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I was at a BestBuy the other day and wondered into the widescreen TV section, Im not looking for a TV (Im still a poor student), and I would probably go with a tube as opposed to internal projection, but its always fun to shop.My girlfriend commented obout how bright an vibrant the TVs were and I told her about how 'back in the day' high pressure sales people would crank up the contrast and brightness, this would have the double effect of making a dimmish projection TV look a lot brighter, and it just looks different. I think every one can fall for the different is better psych-out, especially if you are buy something expensive like a large TV.
Out of curiosity I check the picture settings I was surprised to see everything cranked up and something called color tone or what ever at 100%, Oldest trick in the book! All the TVs were showing 'A bugs life' cartoon so you couldnt tell how out of wack the settings were!
Although I wasnt about to buy anything, I was still sort of insulted. Its fully within their right to set the TVs like this but the product isnt operating under normal condidtions. Anyway thats my complain and warning, check those settings before you buy, ANY AV product.
Dave
I think that some manufacturers are guilty of doing this as well. Read Stereophile's Guide to Home Theatre and you will find nearly every TV from the factory needs to be recalibrated.
First of all: never spend that kind of money without twisting a few knobs! Also, this may or may not have been intentionaly deceptive on the store's part. More likely it was some idiot sales "advisor" who thinks it looks better that way or somebody like you who walked in, grabbed the remote and started pushing buttons. Then again it could very well be a sales tactic in wich case- see my original point.
Some places do pull scams like that. Some "very picky" manufacturers will actually pull their product lines from a store if they are "manipulating" brands to look better than others. I don't blame them. What most people don't realize about video products is that they typically look best and last longer with the brightness control turned WAY down.The place that i bought my big-screen from returns all of the sets to factory default settings at the beginning of the day. How they end up by the end of the day may be another story though. Sean
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