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EEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown

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What it is

Dave Jones of EEVblog tears down an Esinomed Infoview medical tablet computer built around an 800MHz AMD Geode board, exposing extremely shoddy construction and design.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN calls it a famous, hilarious teardown and a go-to example of terrible hardware quality.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “If you are going to watch one teardown today then please watch his rather famous video about the worlds worst tablet computer”

    Famous teardown of a terrible tablet computer.

    yoodenvranx, 2016-04 · Strong recommendation · in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

  2. “I'm crying out of laughter right now. This is absolutely brilliant.”

    Hilarious, brilliant teardown of an awful tablet.

    TeMPOraL, 2016-04 · Strong recommendation · in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

  3. “it's the sort of thing that wouldn't even be acceptable as a secondary school project, never mind a device to be sold.”

    Reveals shoddy build quality of a tablet.

    stordoff, 2016-04 · Recommendation · in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: eevblog, teardown, tablet, medical devices, bad engineering

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