Re: Method of making choice on tv purchase


When you've made your choice internet it and save hundreds.
good luck.


LUCK is exactly what it would have to be!

Thats precisely why there are so few independent specialist shops
around who could give good demonstrations and advice and set up the tv
to give its best.
In many cases it is the quality of installation and set up that makes
more difference than the actual choice of set.

If the prospective customer doesnt know enough about the equipment to
make a good judgement when purchasing, how do you expect them to
install the set and set it up to give the best performance.

Some of the most badly chosen, worst performing and untidiest setups
that I see and have to sort out have been done by the friend who
"knows about these things" or the handy grandchild etc.

A large percentage of our time is spent re-installing equipment
properly and, obviously we have to charge the going rate.
When we sell a piece of equipment, the delivery and installation (and
I mean proper installation, including making proper CT100 connecting
leads, fitting decent scart leads, cable-tying cables neatly, and full
and detailed setting of all menu settings) is all included.
True, the selling price looks higher but, almost every time it costs
the customer less in total and the performance is much better,
especially as they get advice in the first place so that they buy the
equipment that will suit them.......not necessarily the best, top of
the range and most expensive, but more importantly something which is
right for them.

By the way, I too despair about some of the Which best buys. The most
interesting thing for me is that I know which models are identical
inside and are made by one company and are then rebranded and sold
under other names.
Some of these get vastly different reviews!
Along these lines, you would think that this only applies to the
lesser known brand names but you would be wrong.
Almost all of the most major brands buy in at least some of their
models from other manufacturers.
You certainly cannot buy by brand name and assume that any reputation
that they have applies to all of their models or that their name
automatically makes everything they sell, better than another
manufacturer.


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