I bet you thought HP stood for a well known American brand? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: ralphrmartin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 12:34:09 pm
content: Well, not necessarily....https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HoldPeak-HP-890CN-LCD-Digital-Multimeter-DMM-with-NCV-Detector-DC-AC-Voltage-Current-Meter-Resistance/32610159661.html

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 12:36:58 pm
content: Yeah I get that crap turn up in my ebay feeds. Very annoying. Leveraging another brand name there for sure...

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 12:38:35 pm
content: Not at all, the well known brand is called "HPAGILENTKEYSIGHT".

author: ralphrmartin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 12:48:32 pm
content: It sure is an interesting business tactic - build up a well known and trusted brand, then change your name. Maybe they had too many customers and this was a strategy to lose a few of the less bright ones who were confused by the changes?

author: stj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 01:49:31 pm
content: maybe they wanted to get rid of any memory of carly fiorina?

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 02:05:02 pm
content: My first experience of HP was in a bottle:(...as used by the queen of England, see the royal seal on the neck of the bottle)

author: ralphrmartin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 05:27:49 pm
content: Well, I first came across them because of their biscuits...

author: GregDunn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 05:36:04 pm
content: Quote from: stj on December 03, 2018, 01:49:31 pmThe person who almost single-handedly destroyed the public HP image of quality engineering and design? I can't imagine why they'd want to distance themselves from her.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 05:39:33 pm
content: HP == Hindustan Petroleum

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 05:40:06 pm
content: Quote from: GregDunn on December 03, 2018, 05:36:04 pmAnd then she wants to be president!

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2018, 06:41:09 pm
content: Thus demonstrating that if your don’t flush a turd quickly, everyone suffers.

author: calin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2018, 03:47:12 am
content: I was in Compaq @ the time miss F swallowed us ... Yes I "weathered the storm" and lived under the "dark clouds" (real quote-s from ms-s F mass emails to improve morale) . I bet her morale was sky high ... @ the time the only job opened on the HP site was for "flight attendant (male)"Or maybe you want to buy a FUKE ?!!!https://www.aliexpress.com/item/FUKE-FK9205X-digital-multimeter-digital-multimeter-electrician-special-table-with-a-buzzer/32431614419.html

author: stj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2018, 05:52:16 am
content: i like the colour - better than "Telecom yellow"

author: bc888
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2018, 12:09:34 am
content: Could be a co-incidence that the Holdpeak HP760H and the Keysight U1231A both fail in Joe's Transient test at the same point? Spreadsheet is linked in the first post:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hear-kitty-kitty-kitty-nope-not-that-kind-of-cat/

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2018, 01:07:11 am
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on December 03, 2018, 12:38:35 pmThose lovely people who call it a "Keysight oscilloscope", even though it was only made during the HP era. That's rather annoying.