Unpopular opinions about electronics -

[SU 390]

This will probably be one and only quality thread on this forum since being here for a year now. If this has been done before, let me know. Anyway, electronics. We all own one or more. What's your unpopular opinion about certain electronics? For me is this

- I think Dell is a mediocre manufacturer.

- Beats is overrated.

- Laptop tablets and Chromebooks shouldn't be the only buying option anymore, I think we should have regular laptops remain on the market and netbooks should make a return.

- The PS3 should be at $129.99 now that PS4 is on the market.

 

[Yawning Asperchu]

*Old man voice*: They don't make video game consoles like they used to!

No, seriously. I've had three PS2s crap out on me, as well as a Game Cube and a PSP. Meanwhile, my Super Nintendo still runs perfectly fine after years of constant use.

 

[Picklechu]

*Old man voice*: They don't make video game consoles like they used to!

No, seriously. I've had three PS2s crap out on me, as well as a Game Cube and a PSP. Meanwhile, my Super Nintendo still runs perfectly fine after years of constant use.

The only two systems I've had give out on me are my N64 (in all fairness, only the adapter broke, and they no longer made them at the time) and my first PS2 (which my sister destroyed by hitting repeatedly when she couldn't do a mission in GTA).

 

[Yawning Asperchu]

@Picklechu
Yeah I've been there before. I'm more of a controller thrower though, or used to be. Replacing controllers adds up pretty quickly.


Edit:
@WanderingVagabond
I would do that whenever I'd get so many bad breaks in a game that I'd say or think "This game is CHEATING!". I don't get so butthurt about games anymore though.

 

[SU 390]

*Old man voice*: They don't make video game consoles like they used to!

No, seriously. I've had three PS2s crap out on me, as well as a Game Cube and a PSP. Meanwhile, my Super Nintendo still runs perfectly fine after years of constant use.

Fortunately, my Gamecube never crapped out on me when I had it(sold it a couple of years ago because I needed money in my account). It did have some slow start ups at times but that was it. My N64 worked perfectly when I had it. I left it back at my old home because it didn't fit with anything else in the boxes(I deeply regret leaving it there, I doubt it's there anymore because new people have been moved there by now, this was 10 years ago by the way). My Xbox 360 still works thankfully.

My GBA's battery dies quickly and I need to recharge it every hour.

@Picklechu
Yeah I've been there before. I'm more of a controller thrower though, or used to be. Replacing controllers adds up pretty quickly.

It's understandable to be mad at a game every once in a while. Why throw it? Controllers are getting expensive nowadays. There have been times when I wanted to throw my 360 controller because of NG II and Mass Effect 3. Thankfully I had the composure not to do it.

 

[nad7155]

I feel that high $ capacitors and megabux wire/cable is pure snake oil.

 

[John Titor]

Macs stopped being special about a decade ago.

 

[Bronchitis that Lingers]

@Picklechu
Yeah I've been there before. I'm more of a controller thrower though, or used to be. Replacing controllers adds up pretty quickly.

I see nerf controllers in your future, my friend.

In all seriousness: mobile gaming. God fucking damn, mobile gaming.
Buddy texts me yesterday:
"Hey Bronchitis that Lingers, have you downloaded the Fallout app?"
"NO WHAT THE HELL DID THEY PORT THE ORIGINALS OVER TO IOS OH I AM SO HAPPY"
-checks app
-it's a fucking freemium tower defense game
-starts crying and crashing into slumber
-is now posting from beyond the grave

Remember the good ole days, when we paid one time for a game? Now it's the in app purchases and the DLC and the pokemon and the puddin' pops...

 

[TrippinKahlua]

I hate modern cell phones such as iPhones and Galaxy's.

I just hate how technology has combined everything into "one" device. Then there's all the shit, hidden rules, hidden fees always associated with cell phone service (what the FUCK does "roaming" even mean? Its been 10 years since I first heard that term) that cell phones just are not worth my time and money.

 

[Mourning Dove]

My cell phone does not have a data plan, so it cannot access the internet. That means I don't spend all the time ever looking at my phone, texting and ignoring people around me in social situations. This is probably for the better.

 

[ZehnBoat]

*Old man voice*: They don't make video game consoles like they used to!

No, seriously. I've had three PS2s crap out on me, as well as a Game Cube and a PSP. Meanwhile, my Super Nintendo still runs perfectly fine after years of constant use.

i've had the opposite, with exception to the SNES
PSX would die all the time, PS2 died once
XBOX360 hasn't died yet.
snes is dying though... noooo

EDIT: oh yeah opinion.
hmm...
making music with a computer is just as good as spending a shit ton of money on the actual hardware you want your VSTi's to sound like.
for the most part, the hardware isn't special, and not worth your time looking for.

 

[SU 390]

I hate modern cell phones such as iPhones and Galaxy's.

I just hate how technology has combined everything into "one" device. Then there's all the shit, hidden rules, hidden fees always associated with cell phone service (what the FUCK does "roaming" even mean? Its been 10 years since I first heard that term) that cell phones just are not worth my time and money.

I especially hate the iPhone/Android phone wallets. That just screams, 'please rob me of all of my bank, social, insurance and bus cards along with my phone please!".

 

[AnOminous]

I especially hate the iPhone/Android phone wallets. That just screams, 'please rob me of all of my bank, social, insurance and bus cards along with my phone please!".

I'm always amused to see people flashing around smartphones in public places where they might as well be wearing a "Mug Me Please" sign.

 

[SU 390]

I'm always amused to see people flashing around smartphones in public places where they might as well be wearing a "Mug Me Please" sign.

I just can't help but cringe at that. I'm saying this as an owner of a smartphone.

 

[John Titor]

*Old man voice*: They don't make video game consoles like they used to!

No, seriously. I've had three PS2s crap out on me, as well as a Game Cube and a PSP. Meanwhile, my Super Nintendo still runs perfectly fine after years of constant use.

I must have extraordinary good luck or my PS2 is invincible.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I just don't understand android OS phones.

 

[Bronchitis that Lingers]

I just don't understand android OS phones.

I had a droid since they came out up until about a year ago when I switched to iPhone. I'm convinced the only people that still use android are those who have never used iOS. There is nothing good about android.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Capacitors can make a difference; it's certainly possible to introduce undesirable effects by using the wrong kinds of capacitors (some kinds of ceramic capacitors can contribute significant distortion, for example). Good choices (film capacitors, high grade electrolytics) can be little more expensive, but not dramatically so. The really big power supply filter capacitors are often overkill too. The same is true of op amps; there are some terrible choices for audio (LM324), but there are also excellent ones that aren't very expensive. The really high end pricey stuff is generally unnecessary, and many of the things that audiophiles claim to be superior are actually significantly worse (discrete op amps, topologies with low or no negative feedback).

ceramic disk capacitors (the saucer-looking ones) look like they could hold little to no charge. Plus they just look like gum that's been stepped on, especially the larger ones. That said...

Through-hole electronics are superior to surface mount! Integrated circuits belong in DIP packages, SOIC and SSOP are GARBAGE!! Bring back 60/40 Sn/Pb solder!!! RoHS SUCKS!!!!!!!!

I personally think it should be more of a mix. Like how some computers and other devices do it. Both do have their uses alone (surface mounted for the higher powered stuff, Integrated for the stuff that needs lesser amounts). 'Sides, there's also the whole capacitor plague thing going on too.

And for another unpopular opinion, I hate satellite TV. Granted, it mostly has to do with the signal and how it constantly cuts in and out whenever it feels like it. But growing up, I also noticed how big the damn things are and frankly. If they were still being used as often as they were, I would have just opted for cable.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

One of my pet peeves is when people take pictures of special events with their cell phone cameras. You know its going to look crappy!

 

[SU 390]

One of my pet peeves is when people take pictures of special events with their cell phone cameras. You know its going to look crappy!

I don't know if it's universal but when you take photos nowadays they're always in an opposite angle. For example, I keep my phone straight and whenever I take a picture the picture is always upside down or sideways.