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<blockquote data-quote="Andrezj" data-source="post: 1015690" data-attributes="member: 97580"><p>it is not because av company pays, it is because it is part of a fair agreement between the av company and the test lab, that agreement must be a mutual</p><p>av comparatives charges about 60,000 euros for its testing, the av companies have to agree to the test methodology - which provides a fairness plan to discuss challenges to results, mistakes or other problems that the av company states - or else the av company do not have to use av comparaitve services, av has no requirement to be tested</p><p>no av company will accept from test lab "you must agree and accept our tests and results without objection", such av lab will not get any business</p><p>there is no such thing as completely independent av testing and av company must accept results, test labs cannot force av company to accept test methods and results</p><p>av testing is directed by industry agreement conceptually, then on individual basis between av company directly with av test lab</p><p>part of industry standard is av company ability to challenge results, and usual solution is not to reveal test results</p><p>publish a test where av company has no input, av company disagrees with test lab results or considers it enough harm to their product reputation, they can file a legal case (they must prove significant financial damage), this is because lab like av comparatives is considered to carry influence on people opinions of the product and purchases of product, whereas some personal review or statement like youtube test carries little to no influence</p><p>just fyi, av companies have filed lots of lawsuits against reviews, statements and test results over the years, and none have won their case, such legal complaints are used primarily as an intimidation tactic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrezj, post: 1015690, member: 97580"] it is not because av company pays, it is because it is part of a fair agreement between the av company and the test lab, that agreement must be a mutual av comparatives charges about 60,000 euros for its testing, the av companies have to agree to the test methodology - which provides a fairness plan to discuss challenges to results, mistakes or other problems that the av company states - or else the av company do not have to use av comparaitve services, av has no requirement to be tested no av company will accept from test lab "you must agree and accept our tests and results without objection", such av lab will not get any business there is no such thing as completely independent av testing and av company must accept results, test labs cannot force av company to accept test methods and results av testing is directed by industry agreement conceptually, then on individual basis between av company directly with av test lab part of industry standard is av company ability to challenge results, and usual solution is not to reveal test results publish a test where av company has no input, av company disagrees with test lab results or considers it enough harm to their product reputation, they can file a legal case (they must prove significant financial damage), this is because lab like av comparatives is considered to carry influence on people opinions of the product and purchases of product, whereas some personal review or statement like youtube test carries little to no influence just fyi, av companies have filed lots of lawsuits against reviews, statements and test results over the years, and none have won their case, such legal complaints are used primarily as an intimidation tactic [/QUOTE]
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