# Samsung, you SamSUCK! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515 "2004-12-12T23:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/1 "2004-12-12T23:57:35Z")
Consider this a Combined Pitting ®. Lame, but it’s sincere . . . Samsung, I bought one of your DVD/VCR combos a few months back. At first, it worked great. Then, your DVD player started skipping on me. Then, two weeks back, it froze up completely just at the best point of _Master and Commander_. Having to switch to my computer’s DVD player, I finished the movie. But then I tried to watch _The Girl Next Door_ and with the way the damned thing kept skipping, I thought I was going to have a seizure. So I took your piece ‘o’ shit [POS] back to the store, and exchanged it for another one. Not fifteen minutes into your new machine, the same damned fuckin’ problem. Methinks you jackasses need to learn a thing about quality control. Assholes! Since I’ve lost the reciept for the first POS I bought, I’m seriously considering shooting it to smithereens and sending it back to you. Tripler And Aiwa, take note. My four year old stereo hasn’t played CDs in 3 1/2 years. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/2 "2004-12-13T00:13:37Z")
I have nothing much to say to this thread (although my Aiwa’s CD player went on the fritz too) I just thought it had a witty title. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/3 "2004-12-13T00:17:27Z")
> [@Lizard](#): > > I have nothing much to say to this thread (although my Aiwa’s CD player went on the fritz too) I just thought it had a witty title. Either I’m beaming out my thoughts very powerfully, or picking up on others’ thoughts very well, but I feel like all I’ve been doing today is saying “Me too!” Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/4 "2004-12-13T00:23:05Z")
> [@Lizard](#): > > I have nothing much to say to this thread (although my Aiwa’s CD player went on the fritz too) I just thought it had a witty title. Aren’t Aiwas just rebranded Sonys? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/5 "2004-12-13T01:45:51Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I’m seriously considering shooting it to smithereens and sending it back to you. I think that might void your warranty. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/6 "2004-12-13T01:52:15Z")
It’s hard to tell with Samsung’s stuff. For example, I have a TV made by Samsung that works just fine. On the other hand, I have a CD/MP3 player from Samsung that sucks. Its anti-skip sucks and it eats batteries. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/7 "2004-12-13T02:27:49Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > It’s hard to tell with Samsung’s stuff. For example, I have a TV made by Samsung that works just fine. On the other hand, I have a CD/MP3 player from Samsung that sucks. Its anti-skip sucks and it eats batteries. I’ve had Samsung televisions and cell phones for years now; both are excellent, quality-wise. I can’t speak for their other electronics, though. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/8 "2004-12-13T02:49:27Z")
You know, there might be something to be said for the off-brands. We have three GoVideo DVD/VHS combos in the family. All three have worked brilliantly for over four years. All three were less than $79 four and a half years ago. I’ll stick with the cheap shit. E. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/9 "2004-12-13T13:07:59Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > Aren’t Aiwas just rebranded Sonys? Perhaps… Hey Sony, my wife’s 3 year old mini system hasn’t played CDs in 2 years! Buncha jerks. 😉 Now we use it to amplify the CDs we play through a… Samsung combination DVD/VCR! Tripler, do you have the Samsung V4600? Mine has been fairly good, though it doesn’t seem to want to send a signal out the coaxial cable anymore. And… I went to Best Buy a couple of months ago and saw a stack of opened V4600s behind the customer service counter. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/10 "2004-12-13T13:12:38Z")
Aiwa sucks rocks. I’ll never again own anything with their name on it. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/11 "2004-12-13T18:44:32Z")
I think Inigo Montoya posted something like this just last week. Anyhow, I suspect it’s a software problem, and that the disk freezes in the midst of a layer change or something. It’s had for these manufacturers to keep abreast of breaking technology and predict the future, so sometimes this kind of crap happens. Try contacting the manufacturer and asking about flash upgrades. Sam ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/12 "2004-12-13T23:33:50Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > But then I tried to watch _The Girl Next Door_ and with the way the damned thing kept skipping… Maybe it was annoyed that everyone in the movie kept calling the Asian kid “Samsung.” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/13 "2004-12-14T02:23:32Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Tripler, do you have the Samsung V4600? Mine has been fairly good, though it doesn’t seem to want to send a signal out the coaxial cable anymore. And… I went to Best Buy a couple of months ago and saw a stack of opened V4600s behind the customer service counter. :dubious: No, I’ve got a V3500 (the DVD/VCR combo). In either case, it’s still a piece ‘o’ shit. :mad: And **Steve Wright** , it might void the warranty, but it would make me feel a helluva lot better. Tripler Methinks there’s going to be an ‘electronics purge’ of all non-functioning things in this house in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/14 "2004-12-14T04:08:52Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Since I’ve lost the reciept for the first POS I bought, I’m seriously considering shooting it to smithereens and sending it back to you. Dude, that’s exactly what i did with 2 Maxtor hard drives. I put the shattered pieces in a big ziplock bag and sent it back to them with a little hand written note that said “They broke”. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/15 "2004-12-14T04:37:06Z")
My Toshiba (TOtal SHIt BAll) DVD player sucks WAY worse than your Samsucks. Brand new, can’t get through a single DVD without getting all verklemppt. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-you-samsuck/279515/16 "2004-12-14T04:54:16Z")
> [@SlickRoenick](#): > > Dude, that’s exactly what i did with 2 Maxtor hard drives. I learned my lesson after the first one broke…