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DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on November 15 2007
Sacramento, CA USA
45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs,
9.1 hours online 43 legs,
66.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 20 2010 16:22 ET by Daniel Haro
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Would it be possible to have someone be an addon review here at DVA?
We get alot of threads with people asking if a certain addon is good to purchase.
Sort of like what FSW has only no more reviews have been added to their site.
Hopefully this would make it easier for people to decide on buying addons. The reviewer could also have a section where it could explain how buying the addon would benefit them in their flying here at DVA and possible a performance scale.
(E.g. KATL Scenery, DVA fly's to KATL frequently and many events are held there.)
(E.g. FPS Friendly rating = 10 (10 Being least FPS hit or none at all)
(E.g. Panel detail rating = 5 (Descent quality)
Etc.
Just a thought. What do you guys think?
-Daniel
Daniel HaroFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com" Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online 580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS 89 legs,
191.0 hours event 236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 20 2010 16:29 ET by Michael Brown
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Sounds like a good idea ...but doing a google search and/or AVSIM search will also get you a review of just about every popular addon out there.
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DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on November 15 2007
Sacramento, CA USA
45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs,
9.1 hours online 43 legs,
66.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 20 2010 16:32 ET by Daniel Haro
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Yes indeed although the review could be seen from our virtual airlines perspective.
-Daniel
Daniel HaroFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 20 2010 16:43 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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Search the Web Resources...you'll find a guide to many many things...and here are a few more
http://simflight.com/topics/reviews
http://www.flightsimworld.com/reviews/showcat.php?cat=6
http://www.flightsimworld.com/reviews/showcat.php?cat=13
http://www.flightsim.com/main/review/tab_mesh/tab_mesh.htm
http://www.fszone.org/forums/forum/33-payware-scenery/
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DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on November 15 2007
Sacramento, CA USA
45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs,
9.1 hours online 43 legs,
66.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 00:44 ET by Daniel Haro
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Thanks Andy although the point I'm trying to make as well is that'd it'd save us some time of going on google and or searching through other websites and links.
-Daniel
Daniel HaroFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 00:53 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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I really like the idea...
We could have someone writing either a review a month, and publish it in the Documents Library. (Yes, I am aware that Google exists )
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DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on November 15 2007
Sacramento, CA USA
45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs,
9.1 hours online 43 legs,
66.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 10:54 ET by Daniel Haro
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Lol same here.
Like I said earlier; from DVA's perspective.
-Daniel
Daniel HaroFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA4410
Captain, A320
Joined on May 05 2007
Double Century Club
50 State Club
"I don't belong on the ground" Hollywood, FL USA
224 legs, 588.8 hours
73 legs,
225.9 hours online 206 legs,
537.3 hours ACARS 2 legs,
2.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 11:10 ET by Devin Davis
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Sounds like a great idea a monthly publication on the newest addons. Or maybe even a monthly video uploaded to the video library.
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DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP DISPATCHER E-MAIL
Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century
"Chris, NOT in Seattle" Northeastern United States
2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs,
3,252.2 hours online 2,243 legs,
5,407.0 hours ACARS 4 legs,
6.0 hours event 2 legs dispatched, 19.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 11:41 ET by Chris Frasure
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Daniel, sounds like you just volunteered.
CF
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DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on November 15 2007
Sacramento, CA USA
45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs,
9.1 hours online 43 legs,
66.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 12:55 ET by Daniel Haro
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Thing is I don't have most popular addons. lol
I think we could have it where a person can sign up to review this and that particular addon.
-Daniel
Daniel HaroFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 21 2010 15:17 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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Daniel, you should make a HELP DESK issue with your idea, or go direct to Terry. There are some issues that you should understand first.
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DVA7338
Captain, B747-400
E-MAIL
Joined on May 17 2009
"Thou shalt maintain thy airspeed." Faridabad, Haryana India
60 legs, 151.3 hours
49 legs,
135.1 hours online 58 legs,
145.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 22 2010 04:47 ET by Gurmeet Arora
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My .02 cents.
As Andy said, and provided the links to, there are a couple of standard places (including DVA web resources) where you can look at user community ratings of aircrafts. These ratings are derived from sales (or download) volumes and last of all, how much people talk about it in user forums etc.
A lot of this information is available in standard websites and through the years have become standard sources of information.
Collection and processing of this information takes a lot of effort and only after that and presenting it in a easy to consume format, can this information become reliable.
I do not see DVA to duplicate the effort and also not be a sales shop where recommending one product over another. I know we as user community do that, but that's on a informal and a personal basis. Formalizing it and publishing this information will in my opinion be against the free spirit DVA advocates.
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DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP DISPATCHER E-MAIL
Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century
"Chris, NOT in Seattle" Northeastern United States
2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs,
3,252.2 hours online 2,243 legs,
5,407.0 hours ACARS 4 legs,
6.0 hours event 2 legs dispatched, 19.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 22 2010 08:41 ET by Chris Frasure
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In all honesty, I don't believe that we could do this in any official capacity. It is the policy of DVA to not promote commercial products.
CF
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"We Are ... Penn State!" Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online 392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS 190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 22 2010 10:22 ET by Terry Eshenour
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I affirm that we do not review commercial products since it is our policy to not promote or endorse products. As pointed out above there are a wide variety of sites and forums that critique products that one could visit.
Regards,
Terry
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"...and don't call me Shirley" Hillsboro, OR USA
494 legs, 1,357.8 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online 493 legs,
1,355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 22 2010 19:10 ET by Jack Vogel
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There is no such thing as the 'DVA perspective', we are just a micro cross section of the real world.
Some people here LOVE a piece of payware, others HATE it just as much. So just because an
internal individual did the review would not eliminate the burden on the interested party in having
to research, weigh the pros and cons, and make a rational decision for themselves.
People are always looking for someone to tell them what to do, this is a good place to learn
that in life you never can really escape the responsibility to make decisions and live with the
consequences in your life.
Cheers,
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