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2016-09-02, 14:13
(This post was last modified: 2016-09-02, 14:15 by JonSnow88.)
If the UI is fluid and plays whatever i thow at it, thats all i care about with a Kodi box. I didn't even bother looking at the clock speed when i saw how fluid it was with Kodi. Its not like it will be slower now since the leak, sure I'm mad they lied but will it stop me from buying another box? NO. Reason being i knew when i bought it, it would be a hit/miss and it was dirt cheap in any event.
Never looked at the clock speed when i bought the Pi, specs don't mean all that much and people have to look at the overall package.
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2016-09-02, 14:30
(This post was last modified: 2016-09-02, 14:31 by gsmtech.)
Indeed if you went out and spent over the odds for your device you should be bothered, the extra money you paid is supposed to be becasue you bought into the extra R & D , testing , user support that you expect when your paying the extra.
The people who bought devices at the lower budget end of the spectrum like myself dont really care, my device does everything I expect it to I'm able to play whatever I want at good speeds I have 2gb RAM, dual band Wifi and Dual Boot Libre Elec / Android, I knew the risks when I purchased it which is why I did my homework first. My outlay on cash was mininal my support expectations zero, so win win.
It's when you've spent over the odd's expecting good support and backup from the big brands that you should expect something a statement at the very least, a refund once all the facts are proven and it turns out that these SOCS cannot run at 2ghz stable. Whats the point of an octo core CPU that can only maybe run at it's stated clock speed on a single core if even that. It still doesn't change the fact Amlogic deliberately appear to have set out to cheat by covering up in code and reporting higher clock speeds than their CPU actually runs at. This sort of behaviour is common with chineese companies that sell via eBay...But Amlogic is a USA based company there goes the so called trust in USA companies...
Theres a lot of talk about VW and emmissions cheating here, sure they cheated they got caught out, theyre paying compensation to affected users in the USA and repairing cars free of charge. We'll wait and see what beomes of the Amlogic Saga, I very much doubt that all Amlogic will go the same extents VW have to rectify there cheating or even if they do, will the vendors who produced the affected products pass the benefit on to end customers who purchased the products.
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Can't trust Chinese companies...
Can't trust German companies...
Can't trust US companies...
I'm seeing a trend developing here.
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That's because you can't trust anyone...even yourself...
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At least Hardkernel updated their "specs" to the actual specs and issued a statement, I would have expected WETEK to follow suit, it doesnt look good for an official Kodi sponsor to be falsely advertising their flagship devices knowing there is a problem...
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2016-09-02, 21:59
(This post was last modified: 2016-09-03, 09:18 by Ned Scott.)
(2016-09-02, 16:14)dukester Wrote: At least Hardkernel updated their "specs" to the actual specs and issued a statement, I would have expected WETEK to follow suit, it doesnt look good for an official Kodi sponsor to be falsely advertising their flagship devices knowing there is a problem...
Sorry, I didn't follow up on asking the web guys on changing the web site. My bad. I'll try to contact them again and get it changed for WeTek.com, or see if I can get direct access to edit the pages myself (there are a few typos that have been bugging me in other pages.. ). It might take till Monday though, since it might already be the work weekend over in EU.
I agree, meaningless spec or not, the specs reported should be as clear as possible. From now on we'll make sure to only report default/production CPU clock speeds, and not what is in a spec sheet from Amlogic. Anything else will be clearly marked. For example, there might still be a close-to-2Ghz burst mode that is above normal clock, like what Intel has on some chips. If so, that would be clarified as such, and not the normal/default clock.
Anyone who feels mislead or cheated by these old specs, for the WeTek Hub or WeTek Play 2 can contact support for a full refund (and no charge to ship it back to us).
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Why is this thread being clogged up with this nonsense?