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RED have some very nice people. However, the product was/is okay-ishm but the fan boys are utterly toxic pricks. the charged for everything, made special name
by KaiserPro 4y ago
RED have some very nice people.
However, the product was/is okay-ishm but the fan boys are utterly toxic pricks.
the charged for everything, made special names for all sorts, and had tesla levels of bullshit when it came to deadlines and capabilities.
For example, the "RED ray" laser projector, which supposedly was a 4k native laser based projector, except that it wasn't, never ran at 4k during NAB and if I recall correctly at some point was replaced by a barco. (https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/126579-red-ray-4k-cinema-laser-projector-on-display-at-nab-show-2012 https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/126579-red-ray-4k-ci...)
They made "redrockets" that were supposedly super high tech decoding cards, but were in reality rebadged from another company. They were extra ordinarily fragile (I personally accidentally killed 3 in just one event) and fucking expensive (£4k each)
It was me, apparently that was the problem, not the design. In the same event I replaced graphics cards, a boat load of Fusion IoDrives, none of them died.
So yes, they were anti-consumer to a certain extent. However if they liked you, they'd invite you to the ranch, you'd hang out with other RED people and generally have a good time.
- ryandamm 4y agoYeah this is all accurate... there is a lot of marketing at that company, which is unsurprising given that it was founded by Jim Jannard, who made his money selling consumer fashion goods at Oakley.
- formerly_proven 4y agoDon't forget about "REDmags", which are bog-standard off-the-shelf mSATA-SSDs sold at a markup so high it would make Apple execs blush.