Hi,
I would never think that you would get a positive review or your
product printed unless you spend mega-bucks in advertising with such
a journal.
I would never take much advice from any review in any magazine....
cheers
sigi
> 3 Years ago, PC World advised they would do a review of my video
> conferencing hardware in combination of NetMeeting software. I sent them up
> the plug and play video capture card with camera, and they couldnt get it
> going. So I sent them a PC with it configured going, and they couldnt get it
> running because they couldnt set up the PC to suit their own server. A very
> simple matter of logons, and passwords is what I had to do for them,
> something a schoolboy could handle.
> After that, we had a real-time video conference between Waihi Beach and
> Auckland using XTRA which was at 28k my end and pretty crappy lines (the
> pictures were fairly good quality I thought) - the comments of the reviewer
> were that it was OK, but it was not as clear as a video camera and as fast.
> Imagine how hard it was to swallow that one especially after showing myself
> running their own software on remote, by sharing, showing example program
> sources I was working on, and cutting and pasting using the same software.
> To give you my opinion of that reviewer would be blasphemous, but it is
> scarey to know that they are being unleashed on good products which could be
> given a ratshit review because they are a bunch back-patting idiots. The
> review was never published, after all that buggering around, which seems
> indicative of the magazine; only rarely are NZ products reviewed, and if
> they are they are seldom given the recognition they deserve. PC World a
> subsidiary of PC World US no doubt.
> Thats my bitch for the week - hope it was constructive, back to the beer,
> sans pizas.
> Alistair+
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