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more about #retailers jameskearl: I will now walk around Best Buy stores looking for people with their hands cupped over TV screens, and I will know who the real Gizmodo readers are. ... more » Ryanraven: But I do have control of internet stores brightness!!! *clicks brightness up on laptop* Muahahaha more » Skunky: Fry's usually keeps all their TVs in a relatively dark section of the store, a holdover from pre-HD days. more » Serolf Divad: In my experience, stores have the cheapo LCD TVs set to sub-optimal settings. I usually find I can make the image look much better by messing with the... more » IronDiggy: Futureshop I used to work at the lighting in the home theater department was always really dim. more » jmeltzer: It would seem that this practice is counterintuitive. I would think that the store wants to sell all HDTVs. And unless you could compare the TVs to a ... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Wow, Tyler Perry's: Meet The Browns looks a lot more exciting than I thought it was. more » Nick: i bring in a large blanket and drape it over myself, the set, and the best buy rep. i do this with each set before making a decision. i also bring g... more » TheCrudMan: HDTV buying guide: Don't buy Vizio anything unless you need to buy like 50 TVs for a library or to display train times on or something. more » Curves: I dont trust anyone who works on commission to help me back a decision based on my needs; it will bebased on their commission, so I do the research my... more » dave the wet sprocket: eh, i'm sketchy on the notion of accepting advice from anyone who's on commission. i'd rather do my own research, thankyouverymuch. if i'm going to pl... more » Kaiser-Machead: Does this mean that there'll be an even greater tradeoff of quality in favor of lower WAL*MART happy-faced prices? If so, then yippee! We-Say-So. We k... more » frigg: So when does Walmart start producing Wall-E's and the Axiom space ship to allow the citizens of Earth to drift in space while their planet is cleaned up? more » Jimmy1: If I were Best Buy competing against this aggressive move by Wal Mart, I'd go Apple-Store-high-end: I pretty much guarantee that you won't see, say,... more » ceilingFANBOY: Of course, by eye-catching, higher end TVs they mean carry the lowest model of the brand names and then stock a few 120Hz Vizios so they can say they ... more » Chris Ledoux: I'm all for WalMart expanding their electronics sections. However, they need to address some issues: 1. Electronics asscociates lack of product knowle... more » Curves: Hate them or not, Walmart has the distribution network and buying power already in place in take that business from orphaned CC buyers and probably a ... more » -
#hdtv
Surprise! Retailers Use Lighting To Trick You Into Buying Inferior HDTVs
The guys at HD Guru have shed some light, literally, on a bit of trickery retailers use to make lower performance HDTVs look more enticing. Have you ever noticed how bright the lighting is in many electronics departments? More » -
#retailers
Local Electronics Stores Defy the Recession By Not Being Terrible
While giant retailers are scrambling to nab whatever portion of Circuit City's suddenly available $11-billion in revenue they can, local electronics stores and midsize retailers are making out like gangbusters, simply by doing things the old fashioned way. More » -
#walmart
Standing Over Circuit City's Cooling Corpse, Walmart Steps Up Its Electronics Game
Where many see death and despair, Walmart's executives see opportunity. Starting this week, the big-box giant is drastically expanding its stores' electronics sections, hoping to compete head-on with the likes of Best Buy and Amazon. More » -
#procrastination
A Master List of Holiday Online Ordering Deadlines For Last Minute Shoppers
Dealhack has compiled a list of major online retailers' ordering deadlines for shipments that need to arrive before Santa does. If you suffer from terminal-illness-grade procrastination like me, this is your list. More » -
