Preview and Feedback [December 2011]

Please upload full dvd contents and what about Diwali wishlish results?

so late.. First time I had Mag before Preview. today itself I received Mag.. Have not checked it out. will check Later.. But only 10 Fast track.. that is worst thing.. You are supposed to give Last years Fast tracks. not just 10..

And why do you give 10 years Mag who is going to read old news.. Launch,review of Core2duo or Launch of HD.. Seriously?.. Instead you should have given All Fast track that would have been much appreciated

More later when I check mag and all it's contents

Please some one clarify Open SUSE 12.1 is the FULL DVD ISO or not ?

Nope it is live CD precisely.

clmlbx said:

And why do you give 10 years Mag who is going to read old news..

We're celebrating technology and the past decade in tech with this issue, its not about old news and announcements, who'd read that right? Rather its a consolidated encyclopedia of everything tech which you'd keep and preserve for many years to come. Its like a quick reference guide to tech personalities, companies, gaming, software, hardware and much more. You wouldn't have read anything quite like this before

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^^ you forgot "quote" end Tag.. 2 years back I was regular subscriber.. From last 2 years I just get 2 issues yearly.. Anniversary and December Issue.. this is not First time You gave 10 years Mag you have given it before too. that is reason I said pls stop that instead Give Fats tracks. Most important thing I am disappointed about is you did not gave Last year Fast tracks..even Last year their was some mistake about Fast tracks (can not recall what but some thing was) But +1 for Adobe Cs5.5 , Short Movies, Ads of decade (nothing seen yet but looks interesting).

Got my pre-book copy today
Good work Team Digit.......

Thanks for FEDORA 16 Live CD. Though you should have added Live DVD instead. But nonetheless 2.5 GB of gaming software with 100+ linux application, you guys are doing great for linux users like myself...

echoplxx said:

clmlbx said:

And why do you give 10 years Mag who is going to read old news..

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We're celebrating technology and the past decade in tech with this issue, its not about old news and announcements, who'd read that right? Rather its a consolidated encyclopedia of everything tech which you'd keep and preserve for many years to come. Its like a quick reference guide to tech personalities, companies, gaming, software, hardware and much more. You wouldn't have read anything quite like this before

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Wish you were giving a search option also with this huge encyclopaedia, so that anyone can find the related tech information more easily other then reading all those old magazines.

I guess google will be much faster and far better option.

can any one give the names of fasttracks given?

cool cover design of both FT and the mag - the FT is really something new and I liked the topic - also getting previous 10 years of mag is good but it would be great if we can get all the FTs in pdf format as well for archiving purposes as it can save a lots of space.

I'm getting really excited about all the game reviews in SKOAR and 800MB+ short movies 3 full movies, 2.5GB of full games and those live linux distros - these all will keep me busy this month

BTW, it would be great if we can get the DVD contents list on a spreadsheet file

Guys here is Full Dvd contents... This package has "Cathy" app and Full three DVD contents.


Download

Instruction (who Don't know.)

1. Extract it.
2. click on Cathy
3. If you see "tips and Hints" Dialog box click on OK
4. go to Catalog Tab
5. Select One of three DVD's
6. Go to Directory Tab to see it's Full Contents.


Here is the List of 10 Fast Tracks

200807_Troubleshooting_II.pdf
200808_FT_Keyboard_Shortcuts.pdf
200901_FT_PHP.pdf
200902_FT_Linux_Beginners.pdf
200906_FT_Mobile_Apps.pdf
200908_FT_Open_Source_Software_New.pdf
201001_FT_Maya.pdf
201007_FT_Linux_Administration.pdf
201012_FT_Build_your_own_robot.pdf
201111_FT_Digital_Photography.pdf

When will the magazine reach newsstands in Calcutta?

Hey man thats pathetic,u people advertise all the past issues of DiGiT & do not live upto ur words.
i Just saw & From July 2011 all the issues are missing in the dVd ???
Whats this ???

& one more thing, why dont u give issues of fast track also with the dVd ???
i was hoping that it could be included in the dvd

thanks clmlbx
i want that digital photography wala FT.

thanks clmlbx for the DVD contents list

I am subscriber since its birth. Still I have neighter received the magazine of Dec. 2011 nor the intimation about its despatch. Some time back I used to get the magazine on the last day of the previous month. for eg. December issue on 30th of November itself. Now a days, I am getting around 10th. Why this delay and why can not be improved first. You have to satisfy the regular customer and then you can offer to the temporary customers. I hope the editor shall do somthing in this matter.

C Nagaraj said:

I am subscriber since its birth. Still I have neighter received the magazine of Dec. 2011 nor the intimation about its despatch. Some time back I used to get the magazine on the last day of the previous month. for eg. December issue on 30th of November itself. Now a days, I am getting around 10th. Why this delay and why can not be improved first. You have to satisfy the regular customer and then you can offer to the temporary customers. I hope the editor shall do somthing in this matter.

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I do believe the editor commented on this in last month's feedback. You will need to contact customer service with details of a courier service that you would prefer in your area.

is there any way can i get my digit issues tracking id

Today went to news stand for buying Digit (just for the PDF versions of Issues from Jan to Nov). Picked it up, found Rs 250 is still too much for me to afford it so after few minutes left with better Photography.

Bought the issue today morning from newsstand @250. Not opened yet. The main reason being the FT and previous issues.


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WTF!! DIGIT issues from JULY to NOVEMBER are not included!!!!

May i ask to TEAM DIGIT WHY?
You have written in the first post "All past issues of Digit + Top 10 Fast Tracks of all time"

can u expedite the word "ALL"?

This is absolutely not done and reveals a very cheap mentality of TEAM DIGIT. 250 BUCKS and such a white lie!!!!!!!

^^
They are big time cheaters..................

God knows what is the purpose of giving 2001 to 2008 digit issue which contains all the EOL techs.

CHIP magazine is far better than this and their DVD contents are superb. At least u will get what u see.

Just a have a look to the FULL GAMES part :

ArmA 2 Free
80 in 1 Best Flash games 1.02
Marvel vs Capcom 2 FE
Rainblood: Town of Death - Martial Arts Game
Super Motocross Africa - Download Motocross Game
Crazy Duck Hunter - Duck Hunting Game
F1 Chequered Flag - Free Formula 1 Game
Jack the Ripper - Letters from Hell - Free Investigation Game
Secrets of the Vatican - The Holy Lance - Travelling Game
Snowy: The Bear's Adventures - Download Bear Game
Fix-it-up: Kate's Adventure - Car Repair Game
AstroMenace - Free Galaxy Game
Air Force Missions - Free 3D Game
Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire - Download Vampire Game
Blob Lander 1.0
Street Avenger 1.0
Kung Fu Panda World: Tigress Jump
Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands
Batman Ultimate Rescue
Batman Double Team 1.0
Iron Man 2
Ben10 Free Runner
Ben 10 Motocross
Ben 10 Space War
Ben 10 Stunts
Ben 10 Helicopter
Ben 10 Savage Pursuit
Ben 10 at the Colosseum
Ben 10 super bike 2
Ben 10 and the third universe
Ben 10 Super Pilot


32 FULL games included. what ever be the game the count just outnumbered DIGIT.
Forums.Chip.in • View topic - Check out whats New in CHIP DEC 2011 DVD's!

Yea!!

In their Diwali SPECIAL issue, they ADVERTISED ---- Open SUSE 11.4 on the Hard Back Cover, but

Unfortunately in turned out to be a Lang CD iso. .............. too bad advertising tactics.

A consumer complain can easily be made regarding misleading advertisement to concerned authority.........

Can someone from DIGIT TEAM clarify on this ?

cheaters do not have any explanation.

and even if they have it, neither we r going to get our money back nor going to get a brand new issue with full stuff.

Ok, Its your turn to get Banned now. ;D

avichandana20000 said:

Bought the issue today morning from newsstand @250. Not opened yet. The main reason being the FT and previous issues.


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WTF!! DIGIT issues from JULY to NOVEMBER are not included!!!!

May i ask to TEAM DIGIT WHY?
You have written in the first post "All past issues of Digit + Top 10 Fast Tracks of all time"

can u expedite the word "ALL"?

This is absolutely not done and reveals a very cheap mentality of TEAM DIGIT. 250 BUCKS and such a white lie!!!!!!!

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+1

i m also frustrated.
i too asked the question few posts above but no one from this cheaters gave a reply.
its their fault so i dont think they will give any clarification.

WE PEOPLE ARE ASKING U DiGiT, ATLEAST GIVE US A REPLY ?????

toofan said:

Ok, Its your turn to get Banned now. ;D

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Its not a solution. Digit was the best tech magazine but nowadays the quality/service has gone down.

Being a subscriber for last few years, and now just visit the forum sometimes. Its been 2-3 months hvnt purchased any issue borrowed once though, and hvnt even checked last month issue.

I did complaint earlier abt courier issues etc but no one ever replied back. So I just stop purchasing the magazine now and kinda ok with it.

we are not against the magazine. The contents are best. and just because it contains best contents we feel the deprivation of not having them inside the DVD IN FULL.

That is what DIGIT needs to explain that who has given them the audacity to deprive us while taking full 250 Rs.

Relax Guys, this is not the best place to complain.. Try their emails to contact them and may be then you can get some reply

emailed them

you have not even included call of duty modern warfare 3
neither assassin's creed revelations.
this dec 2011 edition is nothing compared to diwali edition...

this was a month of gamers, so many new games have been launched,
but i got disappointment only , in digit dec. 2011 issue.

SKOAR describES THE GAMES IN A 2 PAGE ESSAY OF 1000 WORDS.

WHO D HELL HERE IS WAITIN 4 AN ESSAY ON THE GAME????

CAN'T U JUST PRESENT THE GAME in skoar LIKE WIKIPEDIA DOES?
LIKE, WITH RESPECT TO graphics, game play, plot, type of game, ratings, etc. defined under headings and sub headings....

AND U SHOULD POST SOME DAMN COOL SCREENSHOTS OF THE GAME IN SKOAR

clmlbx said:

Relax Guys, this is not the best place to complain.. Try their emails to contact them and may be then you can get some reply

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NOPE !!

This is the best place to give honest FEEDBACK to them, and its their duty to reply in this thread.

This is the sole purpose of this thread anyways,

We are just pointing out few misleading advertisements / and some DVD contents issues.

Their reply

Hi Avijit,

Thank you for pointing out the error in our forum post. As advertised on December's package itself, the post should read "Past 10 years of Digit PDFs" or something similar, and the "all" is just a typo.

Please believe me when I tell you that we did not, nor will we ever mean to, mislead our readers on purpose, or tell a "white lie".

I am extremely sorry for the mistake, and we will rectify the forum post as soon as possible.
Regards,

Robert Sovereign-Smith
Executive Editor,
Digit - India's largest selling technology magazine
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From: Avijit Sinha
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:20:40 +0530
To: readersletters@thinkdigit.com<readersletters@thinkdigit.com>
Subject: DIGIT MAGAZINE: COUNTERFIETED.

Hello,

Past DIGIT issues from JULY 2011 to NOVEMBER 2011 are not included in the DVD provided with Digit December 2011 issue. !!!!

But you have written in forum "All past issues of Digit + Top 10 Fast Tracks of all time" .

May i ask to TEAM DIGIT WHY?

can u expedite the word "ALL"?

God knows what is the purpose of giving 2001 to 2008 digit issue which contains all the End Of Life techs.

Kindly understand that we are not against the magazine. The contents are best and just because it contains best contents we feel the deprivation of not having them inside the DVD IN FULL.

That is what DIGIT needs to explain that who has given them the audacity to deprive us while taking full 250 rupees.

This is absolutely not done and reveals a very cheap mentality of TEAM DIGIT. 250 BUCKS and such a white lie!!!!!!!

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Tech&ME said:

NOPE !!

This is the best place to give honest FEEDBACK to them, and its their duty to reply in this thread.

This is the sole purpose of this thread anyways,

We are just pointing out few misleading advertisements / and some DVD contents issues.

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Yes this is best place to give honest feedback so every one could know.. but this might not be the best place to contact them. as I believe they don't check post after every hour
And mails are most like written complaint they are supposed and I believe liable to answer that. As we can see, what ever their answer was but we got their reply.

Shivam24 said:

you have not even included call of duty modern warfare 3
neither assassin's creed revelations.
this dec 2011 edition is nothing compared to diwali edition...

this was a month of gamers, so many new games have been launched,
but i got disappointment only , in digit dec. 2011 issue.

SKOAR describES THE GAMES IN A 2 PAGE ESSAY OF 1000 WORDS.

WHO D HELL HERE IS WAITIN 4 AN ESSAY ON THE GAME????

CAN'T U JUST PRESENT THE GAME in skoar LIKE WIKIPEDIA DOES?
LIKE, WITH RESPECT TO graphics, game play, plot, type of game, ratings, etc. defined under headings and sub headings....

AND U SHOULD POST SOME DAMN COOL SCREENSHOTS OF THE GAME IN SKOAR

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This brings up a very interesting point.

What do we really want in SKOAR? Flashy images and screenshots with a bare minimum of text or more reading material and/or a more in-depth review?

We should have a poll on this.

I personally prefer more reading material as images and screenshots are anyway available online.

r4gs said:

This brings up a very interesting point.

What do we really want in SKOAR? Flashy images and screenshots with a bare minimum of text or more reading material and/or a more in-depth review?

We should have a poll on this.

I personally prefer more reading material as images and screenshots are anyway available online.

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yea, but they post like an essay of 1000 words which loses my interest in reading those articles, they can present it in terms of many factors and comparisons.... and the screenshots r necessary to indicate gameplay and graphics quality, cuz if u talk about viewing 'em online, almost every thing digit gives us is available online, then why do you buy it, ????
to get everything at one place, in one magazine,
i dont want to read articles on skoar and google for screenshots on internet simultaneously, (for this wikipedia, gamespot, gametrailers, and other websites r enough, then why do i read skoar).
i want all material within skoar., why d hell do you publish a skoar of 20 pages , make it wider, include screenshots, make it interesting.

every detail means every detail about the game, i mentioned earlier.

yesterday again after mailing them this is what TEAM DIGIT has replied.

Hi Avijit,

I wanted to celebrate the end of our anniversary year by giving out 10 Years of Digit PDFs, and 10 selected Fast Tracks - using the number "10" to remind our readers that it's been 10 years since we changed our name to Digit.

That is why we gave 10 years (10 x 12) PDF issues of Digit, and 10 PDFs of Fast Tracks.

Also, due to the Anniversary Issue being sold out, and thus quite a few thousand people missing that issue, we got many requests from readers to give the PDFs again.

We didn't include July 2011 to November 2011, because it would ruin the 10 theme that we were aiming for. It would have been "10 + 5/12 Years of Digit", which is just too much of a tongue twister to be marketable.

That said, I do admit to not thinking about the few readers such as your self who perhaps do not read Digit on a regular basis, and thought of buying the December issue to catch-up with what they missed in the past 5 months...

I do apologise, and will make up for that the next time we give away Digit PDFs.

Regards,

Robert Sovereign-Smith
Executive Editor,
Digit - India's largest selling technology magazine
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From: Avijit Sinha
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:23:40 +0530
To: robert.smith@9dot9.in<robert.smith@9dot9.in>; readersletters@thinkdigit.com<readersletters@thinkdigit.com>; sambhav.daffu@9dot9.in<sambhav.daffu@9dot9.in>; jait.dixit@9dot9.in<jait.dixit@9dot9.in>
Subject: RE: DIGIT MAGAZINE: COUNTERFIETED.

Hello,

Thanks for replying.

Also Does "Past 10 years of Digit PDFs" imply excluding last six months issue? I do not think so.

Can u just share what exactly is the reason for not giving those issues?

Pls be transparent.

AVIJIT SINHA

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Bit of feedback
Skoar!

#Fail.
Totally bad. Too much of useless Alienware praising. Ok they are sponsor so I wont any marks on that.
Battlefield screenshots were too small. You couldnt test the Multi player which makes me that a *cough* version was used for testing.
Batman only one photo. When you reviewed the Arkham Asylum you wrote quite a few negative things. That time it didnt win any GOTY awards. Now that its sequel of a bling series you are all praises. 9.5x? AA got quite less. The review felt you were playing for the crowd throwing praises. Not that I say its a bad game but....

Then the NFS review. The photo quality was again bad.


It was ok at most. Since "try it on Alienware" was splashed all over the pages why wasnt even minimum requirements of game given? Again the Tintin comic felt as a excuse to fill the 2 pages since you probably didnt have a review ready. In page 25 you wrote Assasin creed revelation as a blockbuster but review was missing.

DVD [/DVD]

a better job than the last months. Really usefull for people who donot have Internet. Although I felt the Dvd that had those ads were pretty useless.

More feedback later. I felt the issue was a completely waste of money. Special issue seems to be becoming just another excuse for you guys to charge us Rs.250. No offence to anyone. Magazine feedback later.

battlefield series is mostly demanded for its multiplayer, and they didn't gave the reviews of multiplayer version of battlefield 3 in skoar,
looks to me too,
Umm, was it a pirated version they used to review battlefield 3?
cuz genuine was available in the market in 2nd week after the launch, and there was enough time to test multiplayer version.....

Bought the mag from the newsstands.Thought the contents could have been better for a hefty price of rs250

I got the magazine full sealed pack. But it was only 2 DVD present inside Adobe CS5 Alpha & 500+ Optimization tools Omega DVD.

Contents are boring in these alpha, omega DVDs,

In magazine contents are good.

DVD in which Digit pdf of 10 years is present, was absent, may be packing guys were in hurry there, so they mistakenly(or intentionally ) forgot to include all 3 DVDs.

I have mailed that i didn't get Digit DVD with pdfs Fedora Suse etc...

waiting for their Reply...

Hmm,
Well, regarding games, we only publish reviews of those games that we have received for reviewing, or, reviews provided by our readers and freelance writers.

That is actually why we haven't reviewed Modern Warfare 3 yet. We had not received the copy at the time of publishing.

In fact, if you guys have purchased any games and would like to write about them, please feel free to send in your reviews to readersletters@thinkdigit.com

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@thetechfreak
Regarding the TinTin preview, I would like to point out that the article was a preview and not a review.

Assassin's Creed wasn't reviewed but it was mentioned in the blockbuster games section and there was a paragraph on it. I'm not sure what you're asking.

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Now, moving on to the feedback.

We would really like to know what you liked about the issue? What would you like to see more off? Would you like a dedicated photography section or something more on mobiles, apps, etc? Stuff like that.

We have actually received a lot of conflicting feedback for SKOAR! Some liked it and some didn't, similar to the DVD vs Fast Track issue. It is something that has to be worked on and we can do that best with feedback from readers such as you guys.

Yes I am. A very recent addition though.

Letters

i am a regular reader of your magazine it is the bestest tech mag ever. Too late i found your mag only in April 2011 but the PDF archives which you gave in this months issue was great.Thanks for such a great issue. Can you please put Zoo Tycoon game in the upcoming devd of jAn

^^ That is delebarate.

read what Editor has written to me:

"I wanted to celebrate the end of our anniversary year by giving out 10 Years of Digit PDFs, and 10 selected Fast Tracks - using the number "10" to remind our readers that it's been 10 years since we changed our name to Digit.

That is why we gave 10 years (10 x 12) PDF issues of Digit, and 10 PDFs of Fast Tracks".

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No one mentioned about the fast track at least Thats a new hot topic in Computer Science now-a- Days Artificial Intelligence... I wanted to buy the mag for just the FT but now I think I should rather buy some textbook of MSc Comp Sci rather than Purchasing Copy, DVD contents which may be available online. Sigh DIGIT you made me dissapointed Well the news stand wants to handover the mag and selling it for Rs. 200 But still though it looks crap.
Past magazines EBOOKS : having them all as it was given in June 2011
PDF's Having them all as a hard copy
Games, HD content Not really interested coz They all are installed before the mag was released.
Give some research oriented things guys. This was not with the perspective of me alone I think every Graduate out there wants to learn . I'm Sorry for being harsh but you know that before charging Rs. 250 from the readers just try to think and tell yourselves are the majority of CD's really useful to anyone other than becoming an update to all the software? Digit's being the rich mans book of pleasure. I cant buy this mag just because it hurts and digs a hole in my pocket. Getting Useless

@ax3: Thanks

@dead.night7: The DVDs are provided with the magazine because our readers ask for them. Even now we get mails regarding the 2 fast tracks or 3 DVD issue, with half the readers wanting more DVDs and the other half wanting more content.

Regarding the cost, you can subscribe to the magazine. Even the short term subscriptions of 3-6 months will result in some saving compared to purchasing from a news stand.
I know there are issues with delivery, but as Robert pointed out, you need to contact us regarding what courier you would like to use in your area if you are having problems.

You said you wanted some research oriented content. What exactly would that be?

^^@ r4gs
Being a technology writer you may be more knowledgeable than me man, I thank you for asking me my suggestion about the articles, Some of the best writing articles for graduates would be giving out a sequence of new section in Mag on the project ideas like
Wireless protocol,
Virtualization,
What are Embedded Systems?,
Designing Circuit Controller that controls entire Electricity of Building
(Sensors in various locations of the tower that respond/ feedback the logic, etc),
Penetration Testing,
Linux,
Use of Integration/Derivatives or more specifically Mathematics in the computing world
(Because everyone wants to know what Industrial application do we have while learning mathematics,Simply because many find it a waste and crap subject when it is in the Mid year graduation stage of BSc IT/CS/ BE).

Having it in the magazine may alter their brains and "may" change their attitude towards the subject in base of learning not mugging up. This will be more efficient and important than having 3 Dual DVD's and having reviews of those products which you know are rather not necessary just because no one will buy them/ Simply they are costly.
I dont know anything about the marketing scheme but I know that having a few pages dedicated to such articles may rather not cost you a bomb, right?.. You may sell anything 3 DVD / 2 DVD / 2 Fastrack. Rather all sort of gimmicks but what should be present at the end of the day should be the content.

ax3 said:

whot happened 2 u ppl, u r ***** dropped off ....... man, 2010 dec mag was much better than 2011 ..... dvd is total waste, v dont want ads/old movies ... instead if "social networker" was given then all maaf tha ....... phewww, very very disappointed ......

koi lotado mujhe mere lost huaa rs ....

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The thing is the Dvd content has been dropping since 2008. 09 was awesome. But since 2010 Digit seems to have become more like profit oriented.
I know they are working very hard but something has good seriously wrong. They seen to be using forced humour in digit diary. Sorry but no one is just fascinated by reading about you guys playing Quake 3. There should be more details. Like Rossi and the things that happened when he used a Rail Gun.
The special issues are dueo worse then normal issues. Just another excuse to charge up more money.
Sorry for this post Team Digit. it was harsh but said what I had in my mind.

r4gs said:

What do we really want in SKOAR? Flashy images and screenshots with a bare minimum of text or more reading material and/or a more in-depth review?

We should have a poll on this.

I personally prefer more reading material as images and screenshots are anyway available online.

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More reading material. Less screenshots is fine. In-depth review about the game, story and gameplay is more important I think.

You can give screenshots or gameplay videos if you want on the DVD?

thetechfreak said:

The thing is the Dvd content has been dropping since 2008. 09 was awesome. But since 2010 Digit seems to have become more like profit oriented.
I know they are working very hard but something has good seriously wrong. They seen to be using forced humour in digit diary. Sorry but no one is just fascinated by reading about you guys playing Quake 3. There should be more details. Like Rossi and the things that happened when he used a Rail Gun.
The special issues are dueo worse then normal issues. Just another excuse to charge up more money.
Sorry for this post Team Digit. it was harsh but said what I had in my mind.

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I can be more harsh then you are.... but does it make any sense to them ??

Team Digit has no EARS to listen to any of us. Its a commercial entity and thus money matters more for them.

Look at their recent tactics, misleading advertisements, wrong dvd content, etc.

They have even ditched the DEMAND SECTION of this forum, its just a formality now to create that particular thread ..... as a tradition, that's it.

Its a waste of money to invest in such things ..... better use google for your daily tech needs and reviews. Watch NDTV GadgetsGuru and Tech Guru on CNBC they are far better....... even Click on BBC is ok.

A lot of posts. I'll try to get to address them one at a time.

@dead.night- We're only human, most of us are just graduates the same as you guys and we welcome ideas from readers such as yourself. Your suggestion for project ideas is quite interesting and will require some serious consideration.

@thetechfreak- What exactly did you like about the 2008-9 DVDs? What was different? You will have to bear with me for a bit, as I mentioned earlier, I'm only a recent addition to the team and am still "learning the ropes".

@gagandeep- You want screenshots and gameplay videos on the DVD?

@Tech&Me- Your feedback does matter. Which is why this thread is there in the first place. This thread is meant for feedback whether harsh or otherwise. Just because you're not getting a prompt reply doesn't mean we are ignoring you. If you have any particular grievance, please post it here and it will be looked into for sure.

Also, it would be good if you guys can also post about what you liked about the issue along with your complaints so we can better understand how to serve you.

Robert clarified the issue with the pdfs, please read the earlier posts. It was NOT a deliberate tactic and neither was it meant to be misleading.

Digit is a monthly magazine so we can't possibly satisfy your "daily" tech needs.

r4gs said:

@gagandeep- You want screenshots and gameplay videos on the DVD?

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yup. Because printed screenshots, whatever the size don't give you the idea of how a game looks like.

Gameplay videos will help in filling up the DVD.

Its not just about filling up the DVD for the sake of filling it up. Trailers are bundled with the DVD, I'm assuming that what you're asking is for us to provide gameplay videos videos and screenshots of the games we review as well. Is that so?

r4gs said:

Its not just about filling up the DVD for the sake of filling it up. Trailers are bundled with the DVD, I'm assuming that what you're asking is for us to provide gameplay videos videos and screenshots of the games we review as well. Is that so?

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yup, exactly.

Gameplay videos and screenshots on the DVD should accompany the review in the magazine.

r4gs said:

A lot of posts. I'll try to get to address them one at a time.

@Tech&Me- Your feedback does matter. Which is why this thread is there in the first place. This thread is meant for feedback whether harsh or otherwise. Just because you're not getting a prompt reply doesn't mean we are ignoring you. If you have any particular grievance, please post it here and it will be looked into for sure.

Also, it would be good if you guys can also post about what you liked about the issue along with your complaints so we can better understand how to serve you.

Robert clarified the issue with the pdfs, please read the earlier posts. It was NOT a deliberate tactic and neither was it meant to be misleading.

Digit is a monthly magazine so we can't possibly satisfy your "daily" tech needs.

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OK then let me get it straight with you ( although I had mentioned it earlier !)

I have an issue with the magazines misleading advertisement which they carried on their DIWALI SPECIAL issue. ( Now don't tell me Diwali is over and forget about it... you ought to answer this one dear ! )

Problems was : They printed on the back Hard Cover of the packaging "Open SUSE 11.4" as one of the items to be found on the DVD, along with other items like Windows 8 Developer Preview, etc.

To my amazement the DVD actually contained a LANG CD iso of that particular item --- OPEN SUSE 11.4 and not the actual OS itself !!!

What clarification do you have for this ??

Why they printed it so as to appear that the OS was provided ??

Does this not a tactic to fool the readers ?? Is it not a misleading advt. ??


And regarding the pdf issues, Robert's clarification and apologies does not make much sense to the readers who are not a forum members, and also even if it was not deliberately done (huh, it was deliberately done to fool the readers to buy it ), it however falls under MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS only as per rules.

As you mentioned earlier in your post about, you are NEW in TEAM DIGIT, and is learning the rope, so yes my friend you are indeed VERY VERY NEW to this COMMERCIAL WORLD, where such Misleading Advt. does happen under your own nose, and that too deliberately only because our LAW and ORDER system it too poor to handle this things.

People are ignorant as well !!

@Tech&Me- The fact that there was a printing mistake is a grave error on our part, especially if some readers bought the issue specifically because of it. We would never ever mislead the readers deliberately simply because there would be no point in it.

Deliberately printing errors would have no long term benefit as our readers are quite intelligent and have enough brains to point out our mistakes the moment they occur and we are very painfully aware of that. Why would we ruin our reputation just to get a few extra bucks? Digit has not been running successfully for 10 years to just throw it all away on a gimmick like that. The loyalty the readers show us and the faith they have in the magazine is of paramount importance and we would never do anything to deliberately shake their confidence in the magazine.

The magazine undergoes rigorous proofing before being sent for publishing but sometimes we slip up. Such errors should not occur and we are taking steps to ensure such a goof up doesn't happen again.

r4gs said:

@Tech&Me- The fact that there was a printing mistake is a grave error on our part, especially if some readers bought the issue specifically because of it. We would never ever mislead the readers deliberately simply because there would be no point in it.

Deliberately printing errors would have no long term benefit as our readers are quite intelligent and have enough brains to point out our mistakes the moment they occur and we are very painfully aware of that. Why would we ruin our reputation just to get a few extra bucks? Digit has not been running successfully for 10 years to just throw it all away on a gimmick like that. The loyalty the readers show us and the faith they have in the magazine is of paramount importance and we would never do anything to deliberately shake their confidence in the magazine.

The magazine undergoes rigorous proofing before being sent for publishing but sometimes we slip up. Such errors should not occur and we are taking steps to ensure such a goof up doesn't happen again.

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I understand the pain.
As a reader of this mag and forum member I do feel pain when such things happen. But as you know, times has changed, people are now more on the web ( internet perhaps ) then they were some years ago.

I still remember the only reason for me to buy the mag then ( some years ago ) was for the DVD and ofcourse the mag contents.

But time has taken a dramatic change my friend. People now have good and fast broadband connections, they have their own Computers now at home.

They are more happy to spend time online and download stuff they need then waiting for the mag to arrive each month.........

Digit had always done a good job but since time has changed things are getting out of hand this days.

I hope DIGIT will survive the test of time.

Although some mags have stopped PRINT editions and gone ONLINE, I fear DIGIT may have to follow up with the trend sooner or later.

iPADs / PDF readers adds to the worries as well !!

This is a NEW GENERATION change which we are going to witness. As we say about our FATHER's that they belonged to non-tech generation and as we call ourselves gen-next, our kids will become future-next, a leap ahead of us also.

There will be NO PRINT materials, such PRINT mags will become items to be kept in the future-next museums of tomorrow.

I think its time DIGIT makes a switch to the FUTURE-NEXT........ ( IMHO )

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Team Digit has no EARS to listen to any of us. Its a commercial entity and thus money matters more for them.

Look at their recent tactics, misleading advertisements, wrong dvd content, etc.

They have even ditched the DEMAND SECTION of this forum, its just a formality now to create that particular thread ..... as a tradition, that's it.

Its a waste of money to invest in such things ..... better use google for your daily tech needs and reviews. Watch NDTV GadgetsGuru and Tech Guru on CNBC they are far better....... even Click on BBC is ok.

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All we ever do is listen, and yes, we pay more attention to criticism than any other publication. We're the first to admit our mistakes, and the first to apologise for them.

As for misleading ads, the forum post was an error, not a "tactic". I explained why we gave "10 years of Digit PDFs" which was advertised on the packaging of the physical product, which people bought, the forum post is what was wrong, and again, apologies for that...

When deciding DVD content, the by demand thread and facebook suggestions are what we see first, before even thinking of including anything else. Almost every demand has always been met... the feedback section usually has all the thanks from people who demanded content and got it.

As for "Watch NDTV GadgetsGuru and Tech Guru on CNBC they are far better...."

I'm speechless

Perhaps that's a topic for the fight club section, lol

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Problems was : They printed on the back Hard Cover of the packaging "Open SUSE 11.4" as one of the items to be found on the DVD, along with other items like Windows 8 Developer Preview, etc.

To my amazement the DVD actually contained a LANG CD iso of that particular item --- OPEN SUSE 11.4 and not the actual OS itself !!!

What clarification do you have for this ??

Why they printed it so as to appear that the OS was provided ??

Does this not a tactic to fool the readers ?? Is it not a misleading advt. ??

And regarding the pdf issues, Robert's clarification and apologies does not make much sense to the readers who are not a forum members, and also even if it was not deliberately done (huh, it was deliberately done to fool the readers to buy it ), it however falls under MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS only as per rules.

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The Open SuSE thing was a major screw-up, and a very bad one. The wrong file was downloaded by mistake, and we now make sure we double-check and test every distro we download, to ensure that we don't slip-up like that again. With distros we only CRC checked the file and put it on the DVD before this, which caused the error. Again, my sincere apologies, and my assurance that we are taking all possible steps to ensure this doesn't repeat.

Before I could apologise on the Forum for the PDFs, someone already posted my email, so I didn't... but The apologies are meant only for this forum, as it was here that we wrongly posted "All Digit PDFs" instead of "10 years of Digit PDFs".

Tech&ME said:

I hope DIGIT will survive the test of time.

Although some mags have stopped PRINT editions and gone ONLINE, I fear DIGIT may have to follow up with the trend sooner or later.

iPADs / PDF readers adds to the worries as well !!

This is a NEW GENERATION change which we are going to witness. As we say about our FATHER's that they belonged to non-tech generation and as we call ourselves gen-next, our kids will become future-next, a leap ahead of us also.

There will be NO PRINT materials, such PRINT mags will become items to be kept in the future-next museums of tomorrow.

I think its time DIGIT makes a switch to the FUTURE-NEXT........ ( IMHO )

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We're not idiotic, we thought of that as well, and we cater to our online audience via our site. However, I still think that magazine readers are a different breed. They've always been a minority, of course, and will continue to be, but as Indian Readership Survey figures will tell you, Digit is one of the few magazines that is growing in readership.

Also, with the sheer amount of readership we have... which IRS will tell you is more than all the other tech magazines combined, we must be doing something right!

And yes, we have tried iPad and Kindle versions, but I think it's still a little early for that in India. Not enough adopters for soft copy mags just yet.

I may be wrong, so please, if you want to prove me wrong, write in to editor at thinkdigit dot com if you would like to purchase Digit and Fast Track on an iPad or Kindle, and I'll be happy to eat my words and make those versions ASAP.

Raaabo said:

We're not idiotic, we thought of that as well, and we cater to our online audience via our site. However, I still think that magazine readers are a different breed. They've always been a minority, of course, and will continue to be, but as Indian Readership Survey figures will tell you, Digit is one of the few magazines that is growing in readership.

Also, with the sheer amount of readership we have... which IRS will tell you is more than all the other tech magazines combined, we must be doing something right!

And yes, we have tried iPad and Kindle versions, but I think it's still a little early for that in India. Not enough adopters for soft copy mags just yet.

I may be wrong, so please, if you want to prove me wrong, write in to editor at thinkdigit dot com if you would like to purchase Digit and Fast Track on an iPad or Kindle, and I'll be happy to eat my words and make those versions ASAP.

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Frankly speaking,

First off, many many thanks for your kind reply.

Second: who said you people are idiotic ?? if that would have been the case, I would have never purchased a single copy of Chip since 1998 and later Digit since 2001 mags at all.

Ya I agree that India is still slow with digital readership, and I myself hate that format. Mags does has a different smell and charm to it.

I like to read paper books of Sidney Sheldon, then their digital counterparts.

But who know what FUTURE 2020 has in store for us INDIANS

Keep up the good work, Sir.

^^ Well Said

argh..yet to receive this month's issue..and the most irritating thing is they don't properly respond to the mails i sent..done with digit subscription..never going to renew!!

Who did you send the mails to?

r4gs said:

Who did you send the mails to?

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sent mail to help@thinkdigit.com on dec 15th

and the next day they replied

Thank you very much for writing to us.

We would like to inform you that we have forwarded your complaint to concerned person and our team will get back to you at the earliest possible.

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nothing after that..6 days passed, no update and no magazine!!

^^ Hmmm.. Good joke

finally received the magazine

I liked the cover story. Nice!

I received this issue and the packing was good. The DVD's look scratch free but still they do not work correctly. I could not copy data from the DVD's ( all off 'em ). The alpha dvd didn't work at all.

First I thought my drive is not working properly but then at my desktop and my friend's PC too they didn't work. Though they play but you can't copy the contents it says CRC error. But there is not even a single scratch on the dvd's..

Help me out with this problem. Some people buy digit to read magazines some buy for dvd's. I think I have wasted my money.

Send a mail to "help @ thinkdigit . com"

They should help you with your problem and send you the replacement DVDs if necessary.

Can anyone tell me if there's a search option in Digit offline forum?

nisargshah95 said:

Can anyone tell me if there's a search option in Digit offline forum?

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It doesn't have a search option.