Most consumer electronics stores are notorious for feeding poor signals to their display sets. Just imagine all the connections that the original signal passes through to reach 20-30 sets.
Secondly, the sets on the floor are almost never tuned to provide their highest quality. From the factory, most sets are set with both very high brightness and contrast. This helps them stand out more from the TV sitting on the floor next to them. But it does not help the actual quality of the image.
And finally, an electronics store is nothing like the environment that you will be actually watching the TV in when you bring it home. All the fluorescent lights and other TVs all make for glare and reflections. Even though stores like Best Buy and Ultimate Electronics put their TVs in darkened nooks, there is no substitute to a light controlled room.
Demo a HDTV. Buy one with a satisfaction guarantee. Once you get it home, and hooked to a clean, true HD signal, you WILL be wowed. Promise!
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Actually, since he is a TIVO user, he does count. Tivo reports the viewing numbers of it's customers to Neilson. http://news.com.com/2110-1040-244505.html
Most consumer electronics stores are notorious for feeding poor signals to their display sets. Just imagine all the connections that the original signal passes through to reach 20-30 sets. Secondly, the sets on the floor are almost never tuned to provide their highest quality. From the factory, most sets are set with both very high brightness and contrast. This helps them stand out more from the TV sitting on the floor next to them. But it does not help the actual quality of the image. And finally, an electronics store is nothing like the environment that you will be actually watching the TV in when you bring it home. All the fluorescent lights and other TVs all make for glare and reflections. Even though stores like Best Buy and Ultimate Electronics put their TVs in darkened nooks, there is no substitute to a light controlled room. Demo a HDTV. Buy one with a satisfaction guarantee. Once you get it home, and hooked to a clean, true HD signal, you WILL be wowed. Promise!
Technically, that would be a NAS. But who's counting??