Re: Amazon acquires dpreview

"nospam" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:140520072016337879%nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <1179197439.947185.225360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<newsmb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 14, 8:23 pm, nospam <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <5rsh4311enob6aeugv35du2edgk42g8...@xxxxxxx>, Tony Polson
>
> <t...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > DPReview is not impartial and is certainly not independent. The
> > site's funding comes from sponsorship and a rake-off from products
> > purchased via links from the site's pages. Many others will share my
> > view that the sponsorship - especially from certain camera
> > manufacturers - has sometimes seemed to exert undue influence on the
> > degree of objectivity with which product reviews are approached,
> > conclusions drawn and recommendations made.
>
> proof?

Look through all their reviews and try to find even *one* reviewed
Canon that didn't get a "Highly Recommended".

if you insist.

recommended:
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd900/page10.asp>
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd800is/page11.asp>

above average:
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd100/page14.asp>
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixusv/page14.asp>

note that so far in 2007, all canon cameras reviewed have received just
a 'recommended' and a nikon received an 'above average.' furthermore,
phil has stated they don't review cameras that would rate low because
it is a waste of their time.


And, when did Amazon.com buy the site? For all we know it could have happen in early 2007 and was only announced recently. Phil has been such a big piece of crap I wouldn't trust anything that came out of his site. Also, "furthermore, Phil has stated they don't review cameras that would rate low because
it is a waste of their time." that statement right there proves a bias. A reviewer that wants to be fair and impartial and wants to have a web site that is really and truly useful for those that comes to it and not just the advertisers would review every camera they can get and not pick and choose their favorites which are Nikon and Canon by far.

=(8)

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