Here are the great stuff of HD TV confuses consumers...

HD TV confuses consumers - PC Retail ... and usually a subscription
too, with half of Britons from the Yorkshire-area believing that
retailers specially tuned HDTV’s for product demonstrations. ...
For the more info:http://www.besthdtvinfo.net/5396/hd-tv-confuses-
consumers-pc-retail/

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Johnnienooney@gmail.com wrote:
> Here are the great stuff of HD TV confuses consumers...
> 
> HD TV confuses consumers - PC Retail ... and usually a subscription
> too, with half of Britons from the Yorkshire-area believing that
> retailers specially tuned HDTV’s for product demonstrations. ...For the more info:
> http://www.besthdtvinfo.net/5396/hd-tv-confuses-
> consumers-pc-retail/

Well, I'm not from Yorkshire, and frankly I think the HD industry is more confused 
than I am.

Nor am I a "consumer" as far as HD is concerned, nor likely to become one in the 
foreseeable future. All I'm going to consume right now is my lunch.

Rod.
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, 
johnnienooney@gmail.com wrote
>Here are the great stuff of HD TV confuses consumers...
>
>HD TV confuses consumers - PC Retail ... and usually a subscription
>too, with half of Britons from the Yorkshire-area believing that
>retailers specially tuned HDTV’s for product demonstrations. ...
>For the more info:http://www.besthdtvinfo.net/5396/hd-tv-confuses-
>consumers-pc-retail/

<quote>
“The research highlights that consumers are suffering from information 
overload and struggling to keep up with the latest technology and 
jargon,” said the marketing manager at LG, George Mead.
</quote>

I assume that LG don't put 10s of different stickers with only 
abbreviations all over the front of their TVs before shipping them from 
the factory?

A quick check on what is _printed_  on the front panels of a couple of 
pieces of equipment in my stack reveals:
WRAT,  HDMI,  HDTV, DVB, USB, ZAPREC, PinP, 1080P, MP3, DTS, RDS, 96/24, 
ES, Neo6, 1080P(feedtrough), Dolby Digital etc. No wonder the average 
consumer could be confused but then they could always go to a reputable 
retailer such as Currys and be told what all of these mean and how they 
all work.


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Curries, really? I assume this is humour?

Brian

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"Alan"  wrote in message 
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> In message 
> , 
> johnnienooney@gmail.com wrote
>>Here are the great stuff of HD TV confuses consumers...
>>
>>HD TV confuses consumers - PC Retail ... and usually a subscription
>>too, with half of Britons from the Yorkshire-area believing that
>>retailers specially tuned HDTV's for product demonstrations. ...
>>For the more info:http://www.besthdtvinfo.net/5396/hd-tv-confuses-
>>consumers-pc-retail/
>
> <quote>
> "The research highlights that consumers are suffering from information 
> overload and struggling to keep up with the latest technology and jargon," 
> said the marketing manager at LG, George Mead.
> </quote>
>
> I assume that LG don't put 10s of different stickers with only 
> abbreviations all over the front of their TVs before shipping them from 
> the factory?
>
> A quick check on what is _printed_  on the front panels of a couple of 
> pieces of equipment in my stack reveals:
> WRAT,  HDMI,  HDTV, DVB, USB, ZAPREC, PinP, 1080P, MP3, DTS, RDS, 96/24, 
> ES, Neo6, 1080P(feedtrough), Dolby Digital etc. No wonder the average 
> consumer could be confused but then they could always go to a reputable 
> retailer such as Currys and be told what all of these mean and how they 
> all work.
>
>
> -- 
> Alan
> news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

Who are Curries? Never seen a shop with that name.

Brian Gaff wrote:
> Curries, really? I assume this is humour?
>
> Brian

In message <Z49sk.47333$E41.46257@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Brian Gaff 
 wrote

>Curries, really? I assume this is humour?

Statements such as  " It must be true, a salesman in Currys told me" are 
becoming the standard joke in a lot of forums.

If the majority customers are confused about what they are buying 
perhaps the industry, especially the manufactures, should take urgent 
action to get their own house in order.

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:46:52 +0100, Alan wrote:
 > If the majority customers are confused about what they are buying
 > perhaps the industry, especially the manufactures, should take urgent
 > action to get their own house in order.

Do you honestly believe that the retailers which is were the problem 
lies, especially the major chains, actually care about what they are 
selling, just so long as they keep "shifting boxes", regardless of what 
is in those boxes?

It is the small independent retailers (if there are any still surviving) 
who usually are much better informed about the products they sell despite 
not having attended any corporate training programs.

In message , J G Miller  wrote

>It is the small independent retailers (if there are any still surviving)
>who usually are much better informed about the products they sell despite
>not having attended any corporate training programs.

A generalisation that is often not true.

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The problem is the marketing dept of these companies who invent terms and 
abbreviations for things to make it all sound techie. All it does is confuse 
people. I'd have said the best advice to give anyone buying a tv, is to 
actually  get it watched, even if its only in the shop, At least you will 
see the differences between them, even if you have no idea what it is that 
you are seeing!

One of the main problems with many bits of consumer  toys these days is the 
lack of a ease of use button!

Like I got it  screwed up aftetr a day, and the only way I know to sort it 
out is to unplug it...
Brian

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> In message , J G Miller  wrote
>
>>It is the small independent retailers (if there are any still surviving)
>>who usually are much better informed about the products they sell despite
>>not having attended any corporate training programs.
>
> A generalisation that is often not true.
>
> -- 
> Alan
> news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com