On Tuesday 17 January 2012 22:10:49 Rony wrote: > On 01/17/2012 01:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > On Sunday 15 January 2012 20:20:02 Rony wrote: > >> In order to end this discussion conclusively, I would like to know from > >> list members including JTD and Binand, which lesser known pure Chinese > >> brand do they use in their homes and offices in the following categories > >> listed below. Please mention only the Chinese brand/s against the > >> categories. > > > > Misleading Polls. Ask the wrong question and get the wrong answer. > > Ask the wrong people and get even worse answers. > > Just want to know what the brand bashers use. Anyway first, thanks for > spending time to provide inputs. > > >> 1. Refrigerator. > > > > Allwyn. Yeah the ancient one which keeps working after 40 years. > > Not Chinese.
We are talking of two things here non brand v/s brand and brand with their own mfg v/s contract mfg in noname OEM shops. As I said ask the wrong question and you will get very misleading answers. > >> 6. Air Conditioner. > > > > At my old office: annoymous Indian made with annoymous Chinese parts > > worked from 1997 to 2008 and sold off to annoymous indian, who proly > > painted it and sold it yet another annoymous Indian. > > A client of mine used an assembled Indian AC but right from the start, > it was not cooling so well. This one worked very very well. > > > Currently dont use an AC as the office > > is well ventilated. Never used an Ac at home. > > > >> 7. HiFi Music System. > > > > Made by mostly anonymous Indian - ME. Including Speakers made by my > > brother in 1980. One of my friends came by last week after 24 years and > > heard the same speakers. He owns a Bose now. But swore that these sounded > > as good if not better. > > True. This is because people buy Bose home theaters in place of stereo > music systems for audio playback. Home theatres are meant for movies > only as they do not reproduce sound as original. Bose stereo systems are > available but only for those who own a Mercedes E-Class and above. After > years of using assembled audio systems, I bought a Sonodyne amp. with > tower speakers and their sound reproduction is lovely. A good audio > company has instruments for measuring and calibrating systems, test > rooms for testing, improvement and that gives the additional touch. All you need is a good mike (about Rs.8000) and you can test it in your room. Far better than an imaginary room (anechoic chamber). You can use the PC to do some DSP stuff and tailor response. > > >> 12. Mobile Phone in smart phone category. > > > > iPhone duplicate LOL made in China. worked for 3 years. Until the battery > > looked like a pregnant pig. It is working even now with the charger > > connected. But I switched over to Samsung Galaxy Y the cheapest phone > > (Rs.6700) that I can get rid of android and use cyanogen. > > These clones are not like the original. A friend of mine had it and knew > it was no way like the original. It was just a fun purchase. A client of > mine was very impressed by the original iphone of a European visitor so > he ordered one ;-) from the timesofindia ads for about 5K or 6K . After > the initial disappointment of reality dawning on him, it even developed > problems and he had a harrowing time getting warranty support. Several of my friends have been cursing about lockin as well as poor service for ORIGINAL 35K purchases. > > > > Get over your hangover that Brands mean anything more than the T & A show > > plastered on tv and hoardings. It is the biggest con game going around. > > Small wonder that several nordic countries fine you in the millions for > > any ad targeted at kids. > > As mentioned earlier, I am not a fan of branded products, I am only > considering them a safe bet when spending hard earned money on something > expensive and bought once in many years. True. It boils down to ones knowledge and propensity for risk. The former mitigating the later, depending on skill level. However I maintain that relative to price, there is no significant improvement in reliability. And very patchy service. > Like India, China too has good manufacturers along with the baddies but > for various reasons the overall record of Chinese goods quality in India > has been dismal and it is always a risky gamble, until some drastic > improvements take place in their quality assurance. It totally depends on where you buy. I pointed out to some shops offering their own warranty on unknown brands. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
