[X4U] Consumer Reports

[RR]

And of course, because they're human, they're agenda driven.   
Sometimes you can figure out their agenda, other times you can't.

Their car reviews work fairly well because they've invested a ton of  
money to collect the statistics.  Sometimes their car reviews get  
biased because the reviewers like yugo's and horses and think the  
combustion engine is the single largest threat to the earth.  Other  
reviewers are more even handed, you just have to pay attention.

Their computer reviews generally take many liberties mostly because  
of the astronomical number of permutations in software/hardware/ 
accessories.  It usually works ok for the casual user, but often  
there are much better options left unevaluated. The reviews tend to  
be pretty superficial for my tastes.


On Sep 7, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Linda said:
>
>
>> So.. don't be too harsh on CR, but it would be nice to see them  
>> print the
>> "facts" in addition to the horse hockey that people report.
>>
>
>
> It would also be nice to seem them print some user feedback and
> manufacturer feedback.  Note that there is no "letters" section in CR,
> and no provision for manufacturer feedback, or followups to correct
> misinformation.  This is CR's biggest problem; they don't take into
> account any third-party information or input and they don't correct
> incorrect impressions.
>
> I've purchased products that CR has recommended, and they have  
> turned out
> to be garbage.  (Sometimes CR's error was that they probably didn't  
> test
> the products for as long as I had, other times it was because they  
> were
> looking at the wrong things.)  Could I write to CR and relate my
> experience with those products and warn others not to purchase those
> products?  No.  Could anyone else write in to CR to warn me about  
> other
> products that CR made a mistake in recommending? No.
>
>
>
> Randy B. Singer
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