Why I don’t like multifunction devices
A long time ago I got a home stereo with everything at the time. Cassette player, CD player, digital radio etc. For a while it was running pretty well. Then after a while one cassette player started to malfunction, then the second and then the cd player. 
At the end of the day I only had radio, and that too when it was not under repair.
Now when I see multifunction devices everywhere it freaks me out.
Lets say you buy a cool mobile phone with everything and the camera on it breaks. Would you take it to repair? Meanwhile how do you make calls?
In my last office we had a multifunction printer, the fax on it never worked right. If they sent it to repair how do we print stuff? So the fax bit never got fixed.
I bought this fancy DLINK wireless router for my current workplace. The wifi drops off from time to time, but I can't go replace it since we'll loose half a day of work. So we plug a network cable and work.
It is just me or is this a common experience?
well.. true enough… The same thing happens to me with the PC. I do everything on it.. watch movies, listen to radio, listen to music, play games, read, write, if i could connect it to my washing machine i’d do that also..
but the problem like u said arises when something goes wrong!!! its so crappy when ur left without anything at all!!!! it SUCKS!! but sometimes u just can’t afford to have independant units for everything.. ideally i’d love to have to have a good home theatre system, an X box 360 or a PS3, Good stereo system and stuff…. but economy just won’t allow us to haev those luxuries!!
but what u say is true… it sometimes sucks…