the gullibility of the common man - Some Guy

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the gullibility of the common man

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Posted by Some Guy on July 31, 2003 at 06:00:35

In Reply to: Re: You nailed it in your first sentence posted by Dalancroft on July 30, 2003 at 10:15:46:

I heartily agree... the average consumer (at least from my American standpoint) is told that DVD looks so much better, so therefore they believe that it is better. Honestly, DVD doesn't look much better on most TVs than a quality VHS player, but people don't want to believe that. Of course DVD has the potential to look far better, but most people don't want to make the small effort it takes to do this.

Of course a lot of people still confuse widescreen TVs with HDTV, not realizing that they are two different animals. Then there are those who insist upon 1920x1080 to reproduce a format that is encoded in 720x480. Need I mention what brand of speakers they insist upon using?

Of course I'm using a couple of rash generalizations, but unfortunately they're not far off the mark. The average consumer is not willing to research past the marketing that's thrown at them. They rely upon advertisements as information and salespeople as experts. They're being told "this is GOOD" and they just nod their heads. Sure, a few realize that it's not and go in search of something more... and websites where they can rant about this crap. Some are a little smarter and realize that there are far more important things than how great their AV system can look and sound... and promptly finds friends who aren't as smart so they can come over and hang out.

You can't blame people for their ignorance, but you can blame them for their lack of initiative. If you get past age 13 in this day and age and can't figure out that you're being sold something 23 1/2 hours out of every day, something is wrong. It just bugs me when people are so obviously sold on something and then they have to try the same sales pitch on others to prove that their purchase was the right one.

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Topic - Why are some DVDs (of music content) so relatively poor in quality? - John C. - Aussie 17:49:12 07/29/03 (13)

Hey John, still enjoying your HLD-X9 player? - Michael 13:59:53 07/30/03 (7)

Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - John C. - Aussie 15:22:33 07/30/03 (6)

Re: Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - IPY 13:20:50 08/01/03 (3)

HLD-X9 - rbest1_97@yahoo.com 18:41:26 08/15/03 (1)

Re: HLD-X9 - rbest1_97@yahoo.com 09:28:38 09/01/03 (0)

Have not detected any improvement in the video - John C. - Aussie 16:16:56 08/01/03 (0)

Re: Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - Michael 19:41:19 07/30/03 (1)

Smearing & the change over to s-VHS - John C. - Aussie 16:05:04 07/31/03 (0)

You nailed it in your first sentence - Dalancroft 08:06:02 07/30/03 (4)

Re: You nailed it in your first sentence - caa 09:05:23 07/30/03 (3)

Re: You nailed it in your first sentence - Dalancroft 10:15:46 07/30/03 (2)

the gullibility of the common man - Some Guy 06:00:35 07/31/03 (1)

Mostly agree -- one disagreement - Dalancroft 11:17:49 07/31/03 (0)

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the gullibility of the common man - Some Guy 06:00:35 07/31/03 (1)

Mostly agree -- one disagreement - Dalancroft 11:17:49 07/31/03 (0)

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