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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Equipment reviews in magazines
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Date: Mon, 7-May-84 21:09:29 EDT
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Will Martin is correct about the over-rating of photo equipment in standard
photo magazines - it's the same thing with audio equipment, and probably a
lot of others.

An alternative is Consumer Reports.  They generally rate a bunch of related
products at the same time, which is nice for comparison.  However, there
are two negatives (sic).  First, they take a long time from when they do
their shopping to when the report finally sees print; models may be
discontinued in the interim.  Second, I've seen an increasing number of
reports by CU that are poorly researched and/or badly presented.
-- 
...Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.		Dick Dunn
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