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Yesterday I was in a local Best Buy for a bit while running some errands. I went in to take a look at some DLP RPTVs to see if the rainbow effect that I found so objectionable on my wife's office projector was a problem for me with ANY DLP device or just that projector. Well, after looking at 5 different TVs (1080p and 720p--3 Samsung, 2 Toshiba), I saw no rainbows. That widens my options (always a good thing).
While I was there, I asked a sales guy if there were any projectors for sale, other than the business ones in the computer accessory section and he said yes. His enthusiasm for my question, however, was about on the level one would expect if one was told he had 3 days to live. He looked at me like I was a refugee from a pre-industrial age. He asked me "Why not a TV?" to which I replied price to screen size ratio, for starters. Before I could continue, he ''informed'' me that the picture quality was quite inferior from a projector (in a tone that suggested anyone with a single digit IQ and up already knows this). When I told him I'd already tried (as well as seen in other places) using a projector and I found the picture acceptable (if it wasn't for the rainbows, I'd be happy with the PQ of the borrowed projector I have at the moment), his tone changed from one of contempt to one of pity. I asked if they had any projectors for sale and he pulled a list out but only offered one of the ten or so on the list--the Hitachi PJTX100 at the best price I've seen in Canada, stores and websites included. But he dismissed it as beneath consideration. I then asked if he had any set up on display, and he did--the PJTX200, as it happens. He said it was on a small screen. I anticipated, for a store, that a small screen would be about the size I'm considering for my basement (65'' diagonal or so). But no, not quite. The small screen was a full TWELVE inches diagonal :rofl: . (oh well, at least it was a 16:9 screen :roll: )
Had I had the time, I would have sought out the manager and explained how his "sales" person clearly wasn't interested in actually selling to a customer. When I was in grad school, I sold cars to pay for tuition and sometimes I had to sell models I didn't think were all that great (though I worked for a reputable dealer and we didn't sell lemons--I wouldn't have done it) but that customers wanted. I would gently explore why they wanted that model and, if there were doubts, I would steer them to something I thought was more appropriate. But I would never treat them like morons for liking what they liked. So, despite the great price, and despite his claim that it was the last one they had, I simply went about my other errands. Perhaps, after I purchase a projector elsewhere, I'll go back and have a chat with the manager. Not very impressive.
While I was there, I asked a sales guy if there were any projectors for sale, other than the business ones in the computer accessory section and he said yes. His enthusiasm for my question, however, was about on the level one would expect if one was told he had 3 days to live. He looked at me like I was a refugee from a pre-industrial age. He asked me "Why not a TV?" to which I replied price to screen size ratio, for starters. Before I could continue, he ''informed'' me that the picture quality was quite inferior from a projector (in a tone that suggested anyone with a single digit IQ and up already knows this). When I told him I'd already tried (as well as seen in other places) using a projector and I found the picture acceptable (if it wasn't for the rainbows, I'd be happy with the PQ of the borrowed projector I have at the moment), his tone changed from one of contempt to one of pity. I asked if they had any projectors for sale and he pulled a list out but only offered one of the ten or so on the list--the Hitachi PJTX100 at the best price I've seen in Canada, stores and websites included. But he dismissed it as beneath consideration. I then asked if he had any set up on display, and he did--the PJTX200, as it happens. He said it was on a small screen. I anticipated, for a store, that a small screen would be about the size I'm considering for my basement (65'' diagonal or so). But no, not quite. The small screen was a full TWELVE inches diagonal :rofl: . (oh well, at least it was a 16:9 screen :roll: )
Had I had the time, I would have sought out the manager and explained how his "sales" person clearly wasn't interested in actually selling to a customer. When I was in grad school, I sold cars to pay for tuition and sometimes I had to sell models I didn't think were all that great (though I worked for a reputable dealer and we didn't sell lemons--I wouldn't have done it) but that customers wanted. I would gently explore why they wanted that model and, if there were doubts, I would steer them to something I thought was more appropriate. But I would never treat them like morons for liking what they liked. So, despite the great price, and despite his claim that it was the last one they had, I simply went about my other errands. Perhaps, after I purchase a projector elsewhere, I'll go back and have a chat with the manager. Not very impressive.
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