With so much killer hardware in our midst, you might think we’re strangers to crappy products. Not so! Here are some of the lemons from 2007 and what we had to say about ’em
Reservoir Dogs
“By the end of the game, we were praying the cops would shoot us to put us out of our misery.”
(Reviewed January 2007)
Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub
“If Belkin’s Cable-Free USB Hub is any indication of what we can expect from other wireless USB products, the technology’s future is bleak.”
(Reviewed April 2007)
Overway Technology Vacuum Superconductive Heat Cooler
“Yes, it took more than half an hour to get the device in place. And for all that, we were rewarded with a cooler that actually performs worse than [a] cheapo stock cooler…”
(Reviewed June 2007)
Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive
“We sure can’t think of a compelling reason to pick up this device, as the Toshiba is as slow as it is featureless.”
(Reviewed November 2007)
Philips amBX Gaming Peripherals
“Amsterdam is just 66 miles from Philips’s headquarters in Eindhoven. Hmm. Could that explain how this bizarre concept got off the drawing board, into a factory, and onto retailers’ shelves without someone asking, ‘Why?’”
(Reviewed March 2007)
CoolerMaster iTower 930
“You could practically open a Greek restaurant with all the PITA that comes with assembling a computer using this case.”
(Reviewed February 2007)
Genius HS-04U Headset
“The Genius HS-04U is made of plastic, but it sounds like tin.”
(Reviewed July 2007)
Abit iDome D500 Digital 2.1
“Seriously, the audio that emerged from this milquetoast system was so blasé… we had to check the iDome’s subwoofer to make sure it was warm.”
(Reviewed February 2007)
Western Digital My Book World Edition II
“If you love holding down a power button for more than 20 seconds just to shut off a device, you’ll love WD’s My Book World.”
(Reviewed August 2007)
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tampatip
May 03, 2008 at 11:08pm
I thought at one point in time, that you kept the Best of the Best column updated on a monthly basis, so as you made new reviews, you would update with it. What ever happened to that concept?
Lord Chrome
January 24, 2008 at 12:51am
I read your information on the Asus’s EN8800 GTX and I noticed you put it in your new bench mark system in SLI with a pair of GTX’s. But in your review of the best motherboard you chose the P5E3 Deluxe motherboard and decided not to go with SLI. Because the single card is so damn fast and the benchmarks with the QX9650 and QX850 were in the 200 to 350 FPS range. The benchmarks for the GTX GTS and GT cards in SLI are showing 99-111 for the GTS in SLI and 65-95 in SLI for the GTX range why is this? One problem I saw is some of the reviews done on the 8800 GTS and GT are with and with anti lasing or AA and shadows set at different levels and sometimes not at all. It would be nice to see a consistent review of the 8800 GT, GTS and GTX in the benchmark system and with the QX9650 and QX850 with the DRAM 3 and everything engaged to see which configuration is the best solution. I could also see if the price justification is worth it like you guys did with the 8800 GTX and the ultra which clearly show the increased price does not justify the small performance gain. But I’d really like to see the difference in the QX950 and QX850 if those numbers are that high why bother with SLI at all. It would seem like the single card with quad and DDR3 ram is three times faster? But I also heard that the eye can only see about 30 FPS any thoughts?
nedwards
January 15, 2008 at 11:12am
Hi Link,
This story was from the December 2007 issue, which means it was written in September or early October.
Neither the GT nor the new GTS were out then.
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