Big-Box Stores: How Not to Shop
Visit many of today's "super stores" and you'll find rows and row upon row of over saturated and poorly calibrated sets. Good luck finding one that's right for you!
I don't envy anyone shopping for a TV these days. Is there confusion? No doubt. Heck, I'm sometimes confused, and I write about this stuff. But I most pity TV buyers today because of the poor presentation in the stores.
Here I was looking for a new TV for my new home office, which will double as a guest suite. Therefore, it would be hospitable to equip it with a good HDTV, right? And I admit it: This will be the place I'll go to watch a ballgame or a movie while the family room system is being monopolized, which is most every night.
Do I want a plasma? No loud, hot flat panels for me, thanks. In fact, I had ruled out flat panels altogether because I also have not been a fan of LCD. I could always see the screen-door effect of the pixels and some image smear during fast sports scenes. But recently I remembered that the highest-resolution 1080p LCD displays and faster response times eliminated these artifacts for my discerning eye. And I said, Hmmmm, I'll have to go down to the local electronics store and see if I can really live with LCD.
To see the rest of the writer's retail experience, check out http://www.electronichouse.com/artic...w_not_to_shop/
Visit many of today's "super stores" and you'll find rows and row upon row of over saturated and poorly calibrated sets. Good luck finding one that's right for you!
I don't envy anyone shopping for a TV these days. Is there confusion? No doubt. Heck, I'm sometimes confused, and I write about this stuff. But I most pity TV buyers today because of the poor presentation in the stores.
Here I was looking for a new TV for my new home office, which will double as a guest suite. Therefore, it would be hospitable to equip it with a good HDTV, right? And I admit it: This will be the place I'll go to watch a ballgame or a movie while the family room system is being monopolized, which is most every night.
Do I want a plasma? No loud, hot flat panels for me, thanks. In fact, I had ruled out flat panels altogether because I also have not been a fan of LCD. I could always see the screen-door effect of the pixels and some image smear during fast sports scenes. But recently I remembered that the highest-resolution 1080p LCD displays and faster response times eliminated these artifacts for my discerning eye. And I said, Hmmmm, I'll have to go down to the local electronics store and see if I can really live with LCD.
To see the rest of the writer's retail experience, check out http://www.electronichouse.com/artic...w_not_to_shop/
