accessories that had no bushiness being included with your hardware

[JAW96]

I'll start

 

1. when I received my Dell S2340M it came with not a DVI cord, but a... VGA... Yeah, dell I'm going to be running my brand new 1080p IPS display (though admittedly not a high end one) off a of something that should have died 5 years back... just... no

 

2. when I received my 7950 I was going through the accessories, Xfire bridge okay, micro display port to HDMI, would have preferred to DVI, but makes sense, and then what would be the third accessories a power adapter perhaps... no, a DVI to VGA adapter... this is the one I really get wrapped up about, because someone at Power Color had to go through this thought progress "so what should we included with our AMD 7900 series cards, hmmm... what about a VGA adapter!" employee #2 "This is a high end card I'm pretty sure that the person buying this card will have a DVI capable monitor" employee #1 "well guess what I'm the senior around here so it gets included"    

[Syntaxvgm]

I only just browsed hp computers and a cheap printer arrived at my house within an hour. 

 

Oh and fucking driver CDs. CDS! For monitors and shit!

[BonBon Scott]

I once got a dog in the box of my computer case...or maybe my dog climbed in there, I'm not sure.

[JAW96]

I only just browsed hp computers and a cheap printer arrived at my house within an hour. 

 

Oh and fucking driver CDs. CDS! For monitors and shit!

you mean those sweet coasters with a hole in them for easy gripping!

[terrytek]

I'll start

 

1. when I received my Dell S2340M it came with not a DVI cord, but a... VGA... Yeah, dell I'm going to be running my brand new 1080p IPS display (though admittedly not a high end one) off a of something that should have died 5 years back... just... no

 

2. when I received my 7950 I was going through the accessories, Xfire bridge okay, micro display port to HDMI, would have preferred to DVI, but makes sense, and then what would be the third accessories a power adapter perhaps... no, a DVI to VGA adapter... this is the one I really get wrapped up about, because someone at Power Color had to go through this thought progress "so what should we included with our AMD 7900 series cards, hmmm... what about a VGA adapter!" employee #2 "This is a high end card I'm pretty sure that the person buying this card will have a DVI capable monitor" employee #1 "well guess what I'm the senior around here so it gets included"    

Don't you dare talk shit about VGA!

 

i still use it.

[JAW96]

Don't you dare talk shit about VGA!

 

i still use it.

I have to ask, why?

[terrytek]

I have to ask, why?

I like old standards. I still use VGA, IDE, and AGP. I love old standards. The only old standards I hate are parallel and serial. Ewww, those were nasty.

[skywake]

To be fair with the VGA cables there's always going to be that one guy who can only use VGA. Probably because they haven't upgraded their monitor/computer since 2001. If they don't include it then odds are then it'll be returned by those people. We know those people and being techies we've probably been there ourselves when we were first getting into tech. So it make sense as long as they also include the "correct" cables.

 

What really annoys me is when they don't include something while still including the useless stuffs. I got a Blu-Ray player a few years ago and being a Blu-Ray player you'd assume that people buying it are all about "experiencing movies in HD". I assumed that there'll either be no cables in the box, a HDMI cable or a HDMI cable plus the legacy BS. Turns out this Blu-Ray player has two kinds of video output and only two. HDMI and can-only-do-480i composite. They don't have a HDMI cable in the box, they do have a composite cable.... why? If you're using composite cables you got the wrong thing!

 

oh, and while I'm talking about Blu-Rays, Ultraviolet. I never thought I'd say this but.... it was soo much better when they included iTunes download codes. Seriously guys, I used to download those iTunes codes but this? I'll just rip the disk instead, I'm thinking of simply refusing to buy any movie with an Ultraviolet copy. Because this is BS.

[c3p0]

iiyama 1080p monitor that came with an vga cable. At least they included one cheapish dvi but why vga? ._.

Cheap usb keyboard that has no macros or anything else special and included a quick installationquide. Really? Do they want me to feel stupid?

Stickers. All products so far. Ofc 10 sticker ads 0,01 ghz to it /sarcasm *cough* rice

Driver CD's Ok, for wifi or networking stuff this is requiered. But come on, I can't think of an single household what don't has internet today to download them.

PSU Floppy output. Who gonna use this nowadays? Maybe some soundcards but adapter would be better.

[JAW96]

iiyama 1080p monitor that came with an vga cable. At least they included one cheapish dvi but why vga? ._.

Cheap usb keyboard that has no macros or anything else special and included a quick installationquide. Really? Do they want me to feel stupid?

Stickers. All products so far. Ofc 10 sticker ads 0,01 ghz to it /sarcasm *cough* rice

Driver CD's Ok, for wifi or networking stuff this is requiered. But come on, I can't think of an single household what don't has internet today to download them.

PSU Floppy output. Who gonna use this nowadays? Maybe some soundcards but adapter would be better.

I have to say I like SOME stickers styling, mainly that of AMD, it is my kind of "BUILD FINISHED" badge

[c3p0]

I have to say I like SOME stickers styling, mainly that of AMD, it is my kind of "BUILD FINISHED" badge

 

Sure if you add 1 or 2 stickers to a case that looks nice but I'm not certain with those stickerbombed people. What I meant is when you buy like 6 to 7 parts you end up haveing a bunch of them. Sure it's not an issue but it already sucks to move all this packageing plastics, boxes and whatnot down to the trashbin. Living on the 10th floor with no elevator at all.

[Thebman712]

Well they always seem to ship with padding and stuff and in a box, thats not really needed #kappa

But in seriousness monitor drivers, monitors don't need drivers unless you are using a dual input 4k monitor but that thats still software

[JAW96]

Sure if you add 1 or 2 stickers to a case that looks nice but I'm not certain with those stickerbombed people. What I meant is when you buy like 6 to 7 parts you end up haveing a bunch of them. Sure it's not an issue but it already sucks to move all this packageing plastics, boxes and whatnot down to the trashbin. Living on the 10th floor with no elevator at all.

*look at my sticker covered case... shakes head* yeah, I see your point

[LogicalDrm]

VGA I can understand since most laptop used in business still have only HDMI or VGA port. Sometimes only Display port instead HDMI. But S-VIDEO cable. I mean I've never used it in any situation and still I've got 3 of them. Or modem/phoneline plug. Got few of those also. And then there's analog video cables... Well, if I'd have older gen TV maybe.

[DigitalHermit]

To be fair with the VGA cables there's always going to be that one guy who can only use VGA. Probably because they haven't upgraded their monitor/computer since 2001. If they don't include it then odds are then it'll be returned by those people. We know those people and being techies we've probably been there ourselves when we were first getting into tech. So it make sense as long as they also include the "correct" cables.

 

-snip-

 

Hey... I bought my monitor in Q4 2013 (Samsung S19C150 1366x768 18.5") and I can tell you that they still manufacture VGA only monitors... VGA monitors are the only ones that are common enough and cheap enough to consider... Everything else is way too overpriced...

[JAW96]

Hey... I bought my monitor in Q4 2013 (Samsung S19C150 1366x768 18.5") and I can tell you that they still manufacture VGA only monitors... VGA monitors are the only ones that are common enough and cheap enough to consider... Everything else is way too overpriced...

I bought my 23" IPS for a 160 bucks and it is DVI

[skywake]

Hey... I bought my monitor in Q4 2013 (Samsung S19C150 1366x768 18.5") and I can tell you that they still manufacture VGA only monitors... VGA monitors are the only ones that are common enough and cheap enough to consider... Everything else is way too overpriced...

 

Well I've also been fairly cheap with monitors but the last monitor I got that was VGA only was a CRT I brought in 2004. I replaced it with a 22" LCD monitor in 2008 for $250AU which I still use, it has DVI. Then Samsung had a promotion where they gave me a free monitor with a laptop in 2009. That also had DVI. The absolute cheapest monitor they sell at one of the PC shops I like is a 22" 1080p monitor for $130AU it also has DVI. Infact the only monitor I can find that's cheaper than that which lacks DVI is a 20" monitor made by a AOC for $115. You basically have to search for a monitor that doesn't have DVI and you'll only be saving 10s of $.

 

Do yourself a favor, make space for a new monitor in your next build or at least when your current one dies spend the extra $15 for one that has DVI.

[DigitalHermit]

I bought my 23" IPS for a 160 bucks and it is DVI

 

 

Well I've also been fairly cheap with monitors but the last monitor I got that was VGA only was a CRT I brought in 2004. I replaced it with a 22" LCD monitor in 2008 for $250AU which I still use, it has DVI. Then Samsung had a promotion where they gave me a free monitor with a laptop in 2009. That also had DVI. The absolute cheapest monitor they sell at one of the PC shops I like is a 22" 1080p monitor for $130AU it also has DVI. Infact the only monitor I can find that's cheaper than that which lacks DVI is a 20" monitor made by a AOC for $115. You basically have to search for a monitor that doesn't have DVI and you'll only be saving 10s of $.

 

Do yourself a favor, make space for a new monitor in your next build or at least when your current one dies spend the extra $15 for one that has DVI.

 

I forgot to state that the normal budget for a monitor where I live is around USD80... I'm in the Philippines and tech tends to trickle down to us with DVI monitors only becoming available in the more mainstream shops (other shops also stock up on these way later) in late 2012 and even then, they're hard to find... The cheapest stuff that use HDMI would be the crap led tvs that sell like pancakes here...

 

EDIT:

To put costs in perspective: 1USD = ~50PhP with average individual monthly income at around 18000 PhP.... and I'm unemployed...

[ShadowCaptain]

WTF my monitor came with a monitor cable... why?

 

(yes that was sarcasm)

 

 

 

But in seriousness monitor drivers, monitors don't need drivers unless you are using a dual input 4k monitor but that thats still software

 

My monitor came with desktop software, so I can change all the settings without using the shitty on screen menu!!

[iAsuno]

I forgot to state that the normal budget for a monitor where I live is around USD80... I'm in the Philippines and tech tends to trickle down to us with DVI monitors only becoming available in the more mainstream shops (other shops also stock up on these way later) in late 2012 and even then, they're hard to find... The cheapest stuff that use HDMI would be the crap led tvs that sell like pancakes here...

EDIT:

To put costs in perspective: 1USD = ~50PhP with average individual monthly income at around 18000 PhP.... and I'm unemployed...

I would say nearer to 45php per dollar.

[DigitalHermit]

I would say nearer to 45php per dollar.

It was easier to compute from 50PhP per dollar... But still...

[Craftable124]

Don't kill me but I have 2 VGA monitors.

 

Admittedly, I don't really like them but they were free, and I'd rather have a 1280x1024 monitor on either side of my 1080p monitor than no monitors on either side.

 

I hate not having multiple monitors, even if the extra monitors suck.

[pokecoop]

I got one of those 'How to use' disks with my VGA splitter for my CRT monitors. Like, seriously?

[Speedbird]

Hey... I bought my monitor in Q4 2013 (Samsung S19C150 1366x768 18.5") and I can tell you that they still manufacture VGA only monitors... VGA monitors are the only ones that are common enough and cheap enough to consider... Everything else is way too overpriced...

The Viewsonic VA2213w which I got in 2010 probably is VGA-only. Not sure if this model is still in production but at least I'm not the only VGA user around here.

[NeatSquidYT]

Well they always seem to ship with padding and stuff and in a box, thats not really needed #kappa

But in seriousness monitor drivers, monitors don't need drivers unless you are using a dual input 4k monitor but that thats still software

1440p monitors need them too sometimes.