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Sqrl on 14 December 2007
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vux984 said:


Again, I didn't just purchase the monitor and play a few games and say "good enough" I have extensively tested the monitor. Your unwillingness to try offbrands just means you will always pay too much, people buying a PC from me get the same quality for a lot less. And until you try it out for yourself you are just speculating, where as I have actually purchased and used these high end parts and compared them against the parts I use now.

Alright. Lets take a -very- informal survey... you mentioned sceptre 22" 2ms, and the price is about right... so I'm guessing its maybe this unit:

Sceptre X22WG-1080P 22" 2ms GTG ??

180 reviews on newegg, 50% rated 5, 19% , 31% rated it 1, 2, or 3.

Compare that to a Viewsonic VG2230wm 22" 5ms

370 reviews on newegg, 82% rated it 5, 14% rated it 4, and 4% rated it 1, 2 or 3.

Now I take online reviews with a -big- grain of salt, especially end user reviews that can be written by anyone. I specifically chose a Viewsonic that had 370 reviews so the idiots would fade into the background.

The viewsonic is rated 4 or 5 by 96% of the reviewers. You can't seriously tell me with a straight face that you think the Sceptre is at the same level as that Viewsonic. You might be extremely happy with the Sceptre... 50% of users apparently are. And its a -decent- monitor. But its not an -excellent- monitor, and if you shell out the extra $60 for the Viewsonic, you do get an excellent monitor.

Its not just "brand snobbery". I have plenty of exposure with off-brands and generics. And I agree some brandname stuff is just overpriced like certain logitech mice, sony branded dvdrws, sony lcds, etc...

And I don't think the sceptre is crap. Its quite good value for what you get. But in this case if you pay a little more you -can- actually get a little more.

 


Well you have the right idea...you just ignored it.

Simple fact is that user reviews are crap (like you said). Take this for example. Seagate is a great brand, with fantastic customer service, and a great warranty policy. But this drive has a similar review spread to the monitor...but more than double the reviews.

The reason a nice drive like that can get mixed scores is simple, people are quicker to bitch than they are to praise. That is a very solid hard drive worthy of at least a 4 and yet it got similar reviews to the monitor. Sorry but we both know this type of analysis is bogus, you eluded to it yourself.

Honestly though, if you are content to spend the extra cash I am happy not to and beyond that this argument is beyond pointless. And to be honest fairly boring as well.

 
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