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    Image of mynamesafad mynamesafad
    06/24/09

    In reply to Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
    But what if a third party comes out with a more reliable, or a higher capacity battery? Doing this also reduces competition in the battery field.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    @mynamesafad: The batteries tend to be sub-standard and subject to causing issues. Panasonic doesn't want to cover devices damaged by 3rd party batteries for warranty work.


    There is give and take going on here, and really they're protecting their own ass, and their own revenue. They cannot control the quality with which the replacement batteries are built, and the safety of them.


    As batteries become capable of holding bigger charges, they have become more dangerous to the user. Thus that huge rash of battery recalls over the last few years...And those were supposed to be quality manufactured batteries.

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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    06/24/09

    In reply to Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
    I'm sorry I just have a really hard time standing behind a company that would block out the competition like that. If they really cared about me they would lower the price of their replacement batteries by $35 so I would buy theirs.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: *cough* Don't you work for a company like that?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    In reply to Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
    And why is this being presented as a cake and death scenario instead of a cake or death scenario?
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    06/24/09

    @Six Demon Bag: Lite: Death… oh wait no… I'll have the cake. Yes, definitely the cake.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    06/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: Ahh ahh! You said Death first! Ahhhhh, I'm kidding. You're lucky we're Church of England.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    In reply to Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
    Makes sense. I had a 3rd party Macbook Pro battery that started coming apart under use due to bulging. They (3rd Party) wouldn't replace it even though it was warrantied. It was less than 4 months old when it did this.


    The $30 someone thought they saved wasn't a savings.

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    Image of morcheeba morcheeba
    06/24/09

    @Six Demon Bag: Lite: That's a choice you should be able to make, not the manufacturer. What if a 3rd party came out with a 12-hour battery that was better quality than the OEM's? You should have that option, too.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    @morcheeba: Right, and the company that produces the hardware you're sticking the battery in has a right to not service and hardware that may be damaged by 3rd party batteries. But how are they supposed to know you swapped the battery back and claimed "It just broke."??


    Batteries in consumer electronics these days are getting dangerous. They can hurt and kill people now.


    Panasonic really can't say if a 3rd party battery is built better than theirs, and they cannot control whether that company continues to make them better. They're not involved in the QA process at all.

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    Image of Russ Savage Russ Savage
    06/24/09

    @Six Demon Bag: Lite: you think if you came to panasonic saying you wanted repairs due to battery damage they wouldn't demand to see the battery?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/24/09

    @Russ Savage: Depends upon whether it was physical or damage due to poor voltage/etc. And nothing stops you from putting the old battery back into it.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/11/09

    In reply to Burton iPod AMP Pack: Snowmodo Review
    Judging from the keyboard I don't know if I'd be lining up for a shot at that hat.


    Just sayin'

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