• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Product names now:

    Crying wojak: “EWRT-3846-Pro”

    Product names back then:

    Chad wojak: “Pulsar 25”

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 months ago

    When non-english-speaking places try to come up with real names, you end up with

    Zeuslap, Hgfrtee, and Grebear

    So the random characters only slightly inferior

  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This method also works for display resolution names like WHKLWXD which is 4k but with six extra pixels on the left side.

    • Pechente@feddit.org
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      4 months ago

      I‘m sure the Playstation also has a horrible internal model name. It would be necessary to distinguish different variants.

        • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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          4 months ago

          Japan received the SCPH-1000, North America received the SCPH-1001, and Europe received the SCPH-1002.

          i do not like this

          • Yeather@lemmy.ca
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            4 months ago

            I wonder why Sony wants Japan to have bigfoot, America to have Ya-Te-Veo, and Europe to have the shadow objects.

            • crabigno@lemmy.zip
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              4 months ago

              In the case of playstation 2, one of the differences was that racks of PS2 were ideal for balistic missile trajectory related calculations (I wish I could find a reliable source, I know I’ve read that in technical papers at uni) I’ll post it if I find it.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The naming pattern makes it easier to have different “models” per major retailer. This hinders consumer price comparisons.

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      or grey market imports. Like TVs in Eastern Europe have different codes than in Western Europe even when they are the same yet the Eastern European version is often cheaper. Like the only difference is the frequencies they accept on the CI+ module or something. But that doesn’t matter for most people since they hook up the tv-box from the cable company trough HDMI anyways.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      It’s also a pain in the ass when there are different models for different regions (where presumably all they do is change the power cable, packaging and regulatory stuff, possibly sneak in localized ads) and you can’t find reviews.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        Higher quality models? No, same for TVs, an LG C3 is an LG C3 no matter where you buy it. But base models? Heck yeah.

      • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Always have been. Or at least since the beginning of the world wide web.
        Stores had long used the “low price guarantee” slogan to draw customers. And they had trained the average customer to believe that it meant they had the lowest prices. Back in those days price comparisons were hard. Sales ads changed every week or two but other than what was in the ads you had to go from store to store checking the price yourself. Yes, you could call around to different stores, but that was unreliable. Even just getting stores phone numbers was a hassle. Plus, most stores didn’t have their inventory computerized, and the ones that did were only close to correct once a year, right after they did their yearly inventory. So they just had to keep track of a couple of their closest and biggest competitors. If you tried hard enough you could save a few dollars, but it was rare and took a lot of effort. Most people would settle on what they thought was the “best store” and just stick with it. Even when a competitor had a sale at a significantly lower price that was simple enough for them to deal with, they would just pull their stock from the shelves and put a sign on it in the back room that said don’t sell until a certain date. If you shopped somewhere like Sears or circuit City where their sales people worked on commission, You could sometimes develop a relationship with one of the veteran sales people as “your guy”. And they would be able to have this insane knack for “searching the storeroom” for you and “mysteriously” finding the “last box that had been misplaced”.
        Then Walmart came on the scene and was a huge pain in the ass by actually having cheaper prices on a lot of things. Enough companies complained that eventually a few suppliers would have a special model number for a few high dollar items that they sold to Walmart and then a different model number for everyone else. But this was only on a few things like computer stuff and car stereos.
        And then the internet came along and they were forced to slowly start giving just about every store “unique models”.

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Me, researching online: What’s the difference between the HT269-GH262J-P#@/JKL and the HT269-GH262J-P#@/JKL v2?

      Every spec sheet in existence for the two:

      • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I’ll do you one better: The 2 monitors I bought from the same brand a year apart are different in many slight ways, one is capable of like 24hz higher refresh rate, the other has more options in the settings menu, etc.

        They have the exact same model number and documentation, the manufacturer just replaced the old one and documentation with a new one without specifying anything had changed.

          • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
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            4 months ago

            The brand is Z-Edge.

            Their monitors honestly aren’t bad for the price, which is what makes this disappointing, since the non-documented differences in quality are annoying (although they were, to be fair, only improvements over the old version I’d bought prior)

    • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I think the actual featureset is: “Made for tomorrow. Here for today.”
      As in: It is made to become usable tomorrow (hopefully with firmware updates by then) and it will last until the end of today (so definitely before all the updates arrive)

  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Not wrong, but don’t tell me you were never like

    Which of these shitty camera phones has the best resolution

    I can’t read the model number and its even worse with bifocals!

    • kamen@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Wouldn’t work for monitors. If Apple puts out one monitor into each product line every 2-3 years, Dell for example could have 3-4 different 27s out every year - there could be a 1080p, a 1440p and a 2160p that all share the same physical size and release year.

    • oldfart@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      It’s easier because they decided to not have any variation in their dull products. Pro, max, turbo, and superextra suffixes cover all the differences in a year’s product portfolio.

    • Mesophar@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Even Apple isn’t great with that. They often have different models for earlier and later in the year, various variants of each size, and little distinguishing features other than model number- same as those monitors.

      It just isn’t as visible on their products as much, because they at least try to make it more simple for consumers.but monitors often have model line, size, and resolution short hand to differentiate as well.

    • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      They’re also not perfect:

      • Apple pencil
      • Apple pencil (2th gen)
      • Apple pencil (USB-C)
      • Apple pencil pro

      I believe the Apple pencil pro > Apple pencil (USB-c) > Apple pencil (2th gen) > Apple pencil, but it’s very unclear IMO.