The Verge

[Mr. Pedantic]

I am disappoint.

My friend said the Verge was this awesome site with great reviews. So I went on there expecting something that would give me a site with the kind of attention to detail and precision as Anandtech.

And then I go on there and discover it's little better than the likes of CNet or PCWorld. The reviews are vague, general, and the overwhelming feeling I get is that they are written with the politically correct, everyone-gets-an-award kind of mindset. Not at all the kind of technical detail I appreciate from Anandtech.

That is all.

 

[bigrash]

No one cover tech reviews with as much details as Anandtech. But the general public would get lost reading the 1st sentence of one of the reviews.

 

[Tsavo]

It has a dumb site design, which keeps me from being a viewer.

Not quite as dumb as Engadget's new design, though.

 

[Printer Bandit]

the on the verge show is good:

http://www.theverge.com/on-the-verge

 

[KeithTalent]

Their reviews suck, but their features can be pretty awesome. Lots of cool things I have not seen or read anywhere else and often in good detail.

KT

 

[preslove]

Apples & oranges.The verge is the old engadget crew who left to form their own company. They're an excellent consumer device sight and are better than the current engadget crew. Ananadtech is a hardcore tech site that outclasses everyone else with precision.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Apples & oranges.The verge is the old engadget crew who left to form their own company. They're an excellent consumer device sight and are better than the current engadget crew. Ananadtech is a hardcore tech site that outclasses everyone else with precision.

This is very true.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Apples & oranges.The verge is the old engadget crew who left to form their own company. They're an excellent consumer device sight and are better than the current engadget crew. Ananadtech is a hardcore tech site that outclasses everyone else with precision.

It's just an expectation thing. If he'd said "It's like Engadget" I would have never looked for it to be a technical review site, and all would be good. But he said "It's really good". It may be really good compared to other crap out there, but it's nowhere near as good as Anandtech.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Hmm, musta missed out on it. From doing a not extensive look through, it appears to me to be a typical Reddit/Engadget user aimed take on ArsTechnica with the overly done modern magazine layout style (not my cup of tea, looks more fluff than substance in my opinion and gets way too convoluted with crap to try to draw your eye instead of giving things proper focus). That's not really a compliment but I'll have to check it out more to see how it holds up.

It being the old Engadget crew does nothing for me. I've never been that impressed with Engadget and have always used them just as a general site to get some info on gadget announcements. I seem to recall the old Engadget people having a fondness for the overly flowery drivel writing that has become the new norm.

 

[foghorn67]

More news than reviews. Just like Engadget except its without the Huff.
Some of their commentaries are a stretch. Nilay is also kind of a douche.
And that bit about one of them going without the internet for a year is pointless.
I mainly read it for Josh's reviews and interviews. He seems insightful.

 

[boomhower]

I like the Verge but can't read their website. I only visit via an app or the mobile site. Their main site is absolutely horrid. For something they spent so much time on it's a disaster.

 

[NFS4]

I liked Paul's piece on "offline" porn

http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/3/3721904/offline-how-do-you-look-at-porn/in/2771566