Robert Rolf wrote:
> I have a Gateway wide screen monitor that has a FW bug that causes it to
> lock up totally and completely when I press the mode select buttons too quickly
> (PIP source select). I have to unplug it to get it to reset.

I've got a Viewsonic VX922 that does basically the same thing - if the analog 
input is connected to a different machine than the digital input, then you can 
switch from digital to analog, but as soon as you switch back the whole thing 
locks solid.

I made two calls to Viewsonic about it - the first one culminated in a "we'll 
call you back later today" - three days later they hadn't called back.

The second call culminated in them basically saying "tough sh*t" -- IIRC their 
tech's words were "your graphics card isn't sending an EDID when the monitor 
switches" - but it still shouldn't have frozen the OSD...

> Good luck with that.
> You'd have better luck getting a personal reply from the president of the USA.

No, you'd have better luck getting an intelligent conversation from a concrete 
breezeblock.

> http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/home/recalls/lg.html
> But they still drag their feet:
> "Today: More than 4,000 of the defective fridges remain in consumer's homes."

LG being slow.. why does that not surprise me.

> If Samsung doesn't want to fix your fridge properly, vote with your dollar by
> returning the "DEFECTIVE" product and getting a different brand. But expect the
> new one to have problems too...

And avoid anything with a Hoover badge on it... Mass market built-to-a-price 
crap, especially their vacuum cleaners. The power cables they're using are 
dire (tend to break internally after ~2years), the catch that locks the hinge 
tends to break or stick, slipping drive belts, and the list goes on and on.

That and their fridge/freezers tend to suffer from severe ice build-up - ice 
builds up in the bottom and within a week it's thick enough to hold the bottom 
drawer in place. The only way to get said drawer out is to force a spatula or 
similar tool underneath and crack the ice, which usually damages the drawer as 
well.

Oh, and here's a good one - the Sony SLV-SE720 (and its brothers the 
SLV-SE727, SLV-SE820, SLV-SX720 and SLV-SX727) has a Service Bulletin out on 
it. Seems a few parts on the main control board were mounted... backwards. The 
end result is that the EEPROM data gets scrambled once you turn the VCR off 
after it's been switched on for a couple of months. That is to say, the keypad 
function map (which maps the panel switches to functions), function enable 
flags (which enable things like SmartLink).. and the head calibration data.

Without a calibration tape, the VCR becomes a brick. Did I mention that the 
SE720 series are based on a Samsung Scorpio chassis? Oh yeah, Samsung junk at 
its very best. Now you know why Samsung are on my 'avoid' list. Too many 
failed hard drives and instances of piss-poor quality control.

By Samsung standards my old V200 mobile phone wasn't too bad - the PC Link 
software was intolerably bad though - that said, the Sony-Ericsson PC link 
software isn't much better - the stupid 'connection monitor' thing crashes if 
you hibernate or suspend the PC and then resume it later...

AAARGH!

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