Volkswagening is now a thing...

"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
10/02/2015 at 04:13 • Filed to: Volkswagening

So Samsung is also now being found out for cheating tests and this is now being dubbed “Volkswagening”

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DISCUSSION (12)

Laurence > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 04:38

I’m totally gonna use this to say cheating in future

samssun > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 05:55

Just when I thought I couldn’t care any less about something: carbon “emissions” from an LED TV!

Leon711 > samssun
10/02/2015 at 06:28

All the people complaining will be firing up their 50s CRT whilst feeling smug that they don’t have one of them cheating samsung TVs

CallMeTURBO > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 06:28

Good, anything to get rid of “-gate” for every scandal

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 06:34

If I was to ever become a teacher I would start using this in place of cheating just to confuse the kids

Tareim - V8 powered > samssun
10/02/2015 at 06:38

I’m going to get some stacks on my TV and roll coal from my diodes!

JGrabowMSt > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 07:55

I guess “VAGing” didn’t have the same ring to it?

More importantly, people buy LED TVs thinking they’re super duper energy efficient, and let me tell you, none of them are. In fact, most LED TVs have pretty high power draws. Now, of course they’re going to be lower in comparison to a CRT, projector or plasma TV, but it’s just one of those things people don’t realize. LED lightbulbs even. Sure, they last a whole lot longer, but realistically, the power needed to get bright enough LEDs also generates a ton of heat. No different than TVs. I will say though, it is blown a little out of proportion. Most LED TVs when in use draw between 20-70W of power. I think that’s perfectly acceptable.

I wouldn’t be so ready to toss my TV out or even think another brand will be lower power. I rather like my Samsung TV. But what’s even more concerning? People think a TV could “recognize” a test video.

Here’s a shocker. Take an older, tested TV from someone’s home, and use a totally new, never before used test video. I realize the answer is to panic first, develop a new testing method, charge tax payers billions for it, then come out and say “hey guys, we may have been a little too quick on this one,” but maybe some of these agencies need to calm down, pop a chill pill and think about what they can do before they make such a fuss about electronics.

Should really go after those compact flourescent bulbs. What the fuck was with those things taking so long to get bright?! And why did they always glow for a little after turning them off? That’s a real mystery they should address.

Sam > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 08:21

Mobile device makers cheated on Android benchmark tests a few years ago. They set up their devices to run with less limitations when they detect a benchmark being run so that their score is higher.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7384/stat…

Tareim - V8 powered > JGrabowMSt
10/02/2015 at 08:55

well I certainly wasn’t expecting this kind of response but I can agree that LEDs aren’t great yet for bulbs, tried a couple in the past and didn’t put out anywhere near the same amount as a halogen bulb did

Tareim - V8 powered > Sam
10/02/2015 at 08:57

News just in: Don’t trust any tests and buy whatever the heck you want

you really cannot believe anything you see or read nowadays :/

JGrabowMSt > Tareim - V8 powered
10/02/2015 at 09:23

The company I work for is a major Samsung supplier. I dont really care, my Samsung 46” smart tv was picked up at the local recycling center. I put a new power supply into it and its been working great. I paid $55 to fix it and get everything working, I didnt buy it new.

Would I consider another brand? Sure, its a TV, theres only a handful of panel manufacturers out there anyway.

The real answer to all this though? Just list a power draw with tolerance. Dont put a label on the back with a rating, give a max amperage draw, and thats it. Then no one can say you fluffed it up. If you get better results, great, if you hit the max, its no shocker.

Tareim - V8 powered > JGrabowMSt
10/02/2015 at 09:48

if I’m honest, power consumption never once crossed my mind when choosing my latest tv last year, I was more concerned with the contrast ratio etc. ended up with an LG