NOT hot: USB 1.1 is USB 2 ..

[OgreDave]

USB Story

Friends BIOS notes USB settings "High or Full" (asus)

Just a head ups .. if this needs to be locked because I've broken some rule of posting, please do. Just posting because I've seen others post these types of notices.

 

[Desslok]

Why is this in Hot deals??

 

[lobadobadingdong]

wow that's crazy

 

[jrutz]

Yeah, that's funny - I just bought a Canon i950 printer and after reading the article decided to check the specs on the box. It reads:

USB 2.0 Full Speed (USB 1.1 equivalent)

The Belkin USB cable I bought for it is a USB2 cable, but it specifically says "Hi-Speed 480Mbps Transmission - 40 Times Faster than USB 1.1"

Jeremy

 

[3point14]

Ahhhh...the Abbott & Costello marketing techinque

 

[onelove]

buyer be warned.

but in Calfornia, buyer be litigous:
17200. As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice
and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and any act prohibited by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17500) of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.

give Preston Gates some business...

 

[cremefilled]

Another crazy thing is that the passive USB components, meaning the interconnects and plugs, are the same for both USB 1.1 & USB 2. There is no need to "upgrade" your old USB cables, and those "new, improved" computer cases with USB 2 front-panel plugs are likely old & unimproved.

 

[jimmyhaha]

this is just an oxymoron..

all over slashdot..

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/18/2025210.shtml?tid=137

It's out and out fraud. USB1.1 is not USB2, USB2 is. To label a product as USB2 when it's really USB1.1 and conforming to the IEEE specifications for USB1.1 is fraudulent.

 

[DanFungus]

wow. someone's getting sued!

 

[Qtip]

If I am in a car and the car is capable of 150 MPH, wouldn't "full speed" be the equivalent of 150 MPH?

If I am driving at 100 MPH, would I not be driving at "high speed"?

 

[froinlaven]

Not a hot deal, but still interesting reading...

 

[RIGorous1]

Originally posted by: onelove
buyer be warned.

but in Calfornia, buyer be litigous:
17200. As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice
and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and any act prohibited by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17500) of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.

give Preston Gates some business...

I love people like you! Fight on! we must fight corporate scams like this!

 

[loup garou]

I reposted this in OT in case this gets locked. Thanks for the headsup, OgreDave.

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: OgreDaveJust posting because I've seen others post these types of notices.

I saw someone kill a person once.

 

[RideFree]

I think this is a hot deal simply for the newsworthiness of it!
It makes you think and therefore know the truth about some of your next purchases.
Fraudulent? You bet your ass.

 

[Tot]

Hmm, thanks for the heads up.

 

[cvstrat]

Very interesting....*goes to check USB devices*

 

[MontyBurns]

Before you go off playing hall monitor and posting "in before the lock" or other l33t-sp33k, click on the link. It really is unbelievable.

Jackals.

 

[pannam1]

Unbelievable! Those sleazy bas%%$ds!!

Thanks for this post here in hot deals otherwise I would not be aware of this...

This should be on CNN!

 

[ReiAyanami]

is there any USB device out there that utilizes 480mbps? or did they just make that number up, but made sure it was higher than firewire...

 

[Jeomite]

Wow. Thanks for the heads up... now I'm going to look twice when buying "USB 2" products... :disgust:

 

[AngryKid]

Didn't this used to be a hot deals forum?

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: AngryKid
Didn't this used to be a hot deals forum?

how would you know, you signed up last month and have only 5 posts.

...and those bastages deserve to be sued also! what a fraud. :|

 

[esun]

OMG I have some experience with this already. I went to buy a USB 2.0 CF/MM/SD/SM/etc. card reader (6-in-1) from Microcenter. On their site they listed a Lexar 6-in-1 USB 2.0 model, and when I went there there was certainly a 6-in-1 Lexar model, but I couldn't be sure it was USB 2.0. It wasn't labeled as such anywhere, and it just said "Hi-Speed USB." Now, USB 1.1 is "high speed" compared to serial, and USB 2.0 is "high speed" compared to USB 1.1. How could I be sure which was which? I couldn't, so I bought a SanDisk model specifically labeled USB 2.0.

 

[winr]

They need a good old fashioned hiney whippin.