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more about #deception Kaiser-Machead: I grow weary of these Scientific Atlantic boxes. I want to grind them. I want to put them into a giant blender, and pulverize these wretched set-top t... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "UPDATE: It has come to our attention that some neighborhoods do require a box." Is there any way of finding out which neighborhoods require it and wh... more » warf0x0r: SCIENTIFIC ATLANTIC BOXES ARE TEH SUC!!! more » ZLevee: It actually sounds more like they were trying to say that if you don't have a built-in digital tuner, your "cable-ready TV" will still need a digital ... more » davezatz: Actually, in more and more regions cable-cos are going all digital. The first neighborhoods seem to be high density, like Brooklyn, as a means of prev... more » mnerd: If they were so knowing, he should have advised them to get a 40 dollar converter box. Cable should not have even come up in this situation. more » ghackett: It's not that easy in BK or anywhere in NYC for that matter. If you're in an apartment you proably can't use a dish cause you'd have to install it (un... more » frigg: That's like Best Buy has a display of a "calibrated" HDTV displaying nicely on a marble pedestal, and an "uncalibrated" HDTV semi-submerged in a bath... more » Seiven: not all Best Buys do crap like this...I think the people at that store are asshats for trying to deceive buyers. Sure some TVs look better when calib... more » Jay Gordon: the other BS thing that they do is sell "optimized" notebook computers. I went and bought a HP which had a huge discount, they told me there was a $4... more » tande04: Best Buy has a track record of this sort of thing. If you look at the Consumerist article there was another case where they were running a SD signal ... more » rulerofthemoon: You gotta calibrate that new TV. Not sure what the point of the criticism is. It's more likely that their source did not have two HDMI outputs but i... more » admoseremic: Don't forget to buy our Monster power strips for another $200.00 so that your TV gets 'clean power'. more » Kaiser-Machead: Sigh, Best Lie How do we always let you by? CC's dyin, economy's fryin And it's still your shit that we keep buyin' Shame more » UofITom: I wouldda switched the cables :o more » -
#cablevision
Cablevision Scamming People Into Getting Converter Box With Basic Service
A Consumerist reader looking to hook up basic service to a cable-ready TV was told by Cablevision that a converter box would be needed "no matter what." He was also accused of being "disrespectful." More » -
#bestbuy
Best Buy Turns to Component Cable Deception To Sell HDTV Calibration Service
We all know that Best Buy isn't above deceiving their customers into purchasing their pricey HDTV calibration service, but it looks like they have changed tactics by using different cables on side-by-side displays. More »
