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OCC Reviews the Super Talent SmartClip |
 Oct 19 2007, 05:30 AM
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 Oct 19 2007, 10:29 AM
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Why the heck use flash to show a static bargraph? isn't flash bad enough as it is?
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Oct 19 2007, 11:48 AM
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 It's a buncha, muncha, cruncha... human! Posts: 6,464 Joined: 4-December 05 From: Perkinsville,VT Member No.: 18,065 |
QUOTE(Wwhat @ Oct 19 2007, 02:29 PM) [snapback]728504[/snapback] Why the heck use flash to show a static bargraph? isn't flash bad enough as it is? Nice first post! So silly.  
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Oct 21 2007, 05:06 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 21-October 07 Member No.: 26,624 |
I'm sorry but I have to ask. Why was the mp3 player so dirty in the pictures? I know I cannot be the only person who noticed it, it looks really nasty, sorry its nothing personal.
Was that sent as a review unit? Or did you use it for awhile then review it? I could see it getting dirty that way. If thats a review unit SuperTalent should at the very least clean extremely well so it would look great in pictures. Well, thats what I would do if I was in charge of a company that wanted to give off the best impression possible of its new MP3 player. Even if ST did send it that way I would have recommended cleaning it very well. The pictures look better and it comes off more professional IMHO. I would have liked to see ST give the reviewer a price for this player. Its only 1GB so most people would figure its probably going to be cheap or I dont think it will sell in this overcrowded mp3 player market. I did not like the very slow transfer time but that could be a fluke and just a problem with that particular unit, ya never know. But if this player retails for a great price I could see myself grabbing a few for Christmas presents for friends. QUOTE(Andrewr05 @ Oct 19 2007, 03:48 PM) [snapback]728522[/snapback] Nice first post! Why do you say his post is bad? I disagree, the guy asked a legit question and gave feedback. Not saying I agree with his feedback, just that it was legit and And i'm sure if OCC wants to improve i'm sure they want feedback, negative and positive. Its not like his post was "this review sucks!!!!11". I think they can defend themselves if they felt offended. This post has been edited by pot: Oct 21 2007, 03:59 PM |
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Oct 21 2007, 06:47 AM
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 The more i teach the dumber i get! Posts: 7,405 Joined: 10-August 03 Member No.: 5,490 |
1rst off thanks for your criticism. Could the fingerprints and fingerprint smudges be wiped off? Sure they could. If you have used a gloss black case before you know just how easy it is to leave fingerprints. If not look at that jet black IPOD in your pocket and tell me it does not look the same under a flash. But again thanks for the feedback and welcome to OCC.
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Oct 21 2007, 08:45 AM
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QUOTE(ccokeman @ Oct 21 2007, 09:47 AM) [snapback]728778[/snapback] 1rst off thanks for your criticism. Could the fingerprints and fingerprint smudges be wiped off? Sure they could. If you have used a gloss black case before you know just how easy it is to leave fingerprints. If not look at that jet black IPOD in your pocket and tell me it does not look the same under a flash. But again thanks for the feedback and welcome to OCC.  Ever see the mirrored back of an iPod after just 2 minutes of use?!As for the bar graphs, flash makes it easier for everyone to include charts. HTML doesn't do charts, so what would you like done? You want every reviewer to make a chart in powerpoint and save it as a jpg and then upload it to the site? That'd just be ridiculous. 99.1% of internet-enabled PC's have flash in the major markets (source). There's no reason to make it harder for reviewers to appease the 0.9% of people...most, if not all, of which would never visit OCC. -------------------- THE CLAY COMPENDIUM  - Xfire - GameSpot - Steam - Kongregate - last.fm - Yahoo! Answers - F@H - Bux.to - - Abit IP35 Pro - Q6600 - Palit GTX 260 - 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 -   ::: DIGG OCC! ::: OCC Gaming ::: OCC Xfire Clan ::: OCC Steam Community Group ::: OCC Rules ::: CES 2009 ::: |
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Oct 21 2007, 09:11 AM
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Total Nerd Posts: 4,331 Joined: 30-May 05 Member No.: 16,368 |
I'd keep the fingerprints cause it's simply normal... there isn't any sense writing a review on a super clean product, while in the real world, it will almost never look that way. Though, there should be a sentence in there saying that the product is glossy and will smudge easily, thus explaining the pictures.
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Oct 21 2007, 09:49 AM
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QUOTE(The Unforgivin @ Oct 21 2007, 12:11 PM) [snapback]728807[/snapback] I'd keep the fingerprints cause it's simply normal... there isn't any sense writing a review on a super clean product, while in the real world, it will almost never look that way. Though, there should be a sentence in there saying that the product is glossy and will smudge easily, thus explaining the pictures. I agree that something should be mentioned about "smudging easily", but that's ridiculous to say we should include smudgy pictures. We should always try to present the best pictures available. -------------------- THE CLAY COMPENDIUM - Xfire - GameSpot - Steam - Kongregate - last.fm - Yahoo! Answers - F@H - Bux.to - - Abit IP35 Pro - Q6600 - Palit GTX 260 - 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 - ::: DIGG OCC! ::: OCC Gaming ::: OCC Xfire Clan ::: OCC Steam Community Group ::: OCC Rules ::: CES 2009 ::: |
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Oct 21 2007, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE(ClayMeow @ Oct 21 2007, 01:49 PM) [snapback]728815[/snapback] I agree that something should be mentioned about "smudging easily", but that's ridiculous to say we should include smudgy pictures. We should always try to present the best pictures available. I did like the review afterall. I figured it was probably a review unit that ST sends around to different sites hence the reason it got kind of dirty. I don't think just because an item is glossy or whatever though that you cannot take good pictures of it. Simply clean it off and place it at your desk or table (where ever you take photos at) using a wipe so it does not get dirty again before taking the pictures. I hope you were not offended by my post. Oh and yes I know all about the glossy finishes on alot of electronics these days.I really like when the manufacturer provides a cleaning cloth or similar with the glossy type of products, I think its the little things like that that count in the crowded electronic market these days. But regardless I was not being personal about saying it was dirty, just a nice wipe of the product before pictures would help  If flash helps on bandwidth then I can fully understand using flash over a jpg. This post has been edited by pot: Oct 21 2007, 04:02 PM |
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Oct 21 2007, 04:37 PM
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 Day of the Testicle Posts: 7,303 Joined: 10-June 04 From: Liverpool, UK Member No.: 10,582 |
QUOTE(pot @ Oct 22 2007, 12:47 AM) [snapback]728884[/snapback] I did like the review afterall. I figured it was probably a review unit that ST sends around to different sites hence the reason it got kind of dirty. I don't think just because an item is glossy or whatever though that you cannot take good pictures of it. Simply clean it off and place it at your desk or table (where ever you take photos at) using a wipe so it does not get dirty again before taking the pictures. I hope you were not offended by my post. Oh and yes I know all about the glossy finishes on alot of electronics these days.I really like when the manufacturer provides a cleaning cloth or similar with the glossy type of products, I think its the little things like that that count in the crowded electronic market these days. But regardless I was not being personal about saying it was dirty, just a nice wipe of the product before pictures would help If flash helps on bandwidth then I can fully understand using flash over a jpg. Flash is also very much more straightforward for the editors and reviewers to use. Not everyone has the software to make bar-charts, so using the flash capability centrally gives everyone the required ability  Welcome to OCC btw. --------------------  :: X-Fi Xtreme Music [hardnrg Hotrodded] :: 40" Samsung A686 :: Yamaha AX-300 :: :: Little Dot MK III Valve Amp :: Sennheiser HD 595 :: Dell Studio 17 :: Tannoy M3 :: :: For Everything, A Reason :: |
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Oct 21 2007, 04:46 PM
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QUOTE(Wwhat @ Oct 19 2007, 07:29 PM) [snapback]728504[/snapback] Why the heck use flash to show a static bargraph? The graphs are dynamically generated, so they aren't static images really. Flash is a good way of generating dynamic images from input variables. -------------------- ( How To Ask A Question ) · ( OCC F@H Sigpics ) · ( OCC Gaming ) · ( OCC Rules ) Opteron 170 (naked) @ 10x260=2600 · Thermalright Ultra 120 (lapped) · 2x 1GB G.Skill HZ PC4000 @ 260, 3-4-4-8-1T HD4850 512MB (Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 rev2) · DFI NF4 Infinity · Audigy 2 ZS (Hotrodded) · PCP&C 510 SLI/Express EeePC 1000H @ 12x167=2008 · 1x 2GB Corsair VS PC2-5300 · GMA 950 @ 400 MHz · Gigabyte Aircruiser N300 GN-WI06N ( Socket 775 OC Competition ) · ( Socket 775 OC Database ) · ( USB Bootdrive Guide ) · ( Modding & Computer Stores List )  |
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Oct 21 2007, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE(Silverfox @ Oct 21 2007, 08:37 PM) [snapback]728896[/snapback] Flash is also very much more straightforward for the editors and reviewers to use. Not everyone has the software to make bar-charts, so using the flash capability centrally gives everyone the required ability Welcome to OCC btw. Ahh gotcha, understandable. Thank you! =) |
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