Currys sales man BS?
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doesnt sound like a panasonic beater to me, as good as it may be.
http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/samsung-ue46c8000-ue40c8000-20100529695.htm
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Have you seen them side by side in a store?
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you mean the manufacturers lying about the battery life.... not Currys/PCworld/Comet since they dont create the laptops
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Best advise ive heard, if op wants a new telly let the eyes do the purchasing......
I wouldnt be into too much tech talk just go down and see the tellys and see one u like..... and do some research and checking online before you do buy it !
With a comment like that you obviously dont know much about TVs?
In stoe is probably the worst place to demo a TV and will never show the full potential, for plasma you need a fairly dark room for it to work its best.
There are ups and downs of both types of TV, LCD is going to be better in a bright room but plasma will be better in a dark room and with it being so easy to make a room dark then plasma has the potential to be a lot better than an LCD.
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you dont compare tv's in store. ever. not if you want a decent comparison, anyway. A combination of poor lighting and 'salespeople' setting them up, rather than a clued-up enthusiast, means in-store is absolutely the worst place to go comparing screens.
the website i provided the link to - hdtvtest - is extremely competent and honest. trust the reviews there - they know what they're talking about.
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No comments on the TV itself. but something on salesmen. Was standing in Curry's today, hiding from the snow, looking at TV's. As some may have seen from my other posts, I'm after a TV, specially a 60'. They had one in store, LG or something. I wasn't really interested in the tech, quality or make, just the size of the TV itself. As I stood there mentally calculating and visualizing the size of the thing as it would fit into my lounge, a salesman crawls over, asking if he could help. Said to him I'm just checking out the 60'. He looks at it and says, 'No mate, that's a 50''.
Now, right next to it, stood at least 4 different 50' TV's, all clearly marked at 50'. The 60' wasn't marked, so hence the confusion (for him).
Asked him if he was sure. He was. Then I asked him why it was clearly bigger than the 50's standing right next to it. The penny dropped. I walked out.
Now, right next to it, stood at least 4 different 50' TV's, all clearly marked at 50'. The 60' wasn't marked, so hence the confusion (for him).
Asked him if he was sure. He was. Then I asked him why it was clearly bigger than the 50's standing right next to it. The penny dropped. I walked out.
Very funny. That is part of the reason I'd never go into those stores unless I know what I was after and didn't need any advice.
My suggestion would be a store like Richer Sounds where they tend to know what they are talking about if you really need advice. Purchased from them twice and they were excellent, 5 year warranty is also only 10% of the purchase price and you get it back if you don't claim.
My suggestion would be a store like Richer Sounds where they tend to know what they are talking about if you really need advice. Purchased from them twice and they were excellent, 5 year warranty is also only 10% of the purchase price and you get it back if you don't claim.
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Fair point in some occasions but DSGi stores are visited once a month by a Samsung rep to set the up correctly, also TV's with USB readers run there own demo so the signal isn't being split. 90% of the TV's are running of the same feed though.
A combination of reading reviews and going in store is the best thing to do.
As for poor advice what you will find is there will be one "TV Expert" and if that person is busy you could get any sales person.
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Correct, they are setup by the Samsung reps to be as vibrant and eye catching as possible. This does not translate to a good home picture, if they set all their sets to D65 etc. in store everyone would think they looked dull and boring due to the overly bright instore lighting etc.
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not only that, but they are are also getting preferential treatment over other displays whos reps aren't coming out to calibrate. So already you can see the rep-calibrated samsung is going to appeal more than the panasonic it's sitting next to, which is either calibrated poorly or not at all. brighter and more colourful....first impressions and all that. It's what mr Joe average would percieve as 'better'.
This man speaks the truth. Some of the purple shirted people (particularly the ones who have had little or no product knowledge training) tell the biggest fairy stories since snow white moved in with the seven dwarfs. Trouble is some people take their sales patter cobblers as gospel.
& it irritates me when I'm in one of their stores & I hear said MP speak. I never tried that tactic as a former telly salesman as in my experience such lies come back to haunt you.
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Just bought an LG 50" from Mr Richer, got it with a 5 year collect/return/exchange warranty for £714 all in. The picture is excellent and I am very impressed with it.
Never owned anything LG before but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone; it is stunning.
Never owned anything LG before but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone; it is stunning.
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I've been spending ages and ages debating my next TV. IMHO the best one available right now seems to be the samsung C750 (CCFL)
It's a good price
Comes bundled with freebies
No auto dimming rubbish and deeper blacks over the LEDs
It also has 200hz which the more expensive C7000 model doesn't
p.s. I currently have a V10 Panasonic
It's a good price
Comes bundled with freebies
No auto dimming rubbish and deeper blacks over the LEDs
It also has 200hz which the more expensive C7000 model doesn't
p.s. I currently have a V10 Panasonic
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Hi Guy its quite interesting reading how Curry's and Comet staff get slated and I do understand why. I work for Comet as a sales manager. Im into my tvs and I give good advice and only sell the right pannel that suits the customers needs. I own a plasma 42" 1080P with 400Hz. Great for my Blu ray films. Would not advice if you were a gamer due to plasma have screen burn issues still(even on the nero pdp panels. The simple way to explain what a 400hz/600hz compared to a standard 100hz is it just picks the best frames for your viewing. All tvs do 25 fps. Its BS if they state otherwise. I would never advice any samsung tv's due to the returns we have on them and the fact its fake. They speed up the tv processor to get quicker movement which also effect when u play audio through the usb. My advice is Panasonic and now the range has come down in price I would go for the panels with the nero pdp and with the THX certified.
Hey what the hell do I know I work at Comet LOL
Hey what the hell do I know I work at Comet LOL
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what do you think about the 50hz issue on the V series? and the rising black levels which seems to be on every neo pdp panel within the range
These are the only things putting me off this years offerings
also, how good are the filters now as my V10 isn't brilliant?
Debating on the VT20, but the C750 deal seems hard to turn down
I might just get that and wait for the full V30 Kuro models next year
These are the only things putting me off this years offerings
also, how good are the filters now as my V10 isn't brilliant?
Debating on the VT20, but the C750 deal seems hard to turn down
I might just get that and wait for the full V30 Kuro models next year