[BRAH]

On boxing day I bought myself the much talked about BlackBerry Playbook (16g) at Bestbuy for $200 and it was a deal. Being an avid Mac user I couldn't justify paying almost $1000 with Apple care for the IPad while $200 for the Playbook is a no-brainer.

After slapping an Otterbox Defender case on so far it runs great on WIFI, the size makes it easier to hold and more portable than the IPad and the available apps are good enough.

The only possible cons are the limited apps available and not having the option of a data plan because the Playbook was designed to sync with a Blackberry's data plan which I probably will do.

It's a shame the Playbook has received so much bad press.

[Tricks]

Playbook at the 200 dollar price point is a steal.


The playbook at the 500 dollar price point is shit.

Asus Transformer > everything.

[Guy_Fawkes]

Isnt the reason they dropped the price was because it was discontinued.

[BRAH]

Tricks wrote:

Playbook at the 200 dollar price point is a steal.


The playbook at the 500 dollar price point is shit.

Asus Transformer > everything.

It was a steal, I thought about the Asus Transformer but I used something like that when I worked at a BMW dealership and it was junk.

Guy_Fawkes wrote:

Isnt the reason they dropped the price was because it was discontinued.

I think they are and hopefully if RIM is bought by another company they will decide to keep the Playbook because it's RIM's lack of management that eventually killed it not the product itself.

[Tricks]

BRAH wrote:

Tricks wrote:

Playbook at the 200 dollar price point is a steal.


The playbook at the 500 dollar price point is shit.

Asus Transformer > everything.

It was a steal, I thought about the Asus Transformer but I used something like that when I worked at a BMW dealership and it was junk.

Guy_Fawkes wrote:

Isnt the reason they dropped the price was because it was discontinued.

I think they are and hopefully if RIM is bought by another company they will decide to keep the Playbook because it's RIM's lack of management that eventually killed it not the product itself.

The transformer was made by asus. Automatically means it isn't junk. Asus is pretty much the only company I know of that consistently puts out fantastic products.

[peck420]

Asus EeePad Transformer (32gb) with docking station made me the hero of christmas to my daughter.

Now she is mad because I won't stop playing with it .

I love it.

[Tricks]

peck420 wrote:

Asus EeePad Transformer (32gb) with docking station made me the hero of christmas to my daughter.

Now she is mad because I won't stop playing with it .

I love it.

My Dad got one for my mom, she finds it easier to use that her old (awful) laptop. I set it up for her and played a bit, it's awesome. I might have to pick up the prime if I can swing it.

[saturn_656]

Tricks wrote:

The transformer was made by asus. Automatically means it isn't junk. Asus is pretty much the only company I know of that consistently puts out fantastic products.

Asus monitors can be a pain in the rear, I've been battling a stuck green pixel on my VE205 since 90 days or so after purchase.

I would rather have a dead pixel, a stuck bright lime green pixel is annoying as fuck when trying to watch a movie or play a game with lots of "darker" scenes, like Dead Space or Doom.

[Tricks]

saturn_656 wrote:

Tricks wrote:

The transformer was made by asus. Automatically means it isn't junk. Asus is pretty much the only company I know of that consistently puts out fantastic products.

Asus monitors can be a pain in the rear, I've been battling a stuck green pixel on my VE205 since 90 days or so after purchase.

I would rather have a dead pixel, a stuck bright lime green pixel is annoying as fuck when trying to watch a movie or play a game with lots of "darker" scenes, like Dead Space or Doom.

Every display is subject to dead pixels. It isn't really a reflection of Asus' product. It comes with the technology.

[saturn_656]

Tricks wrote:

Every display is subject to dead pixels. It isn't really a reflection of Asus' product. It comes with the technology.

Not dead. Stuck. Stuck in Bright Lime Green.

Use the 20 inch Asus as a second monitor, bought a 24 inch ViewSonic. Image much clearer, no pixel issues. Integrated speakers on the ViewSonic monitor, although lacking, are better than the speakers in the Asus.

Not saying Asus is junk, but I don't consider their brand name to be a reliable indicator of superior quality.

[peck420]

I didn't realise that ASUS had started manufacturing their own displays?

I thought they outsourced them?

[EyeBrock]

Ipad2 rools.

[Tricks]

saturn_656 wrote:

Tricks wrote:

Every display is subject to dead pixels. It isn't really a reflection of Asus' product. It comes with the technology.

Not dead. Stuck. Stuck in Bright Lime Green.

Use the 20 inch Asus as a second monitor, bought a 24 inch ViewSonic. Image much clearer, no pixel issues. Integrated speakers on the ViewSonic monitor, although lacking, are better than the speakers in the Asus.

Not saying Asus is junk, but I don't consider their brand name to be a reliable indicator of superior quality.

Stuck or dead, either way the sub pixel has a problem, and again can and will happen with any company. It's a technology issue, not a company issue. You got unlucky.

As for looking better, the Viewsonic is probably HD, the Asus wasn't. And for speakers, who actually uses integrated speakers? Why would Asus waste time on making them decent?

[saturn_656]

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Stuck or dead, either way the sub pixel has a problem, and again can and will happen with any company. It's a technology issue, not a company issue. You got unlucky.

With some companies, this kind of issue occurs more often than with others. Can be a sign of poor quality control, especially if the product arrives with these defects.

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As for looking better, the Viewsonic is probably HD, the Asus wasn't. And for speakers, who actually uses integrated speakers? Why would Asus waste time on making them decent?

Viewsonic has 1080P resolution, but it also is a significantly larger screen, higher resolution is expected. Asus ran at 1600 x 900 and compared to other monitors running that resolution (at my workplace 19 and 20 inch LCD's are all over the offices, walls, etc. Dell and Apple branded for the most part) mine always seemed to lack sharpness in the image. I needed the monitor and couldn't wait for a replacement so I kept it.

If they weren't going to make the speakers at least laptop/netbook quality and usable, why include them at all? Probably so they could tak another feature on the specifications I suppose?

[Tricks]

saturn_656 wrote:

With some companies, this kind of issue occurs more often than with others. Can be a sign of poor quality control,

Not really. There is no way to tell it's going to happen. It just does. As I said, product of technology, not the company.

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especially if the product arrives with these defects.

And yours didn't.

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Viewsonic has 1080P resolution, but it also is a significantly larger screen, higher resolution is expected.

Asus ran at 1600 x 900 and compared to other monitors running that resolution (at my workplace 19 and 20 inch LCD's are all over the offices, walls, etc. Dell and Apple branded for the most part) mine always seemed to lack sharpness in the image. I needed the monitor and couldn't wait for a replacement so I kept it.[/quote]Did you try to change the settings? Did you account of environmental factors? For example, if you go look at a tv in Futureshop. The settings are made specifically for the show room to make it look as good as possible. When you get it home, it may not look as good because the environment has changed.

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If they weren't going to make the speakers at least laptop/netbook quality and usable, why include them at all? Probably so they could tak another feature on the specifications I suppose?

More probably so that overly critical people can't bitch about lack of built-in speakers. I'm surprised it came with them to be honest. I never check them when I buy a monitor cause I'll never use them. I didn't even know my monitor had them until my speakers got unplugged one day.