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05/07/09
Once the TV is out of warranty, and it breaks, tough luck. They do not give you the option to fix it, you're buying another set.
Vizio is everything that's wrong with consumer electronics - cheap crap that appeals to the masses, with horrible service.
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20 years from now, we'll all be watching Vizio LCD's and shopping at Walmart for everything.
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04/23/09
Also, it pays to research your purchases so you know the market for that item. I always try to figure out the point of diminishing returns for spending more money. To me, that point is where you should buy.
04/23/09
CRT is as stable as TV tech gets and they're still trying to get improvements to contrast ratio in LCD. Digital photography has come a long way and it's mainly about lowering noise on robust chip technology. And new major home audio standards don't come too often.
04/23/09
04/23/09
As far as Apple is concerned, I've noticed that in the last couple of years, there's been a drop in quality. My iPod classic was a dud. My iPod (5G) still works though it's scratched to hell and, in retrospect, I would happily trade the classic for an iPod (4G Click Wheel) with a 160 GB HDD dropped in. I still use my iPod nano (2G Product RED) as it works perfectly and, frankly, none of the revisions to that product line have struck me as "improvements". I just like the 2G version of the nano.
04/23/09
04/23/09
And I bought the nano for the gym (because hard disks and running do not mix).
I actually had 2 Click Wheel iPods. I bought the second after my travel mug leaked in my bag, getting into my first iPod. 6 months later, the iPod came back to life and gave me months more use.
04/23/09
"I use a Zune because subscription-based music CAN BE more cost-effective."
Fixed that for you. How cost-effective it is depends on your music listening habits, and how often you download.
My problem with sub services is that if they ever go down, all that money you've spent is gone with nothing to show for it.
04/23/09
And my problem with the iTMS pay-per download is that if your hard drive ever goes down, the money you've spent is gone with nothing to show for it. Apple gives you the one free re-download and after that, yer screwed.
As someone who bought a MyBook without doing the research, just because you have a backup drive doesn't mean your data is backed up. Buy the wrong drive and you have a fancy doorstop.
ZunePass is $15 a month and I get to choose 10 keepers per month. Which means at two albums a month, it's already more cost effective than a pay-per model.
And I don't see Microsoft disappearing anytime soon.
04/22/09
Sometimes, certain products can seem sort of half-assed, but people buy them and then suddenly want the vastly improved version that's released not long after.
03/24/09
03/24/09
I've wanted another SE phone since my w600i (which I still have as my backup phone), but they haven't had anything good on ATT and their phones that are awesome are either not functional in the states or are ridiculously expensive...
03/02/09
03/01/09
03/01/09
I suppose what I am saying is that I just lovey love paying 5 times what dial-up users are paying, for the same service. Yeah...
02/28/09
02/28/09
Under dialup you'd have to put me on the Gizmodo payroll.
You know, so I could afford a broadband hookup again.
02/28/09
Problem solved.