What is a tech purchase you quickly regretted?

Supervan II said:
Not buying MOAR RAM before the current crisis !!!!
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Odd one, I'm actually on the flip side.

I bought extra RAM just in time before prices started climbing, with the aim to be building a backup pc in the coming few years. Then I saw storage creeping up, so, fine, grabbed some SSDs.

But with that box sitting there half-full, I started browsing GPUs so long. And by gee golly, prices were rising again

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I saw this 5090 go from 48 to 54 to 60k. FINE, I'm in. Now I'm hearing rumblings about CPU shortages and.. look, I don't even know anymore. FINE! I guess I am building a second pc now.

And it all started with a R2k stick of 32gb DDR5 ram
 
Quest 2. Thing is a POS.

1. IPD setting matching your eyes, turns out very important if you don't want a blurry mess. BS on net makes you think it's not all that critical to match it perfectly. lies.
2. These portable self-powered VR systems suck due to battery never lasting. Oh sure 2-3 hours sounds plenty until you spend nearly an hour just trouble shooting and getting the game working only to get a low battery warning.
3. Meta PC software to connect to quest 2. Gross.
4. Even when connected via USB it does not provide it enough juice to keep it charged and do data transfer. So, you have to buy expensive split USB cable that allow connection of auxiliary power to keep charging headset. FYI still discharges, only slower.

If ever I buy VR again it would be a dedicated PC VR only set - No fn batteries and perfect IPD matching.
 
Mini Hi fi's you know the ones with CD changers and lights and big speakers,
all forgetting how MP3 and cellphones and Ipods and all the rest of it was going to finish them off,

sure you could use the hifi as a fancy amplifier and plug in whatever audio source you have,
but that kind of defeats the purpose.
 
None! I always do research till I forget what I actually originally wanted and end up getting something I never wanted in the first place and I enjoy that!
 
BCoetzer said:
What is a tech purchase you quickly regretted?

Maybe it became redundant (handheld GPS device or iPod/MP3 player before smartphones took over), or you bought it because it was the hype and seemed awesome, but now it gathers dust.
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DSTV came out years ago with a gadget that let you see DSTV Channels on your phone. Long before streaming was a thing. Total wast of money.
 
Any display port to <whatever> adapter. Cos I only recently learned about active and passive display port plugs and wasted too much money on useless adapters.
 
Warrenr said:
DSTV came out years ago with a gadget that let you see DSTV Channels on your phone. Long before streaming was a thing. Total wast of money.
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Wasn't it a separate device? The Walka?
 
Warrenr said:
DSTV came out years ago with a gadget that let you see DSTV Channels on your phone. Long before streaming was a thing. Total wast of money.
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This one? I actually used mine quite a bit back in the day.

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Warrenr said:
DSTV came out years ago with a gadget that let you see DSTV Channels on your phone. Long before streaming was a thing. Total wast of money.
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The DSTV Drifta? We used it quite a lot during the RWC to watch the games during office hours. I still have mine, complete with its box, instruction manual and charger.
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a MiniDisc player/recorder. I was sure it's the future. Then affordable MP3 players came along.
 
Can't remember the brand but in 2007 I purchased PC speakers from Incredible Corruption. The one speaker didn't work. Took it back and traded it in (and paid in some extra) for Logitech speakers. Those same speakers are still working 100% to this day.
 
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