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Re: Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks

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Post by effingwewt »

sofixa wrote: post #169
effingwewt wrote: post #153

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Where to start. The glass can easily chip/crack/splinter, and if you use the wrong choice if words it won't be covered under warranty. You have to use specific pots and pans, regular ones will destroy your glass. They are too expensive, and from what I understand pretty hard to cook with (I've not used them myself aside from testing and whatnot). They simply aren't worth the added hassle, fragility, and added expense…

> The glass can easily chip/crack/splinter Maybe some knockoffs do, but basically the only way to crack the glass is to make something heavy like a pot fall from a serious height on it. > You have to use specific pots and pans, regular ones will destroy your glass. That's untrue, they just need to be metallic for the induction to work > They are too expensive, and from what I understand pretty hard to cook with (I've…

1- They crack/scratch so often often its not unheard of to replace the glass on a new install.

2- if you think 'metal' pots and pans is all they need... I don't even know how to reply to that.

3- I only have hearsay.

4- best electric option? Dude you are arguing with a repair tech about things from the consumer side. They are hands down the worst option and universally hated by techs.

You may prefer them and that's fine, but google can inform you on the myriad problems apparently better than I can.

'gas belongs in the past' lol ok, wait till your power goes out. Or do electric, but not induction. There's a reason sales for them fell off a cliff and stayed there.

But, more power to you, if you like induction that's fine.

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Post by kyriakos »

SapporoChris wrote: post #160
bobthepanda wrote: post #105

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They announced they were exiting smartphones last year: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/4/22346084/lg-exits-smartpho...

https://www.gsmarena.com/lg-phones-20.php This has a nice list of their phones default sort is by release date which offers an interesting way of looking at how phones changed over time. I had one of their phones in 2013, LG G2. I found it was decent for the time and had no complaints.

LG G2 was their last great phone. Was all around a good device. Very little android customizations.

Re: Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks

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Post by kyrra »

moistly wrote: post #78
kyrra wrote: post #73

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Their appliance division has issues too. There are 2 ongoing lawsuits around their refrigerators. 2017 ice makers leak water (mine does this). https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/new-development-samsung-ic... 2022: fridge gets too warm: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-refrigerator-class-acti...

Fridge: inadequate hearer coil design allows drain to freeze, causing overflow & water spillage. PITA but ultimately fixable with a hack. Dishwasher: POS, ‘nuf said. Induction stove: cooktop has been excellent, oven convection gave up the ghost.

What's the hack for fixing the fridge ice maker issue? Mine is doing that, and I would love to know how to fix it.

Re: Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks

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Post by de6u99er »

MaxikCZ wrote: post #141
de6u99er wrote: post #130

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What about LG WebOS TVs?

I made myself a promise to convey my sentiment towards LG tvs to anyone asking, so here you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24662353#24665736

Thanks ;)

I just recently upgraded my LG B8 OLED TV to a C9 model by switching out the main board with one I got from eBay. Now I have 4K@120Hz, HDMI 2.1, and VRR ;)

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Post by p49k »

jiggawatts wrote: post #31

Every time this comes up I feel obligated to add the following: 1) Samsung televisions spy on your mercilessly . They collect everything they can, including screenshots at regular intervals and send them back to Samsung so that they can sell this to "partners". They are not a FAANG and don't have anywhere near their level of security expertise. I have second-hand but reliable information about their security approach…

Are there any efforts to completely replace the firmware of TVs, much like dd-wrt for routers? I would gladly donate money toward such a project.

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Post by mgraczyk »

jreese wrote: post #65
mgraczyk wrote: post #21

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But then you get paid less money.

I would rather get paid less (still in top 99+% of US mind you) to do work that is meaningful to me, my coworkers, and the wider open source community-and then clock out at six pm to spend time with my partner and play games-than earn more and spend all of my time in meetings and design discussions and worrying about whether I'm having enough cross functional impact to meet performance expectations or whatever the ne…

Sure that makes sense, but it's irrelevant. We weren't talking about working more vs working less or working on meaningful stuff vs boring stuff.

We were talking about working on things that are good for the company vs good for the performance review process. The fact that there's a difference and that it's distinct from wellbeing is why at big companies some people with 5yoe make 3x as much as people with 30 yoe.

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Post by thewebcount »

mschuster91 wrote: post #164
thewebcount wrote: post #126

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Ugh. No. Just… no. We moved into a house with LG appliances. The refrigerator broke 3 weeks after moving in. It couldn’t have been even 5 years old. The washing machine says every load is unbalanced. Small load of only socks? Unbalanced. Large load of blankets? Unbalanced. Moderate load of normal clothes. Unbalanced. If that weren’t bad enough, it doesn’t know how to keep track of time. It has a countdown timer showi…

> It has a countdown timer showing how much time is left on the wash. The dryer does, too. They count down at different speeds. They can both be at “10 minutes left” and 10 minutes later the washer still has like 3 minutes left. That is usually because modern laundry washing machines don't run on fixed-time schedules, they detect how much load they have and how much water is remaining in the clothing and adjust the c…

Then why does it have a count down timer? It could just say which part of the cycle it’s on instead. If I see a timer counting down, I expect it to be accurate. I don’t expect it to go from “5 minutes” up to “7 minutes” or to stay at “5 minutes” for 3 minutes. That doesn’t make any sense at all. It ceases providing the single function it was designed for.

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Post by lotsofpulp »

effingwewt wrote: post #200
lotsofpulp wrote: post #184

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> Sub zero will last you as long as all 4 of those new ones combined, and thus are worth the hefty price. I always buy from Costco so that would have to be 16 years. I would rather invest the difference in cost and keep buying new every 4 years.

I got you. Everyone has their preferences. Having said that no consumer should be replacing appliances that often. Refrigerators used to last 10-20 years for a fraction of the price.

In my experience, they last me at least 6 years. I bought my parents’ washer dryer in 2012 (Electrolux) and it hasn’t had a problem, and my LG stuff from 2016 is still fine. And I had babies, so we were doing washer/dryer loads almost every day, multiple times per day many days, and opening and closing the fridge and freezer all the time too.

I feel like the calculation is more like spend $1k to $2k for a machine with 80% probability of lasting 5+ years, and 50% chance of lasting 10+ years, or spend $5k+ for machines with a 95% chance of lasting 10 years. But the problem is the subzero does not come with a parts and labor warranty for 10 years, so might as well go with the former option, and replace it if it breaks.

And also, I am not running a mission critical operation at home where a broken fridge is going to drastically affect our lives (we have a 2nd in garage anyway), so why not take the gamble, and invest the extra money?

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Post by BluePen7 »

moistly wrote: post #78
kyrra wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their appliance division has issues too. There are 2 ongoing lawsuits around their refrigerators. 2017 ice makers leak water (mine does this). https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/new-development-samsung-ic... 2022: fridge gets too warm: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-refrigerator-class-acti...

Fridge: inadequate hearer coil design allows drain to freeze, causing overflow & water spillage. PITA but ultimately fixable with a hack. Dishwasher: POS, ‘nuf said. Induction stove: cooktop has been excellent, oven convection gave up the ghost.

I'd also like to know the hack, my buddy's been fighting his Samsung fridge for years.
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