Mar 09, 2011 05:12 PM
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(Updated Mar 09, 2011 05:44 PM)
Showroom display vs Actual display at home
I recently picked up a Samsung LEd ( 7 series, 3d TV, 46 inches). Was totally enamoured by the clarity and sharp images that I had seen in the demo TVs displayed in the Samsung Showroom. I was told upon enquiry that one needs to have an HD Set top Box to get this clarity on my LED TV. So I made sure that I got an HD Set Top Box with my TV. It came free.
Part of the Samsung+Dish TV combo pack. Went home, got the HD Set Top Box installed ( after a 6 day delay, their SLA is 72 hours :( !!!)...and guess what, when I viewed the HD channels on this TV, I realised that there was a major difference b/w what I had seen in the showroom and what I saw on ths HD channel. Double checked the Set Top box setting with the Dish TV folks. Also double checked the settings with the Samsung folks. So here was the googly. WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SHOWROOM, ON DISPLAY ON TV, ARE NOT HD SET TOP BOX videos.
THEY ARE BLU RAY DVD PLAYER sample videos !!!!!!!! They explicitly never tell you this when you buy it...they actually tell u that since you are getting a HD Set Top Box, you will get the same clarity as you see in the demo TVs...such a rip off....and guess what, you will also notice that there is hardly any difference between a HD channel and a non HD channel on this TV !!!!!!!