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July 11, 2007
Dear CNET members,
For soda, I prefer Coca-Cola. For jeans, I prefer Gap. For fishing reels, I love Shimano. But I'm not here to go over my laundry list (btw, I like Tide for detergent) of brand items I prefer to wear, eat, or use. I'm here to cover your favor toward one or more consumer electronic brands.
For me, with digital cameras, I prefer Sony. For AV receivers, I love Denon. For cell phones, I prefer Nokia. And the list goes on. I'm not going to lie to you; brand names do play a big part in my shopping decisions, and I do have biases against other brands. However, I'm not stuck on stubbornness. I have loyalties to brands as long as they show me a few key factors, and those are quality, friendly user functionality, a good support, and pleasing aesthetics. Shovel me garbage just for the sake of your brand name, well then, you've just lost my respect and loyalty to you. Now enough about my favor toward one brand over others, what about you? Do you favor one brand of electronics over others? Why or why not? Are there any particular brand or brands that absolutely come first when buying your electronics? Tell us what brand they are and why it's a must over others. Brand fanatic or not, this is the chance to either brag about your loyalties to certain manufacturers, or why you look past brand names and concentrate on factors that have no bearing on brands whatsoever. So step up and join in the latest Screening Room discussion and tell us all about it. Whether you see other members' comments that are in line with your favorite brands or not, post a reply to them to share your thoughts. We are all ears! Enjoy!
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We've all got our biases, and electronics are no different. So while CNET reviews focus on design, features, and performance, we know a whole lot of buying decisions are based on brand. In the latest Screen Room discussion when we asked our members if they favor one brand over others, many members were quick to jump in to leave their favorite name brand.
"aim high end"
"I've had good luck and bad luck with a lot of well known brands. I find that I have had better results by looking at a brand's higher-end stuff, not that it always works, but for music, I like Denon products; they use very high-end components in their high-end equipment. For video, I've always had..." (Read more)
"I strongly favor Nokia"
"I have been with Cingular from the time it was SNET wireless. I have had 2 models of Motorola and 3 Nokia models. Nokia is simple to use; the user interface is very similar and attachments, i.e., chargers, stay constant. Most of all, they have awesome call quality and are very durable, and best of all..." (Read more)
"Unfavored brands... Sony and Apple"
"I admit this has nothing to do with product quality, but I always feel like I'm being scammed by these two. Apple because if you want to use the Mac OS, you have to buy a Mac ... made by Apple. If your Mac starts to get a little dated, you can't just pick up a new graphics card or hard drive, you have to..." (Read more)
Speak up!
Here's your chance to tell us if you favor one brand over others or not. Don't hold back now!
Quick hits
 Here are some interesting comments you've recently submitted
on CNET. Read up on it and talk about it.
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If a picture's worth a thousand words, a pie chart has to be worth at least 500. Well, Ken Pierce over at Pixel Perfect Productions has cooked up five pie charts' worth of data on why the HD DVD/Blu-ray war is over.
• Hybrids: Are they really good for
the environment?
CNET member mfodish agrees that we need to get more fuel-efficient cars, but the question he raises is, are hybrids the way to go? He brings up the case in point that some batteries are terrible for the environment when they are made and when they have to be discarded. He goes on with a list of items that while they do save gas, they have side effects that create waste when producing them and have alterative negative effects on the environment. Check out his topic of discussion and share your opinion with him and others.
• Finally, it's the iPhone
CNET's cell phone editor, Kent German, tries to make sense out of Apple's decision to leave 3G off the iPhone. What do you think of the iPhone's lack of 3G? Can you make sense of it?
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Hot products
Along with discussing favorite brands, CNET members had plenty of new tech products to talk about this week.
Panasonic TH-42PX77U
CNET member J_Flo41 says:
"The colors are vivid and the blacks are noticeably deeper than my previous LG set. I really wanted a TV that could play standard-def stations well, and this TV really surpassed my expectations. We have also used a PS3 and an up-converting DVD player, and the picture is quite crisp..."
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Sony BDP-S1
CNET member gizmomojo says:
"The video quality is simply outstanding. For those of you wondering if 1080p video is really better than DVD, the answer is very simple: YES! Especially on a good display. You will never understand how much better it is, though, if you watch it on a non-HD TV, or even on an HDTV without an HDMI connection; though you will see an improvement in picture quality even through component video..."
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Samsung NV7 OPS
CNET member grahamisded says:
"Probably my only two major qualms about this camera are its 38mm lens, which is not even close to wide enough, and its noisy photos, which get honestly really bad over ISO 200. Otherwise, this is an innovative and almost unique camera that I would call a success..."
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