Note that there have been three releases since the x36 line, and no hitches (at least nothing significant).
Oh, and as for the trolling, you made a post with shouting, condescending tones, and put yourself out there as an expert. I'm not saying you were asking for what you got, but it is clear you don't know the history of the issues. Have you never been shafted by a subcontractor? Have your plans always gone perfectly? Have you been sold counterfeit or bad parts yet? See my point? When someone criticizes others for having issues beyond their control, that is trolling in my book. These are just some of the things that someone who has attained the level of 'expert' has dealt with. And to criticize others for being a victim of these happenings lacks credibility as an 'expert'. You made it sound like you came here looking for a fight, and in your first post yet (or one of your first). How would you expect that to be taken given the alleged experience vs the apparent lack of knowledge?
There are lots of haters on these boards, and they make posts that have the same tone yours has. It is ironic that just when Uniden is on the cusp of fixing so many of the issues they have had that someone has to try to criticize them all over again. In other words, we've been through this hundreds of times. But, again, lack of knowledge of history is the key theme here.
First off every manufacture has its problems. I've had theft of large shipments. Lost key personal. I was once sold bad tantalum caps that would catch fire do to a defect. What did I do. I second sourced the part. Had to change the pad on the PCB, quick turn the PCB. Build all new boards. And received back 175,000 bad boards and toss them out. Replace all the board in 3 weeks.
"criticizes others for having issues beyond their control"
Yes I do. And Please stop buying into poor Uniden. They are a huge company. I'm sure that Hideo Fujimoto follows Kaizen / Just In Time (JIT) (look it up) manufacturing strategies. In fact he needs to if he supplies any automotive company which he does. Uniden has 17,000 employees and huge resources. As stated before there not a startup in the scanner world. They are the largest cordless phone manufacture in the world, I would bet that go's for scanners and FRS/GMRS radios as well. I can tell you that when Uniden calls up a vendor they jump. Vendors and supplier jump through hoops to keep Uniden as a account. But venders and suppliers are not the problem here.
Please don't forget thay make a very good markup on these new scanners. And should toss some money at there problem.
I'm not to hard on Uniden for the hardware problems. But Firmware theres is no excuse. They have the knowledge, know the hardware and principles of what and how its done. Coding the firmware may be hard for some. But in reality there are a lot of very good I mean really good firmware guys out there. Trust me Uniden has some great firmware designers and something like implementing a band scope is child's play. Even there cheap scanners have it they know how its done.
Go on and defend the hardware as the problems as it is taking up engineering resources. Please don't go into buying that as well.
The fact that the RTC and dimming LED's happened. The firmware team should of had it done before the first RTC or dim LED report came in. And don't fool yourself once you start looking at the schematics and probe around with a meter both of these problems would be found quickly. And the firmware guys are not fixing the hardware.
"to criticize others for being a victim of these happenings lacks credibility as an 'expert'.
What? of corse they're victims, me as well. Shame on Uniden. I have read and studied whats going on. Rolling out not one but two products not ready for market and after the fact taking your own sweet time getting it there (not there yet) How long? How long is to long. Not giving it straight as to whats going on. Feeding little tid bits here and there. How about the huge big great firmware release at the end of the month. We don't want a surprise, almost 2 years, its not a surprise its a miracle. How about just coming out and say whats the update about. Hanging a carrot out is not the way you treat your customers when you sell them uncompleted product. This tactic kept people on a string thinking any day it well be all fixed and completed. Its funny that some here are ok with that. And defend Uniden thinking its ok.
Question:
If your new TV's HDMI didn't support V1.3 or your phone did not have copy paste or no working bluetooth. How long would it be ok? For me I get a new phone or TV about every two years. So I would not of enjoyed those features that I payed for.
I'm not a hater as I stated before I'm getting a HP2 next month.
"Uniden is on the cusp of fixing so many of the issues"
On the cusp or not how do you know? Even so what, there on the cusp so let up the pressure. There performance or lack of does not earn them quite time. After its all over is when there off the hook. They offer no compensation no look into there solution. Yet they get all the time they want. Hmmm
This is not trolling. This is voicing. This is not letting them off the hook until they deliver.This thread was not posted to fight. It was posted so that like minded people would keep letting the powers that read these forums that its time to deliver.
