The exploding Galaxy Note 7 and to a lesser extent the Samsung washing machines have grabbed headlines recently but my experience with Samsung products started when I purchased my MSI gaming laptop (see my other review on MSI on this blog), and much more recently I had the privilege to interact with one of their engineering units in person and one thing I must say, I now have much lower confidence in their products than ever.
A few years back I would recommend Samsung products to my friends and family without a doubt, seeing their rise as an electronics power house, usurping the invincible SONY, gave me a sense of security in purchasing and using their products.
However, my first indirect purchase of a Samsung LCD screen changed all that, the MSI Ghost Pro 4K came with a 4K panel made by Samsung (SDC4852) and boy, what a disappointment it was, first the viewing angle stability is very bad, next, the color reproduction (with a measly 47% of Adobe RGB), brightness, and contrast is complete trash, not to mention the 48Hz refresh rate you can check it out on notebookcheck.net and to top it of they're using pentile pixelation to qualify for 4K, in short they cut lots of corners.
My recent run in with their engineering unit only exacerbates the situation, although due to the NDA I can't spill the beans here, so when the Note 7 explosion happened I wasn't surprised at all, just like what my friend used to say "shocked, but not surprised".
But at least now I know why Samsung's logo is oval because they've cut all corners possible :)
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