Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:59 am
What audio chip do they use? If it is a computer audio chip, the industry is known for shipping low quality chips, particularly seconds, but even high quality they might ship 0.1 percent defect free. Meaning one in a thousand might be defective.
I'm all for setting up automated testing 'rigs' to test and log everything. Place, walk away, come back, read results. Of course, you really want to test the components before assembly, but that gets a bit fiddly.
Saw some amusing stuff the other day comparison between Alexa and Red, Alexa just worked, Red may or may not just work from camera to camera. Some cameras might be fine, some cameras might get random shutdowns etc issues (like stop working). Linus tech tips on YouTube (about 1/4 million didn't getting their Red 8k system) has an YouTube clip on it. Years ago when I heard Red One owners being charge $7k for a new board after their 30 or 90 day warranty expired (not enough for marginal defective components to all brwak down), I gave up wanting to buy a Red One. The defect rate might be 1 cent per component but you pay for a $7000 board exchange, no thanks.
So, looking at those things above, BM cameras seem pretty reliable. It only takes one component out of hundreds in there to produce issues, so it indicates to me there is a low rate of component problems otherwise everything would be a very lot worse with most users have many issues, but they are not. Just one in a hundred defect rate in each component would be at least one defect in each camera. So, defect rates in cameras as a whole (going past the sensor coating) maybe 1 in a thousand or more. Which is good.
aIf you are not truthfully progressive, maybe you shouldn't say anything
bTruthful side topics in-line with or related to, the discussion accepted
cOften people deceive themselves so much they do not understand, even when the truth is explained to them