V6 is not a worthy device to buy. We will accept that. But there are models in Motorola like Razr and Rokr that have really good resale value.
 
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Raccoon

Journeyman
Nokia is JUNK!!!

icehot said:
Motorala--any make. Recently, my friend tried to exchange his 1 year old motorola mobile in grey market. They refused to accept motorala-any model telling that it has no resale value. They were ready to accept even nokia 1100
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WTF??? Cant belive this. Couple dealers I visited told me that they will buy used phones of any major make... almost same resale value!!

Whats more, Moto is anyday better than Nokia. I hate Nokia... have had v bad experience with them. In a very small nutshell - I bought a Nokia about a year back, and it was defective (major) right out of the box! They doggedly refused to replace it... even though they made 3 failed attempts to repair it. I dont agree with the repairing thing in the 1st place, as I bought a brand new phone... repairing 3 times is like getting a 3rd hand phone! I made a lot of fuss... even spoke to their regional manager, etc... even told him I'd never touch their products again and discourage anybody I knew from touching their junk... but they dont give 2 hoots...

Nokia is like other Chinese junk now... not like before. Unfortunately people still carry the old image of Nokia around. If I had my way, I'd add Nokia to the list here. :-x
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
desiibond said:
^^ huh. Say that Motorola Maxx V6 is not a worthy device to buy. We will accept that. But there are models in Motorola like Razr and Rokr that have really good resale value.
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Dude my dad buyed Rokr and had to sell it off in 6 months for 4k.....my cousin bought Razr V2 and had to sell it off in 6 months...

^^Coz repairs were costing a lot and the Moto service center said that it will take 4 months to repair.. I mean WTF!!
 
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m-jeri

m-jeri

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^^^

err... i am going to beat u to death....

If i am a fanboi...i am a moto fanboi... i have lots of frnd who use motos.. razr..rokr..krzr...V8..V9... None have faced any issue...and service or replacement was done..max 10 days....that i say due to redington...

but repair cost is high...a screen of razr costs 4k.. WTH??...
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
^^I never said a screen costs 4k... did I ? And I dont mind if u were a fanboi, but that is my experience. Personally, I dont buy motos... I am using Nokia 3110c, 6070 and E61i... never faced problems except E61i where I had to send it to the service center once. My mom has Sony Ericson J series fone... low-end but never gives problem. So going by this, we are a Nokia/SE family but dad chose to differ and got a Rokr... and this was the outcome. Now he is having a N73 ME and 3110c... and he will be buying a new fone soon... but it definitely wont be a Moto or teh iFone.
 
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desiibond

desiibond

Bond, Desi Bond!
hmm. that's interesting. I had used two moto phones

L6 and Rokr E6. I sold L6 for 2k (market price than was some 4.5k) and I am using Rokr for the past 7 months. It does what it does without any problem (earlier firmware had few issues) but only problem with it is the availability of 3rd party apps.

and the only Nokia phone that I used is Nokia 6300 and it was the worst phone ever designed by Nokia. After that I never thought of getting nokia phone again.

Currently, In my opinion, if you want to get Nokia, get either Nokia phones inside 5k or get the N-series.
 
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dvijaydev46

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Viewsonic Monitors.

Really I had to wait for three weeks to get my TFT monitor repaired. Viewsonic's products are good but their customer service is pathetic. They don't have dedicated service centres anywhere. They have arrangements with their dealers and those guys don't care to attend the customers.
 
frederick_benny_digit

frederick_benny_digit

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been using a viewsonic monitor for some 1.5 yrs now....never faced any prob..so it never came to the customer care support

but i must say the colour reproduction is not on par with other monitors
 
ajayritik

ajayritik

Technomancer
G33K n G4M3R said:
Never ever buy Sony DVD Burner.
Media Compatibility issues.
yuck....
I must buy a new one.
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pawsingh said:
+1
I am not able to burn Dual layer DVD on my Sony. I googled it and found that Sony recommends only Verbatim Dual layer.
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Psychosocial said:
I can burn my Imation Dual Layers perctly with my Sony Optiarc drive. I also burn local DVDs on it.
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Can anyone of you let me know which brand of dual layer DVD's do you use and what is it's price?
 
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