Neon Kitten Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 The current JB Hi-Fi catalogue has a whole page devoted to flogging 1080p HD LCD panels from Sharp, Samsung and of course Cloudy.. err I mean Sony. And the heading on that page reads: 1080p - THE ULTIMATE PICTURE, IT'S BETTER THAN HD!" Funny - last time I checked, 1080p *was* HD
digitalj Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Looks like I won't be buying from them in the future Their advertising Committee doesn't know anything "true", hence their employees probably don't know anything at all
MELso Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Looks like I won't be buying from them in the future Their advertising Committee doesn't know anything "true", hence their employees probably don't know anything at all The truth is often SMASHED!!!!! by JB. Enough of this MADNESS!!!!, I say. But still amusing (and slightly scary) about the lack of technical knowledge displayed...
digitalj Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 Similar thing happened with alcohol shop's ad in the daily telegraph yesterday, it said, "$31 with voucher, $28 without voucher", the 28 and 31 need to be swapped, should walk in and say I'd like this for $28 without the voucher, show the ad and you're laughing
betty boop Posted April 4, 2007 Posted April 4, 2007 crazy thing is theres probably people buying these thinkign everythign they see will be in high definition once they buy one of these screens !
nang3 Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 yeh i like the current JB's catalogue that says "FULL HD DVD PLAYER & RECEIVERS NOW AT JB" so i started frothing at the mouth thinking of one of the Toshi HD-DVD players but of course its the Sammy Bluray player they are talking about.
tonygib Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 Funny - last time I checked, 1080p *was* HD I guess one could assume that they are refering to our DTV at 1080i, but even so, its still totally silly and assumes that the person writing it even knows that some local DTV is 1080i, which I doubt they do. so i started frothing at the mouth thinking of one of the Toshi HD-DVD players but of course its the Sammy Bluray player they are talking about. Yes, it couldn't be anything else, since Sony have 'paid off' JB to be a Blu ray only shop, I wonder if thats what they mean by letting the 'market' decide :ph34r:
mello yello Posted April 6, 2007 Posted April 6, 2007 Same catalogue on page 6 , top right hand corner... For starters thats not an inbuilt tuna its an inbuilt penguin (CRAZY!!) and its not a SAMSUNG.....Its A Sony!!! ( BUSTED!!) Rebadged Samsung
stazi Posted April 6, 2007 Posted April 6, 2007 Similar thing happened with alcohol shop's ad in the daily telegraph yesterday, it said, "$31 with voucher, $28 without voucher", the 28 and 31 need to be swapped, should walk in and say I'd like this for $28 without the voucher, show the ad and you're laughing Ads like this are simply an intention to treat, thus they don't have to accept your offer of $28 without the voucher if they don't want to.
BribieG Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 I would love one cent for every (paper) catalogue that has been printed with half a page of "HD Ready" 850x480 Plasmas.
myk Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I would love one cent for every (paper) catalogue that has been printed with half a page of "HD Ready" 850x480 Plasmas. Some of those even have built-in HD tuners. 850 is better than 720, right? Look, JB's customers don't want wise-arse braniacs like you telling them that their new huge mega_TV isn't really HD. They don't want to know that it won't enhance Funniest Home Videos, Biggest Loser, or "Ow, My Balls!". They want smooth-talking salesmen telling the what good taste they have. You are not the JB target market, so stop being such a spoil-sport.
anthonysimilion Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 Some of those even have built-in HD tuners. 850 is better than 720, right? It's definitely a bit misleading, if you don't know exactly what it means. 'HD compatible' would be more appropriate.
tonygib Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 They don't want to know that it won't enhance Funniest Home Videos, Biggest Loser, or "Ow, My Balls!". Thats because there is no technology yet invented that can 'enhance' most of the crap that passes for TV these days.
GoForMoe Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 'HD compatible' would be more appropriate. Next from JB, 'HD compatible' 34cm 4:3 CRT screens .
stahc Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 Similar thing happened with alcohol shop's ad in the daily telegraph yesterday, it said, "$31 with voucher, $28 without voucher", the 28 and 31 need to be swapped, should walk in and say I'd like this for $28 without the voucher, show the ad and you're laughing lucky your old enough to drink now
digitalj Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 lucky your old enough to drink now and have been for just over a year
BribieG Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 Next from JB, 'HD compatible' 34cm 4:3 CRT screens . Don't laugh - went to Good Guys recently to buy a slow cooker and checked their TV section while they were in there - they had the 7 HD loop (still 576 in Bris) running on the CRT sets. Kid you not. At the DFO at the airport in the Sony Clearance Store they had a couple of CRT sets in the window labelled "HD Ready" then in small letters "576p only". Who can you trust if not Sony.
LukeF1503559517 Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 In their defence i can kinda understand what they mean though. High definition being 720p and 1080i. just my 2 cents.
gtr73 Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 Ads like this are simply an intention to treat, thus they don't have to accept your offer of $28 without the voucher if they don't want to. Someone's done a little bit of commercial law I see. But you're spot on, they don't have to honor the catalogue as it's presented. Usually businesses do honour catalogues however, in the interests of good customer relations, it's when they blatantly try to deceive that grates me. A recent example being the intro of Vista - everywhere advertising said upgrade to Vista for as little as $179 (or whatever it was). How many people got home, tried to load it up and crashed their PC I wonder?
djOS Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I was in JB @ Knox today at lunch time and had a look at their BluRay Disc collection - frankly it was woefull and consisted of less than 10 titles! I also couldn't find a single BD player setup anywhere - So much for JB heavily promoting BD
dunnas Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 In their defence i can kinda understand what they mean though.High definition being 720p and 1080i. just my 2 cents. I can see why they got rid of 2c coins. What resolutions they use for digital TV HD channels is not what sets the standard for what a HD resolution is.
LukeF1503559517 Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I didnt say i agreed with what they were saying, merely i can see where they are coming from. Not many people would understand what full HD means and thus saying better than high defintion while wrong gets the same kinda message across, that being its better than the current HD panels available. just my 5 cents
zorg1503559539 Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 thier marketing people must be too busy getting degrees in hair product to quote Sam kekovich
Eth Nick Posted April 13, 2007 Posted April 13, 2007 I guess one could assume that they are refering to our DTV at 1080i, but even so, its still totally silly and assumes that the person writing it even knows that some local DTV is 1080i, which I doubt they do. Why wouldn't they? All my local JBs have very knowledgeable staff who would know that 1080p is slightly better that 1080i. I don't think it's worth a huge headline like they've done in the catalogue, but going off most of the JB staff i've talked to (yes, there are some not-so-helpful staff, but they'd still be a few levels above those of HN), it'd make sense that they knew what they were on about. Is all this JB bagging due to particular incident/s from the past? Because i've been shopping there for years & i'd say 90% of the staff are very helpful. Add that to their prices & no one else compares. The only thing that's pissed me off about JBs is that they've added cheap & nasty brands from Asia to their range, whereas about ten years ago, they pretty much stocked quality across the board. It doesn't bother me too much though - so long as I keep doing my homework & know who to talk to, I don't see me shopping elsewhere for all/most of my electrical needs. Oh & they've just opened another branch at my nearest shopping centre last weekend.
Neon Kitten Posted April 13, 2007 Author Posted April 13, 2007 Is all this JB bagging due to particular incident/s from the past? Because i've been shopping there for years & i'd say 90% of the staff are very helpful. Add that to their prices & no one else compares. I'm not bagging JB, I'm bagging whoever put the catalogue together. Fact remains, 1080p is HD. If their headline said "it's better than HDTV" that would be accurate. As it stands, it's not. The only thing that's pissed me off about JBs is that they've added cheap & nasty brands from Asia to their range, whereas about ten years ago, they pretty much stocked quality across the board. Cheap and nasty like that Sony HD PVR, you mean? Seriously, though, it's just supply and demand. Joe Public wants an LCD TV but can't afford the big bucks demanded by the big manufacturers, but offer him something $1000 or more cheaper and it's a deal. You can I wouldn't go near the things, but some people don't care about quality.
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