KDS Computer
nicholas
KDS has failed to respond to me and honor their warranty. Contacting them via phone, or email
produces no response, yet their computers are still available and advertised on many internet
sites. I sure will be very hesitant to purchase another one, or any KDS product of any kind,
because I may have the same trouble over again.
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Nicholas
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Thor
computers, and their monitors are known to be cheap and have a high failure
rate. They don't honor their "KDS Kares" 24 hour monitor advance replacement
guarantee either. They often take several days to even weeks to get a
replacement sent. Sorry you had to find out the hard way that they generally
suck as a company.
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nicholas
Thor,
Thank you for your informative response. I was beginning to think that I was the only one with
KDS computer, and other KDS troubles. I must spend over $300 to repair a laptop from KDS that
failed while still under their warranty, and KDS would not respond to my phone and email
requests for action to honor their warranty. The disappointing part is that KDS notebook
computers are still listed for sale on many internet sites, proclaiming the 1 year replacement
warranty. If they would not honor my warranty, I have doubts that they will honor others.
I suspect KDS monitors and other electronic equipment may be similar in their commitment handling.
Hope we have encouraged others to carefully consider their ;options before purchasing KDS product.
DeMoN_LaG
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> KDS (Korea Data Systems) manufactures the cheap Emachines brand of
> computers, and their monitors are known to be cheap and have a high
> failure rate. They don't honor their "KDS Kares" 24 hour monitor
> advance replacement guarantee either. They often take several days to
> even weeks to get a replacement sent. Sorry you had to find out the
> hard way that they generally suck as a company.
Amazingly, I have had a 19" KDS monitor for a little over a year. Got it
for like $150, and it's been beautiful the whole time. Guess it's a
crapshoot
Thor
"DeMoN_LaG" <de_on-lag@co_cast.net> wrote in message
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It really is. I have a KDS Avitron 17" that has an outstanding picture, but
always had niggling annoying things like suddenly "winking out" to a blank
screen for a split second, every great once in awhile, or it will sometimes
suddenly make a snap sound like a voltage arc. Needless to say, I wouldn't
ever trust it enough to sell it to someone. A friend of mine had a 19"
Avitron that suddenly went super bright, and could not be adjusted down.
Despite the "KDS Kares" 24 hour replacement guarantee, they took 3 weeks to
get him his replacement. My main supplier briefly used KDS as the supplier
of their "house brand" monitors a few years ago, but dropped them due to
high failure rates, and a frustrating lack of timely replacement units from
KDS. I won't ever consider buying one for resale in my business. I just
don't have any faith in the product, or the company.
Walter Donavan
resolution settings after I moved from Win ME to Win2K. It died shortly
after that. I had it maybe a year or so.
I wouldn't buy another KDS. I bought an Envision 19" monitor and, so far, so
good.
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"DeMoN_LaG" <de_on-lag@co_cast.net> wrote in message
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JK
Walter Donavan wrote:
> My 17" KDS monitor worked fine, but could not be used at its cool extra
> resolution settings after I moved from Win ME to Win2K. It died shortly
> after that. I had it maybe a year or so.
>
> I wouldn't buy another KDS. I bought an Envision 19" monitor and, so far, so
> good.
I hope you have good luck with it. Imo it pays to buy a high quality monitor
from a leading manufacturer that will guaranty it for 3 or 5 years. It does cost
more initially, but might be much less expensive over several years if the low
priced monitors don't last long.