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B&H is a very reputable shop.Local area dimming on the sets with direct LED backlights (not edge lighting) is not a gimmick and is useful, but to your point, most of the "LED TV's" simply have LED edge lighting and it is basically worthless.
The owner and many of the employees are Satmar Hasidic Jews who, in keeping with their religious beliefs, close the store for the Sabbath.
Speaking of wrong, we can include your post in that category.
They're honoring their religious beliefs. They can do whatever they want. It's their store.So what's the have to do with ordering online? The internet market is now a part of Jewish religion? ......
You really are clueless. The Sabbath is a religious observance of a weekly day or rest. On that day of rest, which happens every week, you don't work. Hence the physical store being closed and the online store not accepting orders.
They're honoring their religious beliefs. They can do whatever they want. It's their store.
You really are clueless. The Sabbath is a religious observance of a weekly day or rest. On that day of rest, which happens every week, you don't work. Hence the physical store being closed and the online store not accepting orders.
Yeah, we're clueless like UK's Advertising Standards Authority.
I'm not sure where you live, but in the US Samsung doesn't sell DLP (LED or UHP) anymore. They only sell LCD's and Plasmas. Mitsubishi is the only company still selling DLP sets. Some of them use lasers as the light source in the light engine, or as you would call them, Laser TV. But no LED DLP sets. Hence my "were?" comment.
Someone fell for the misleading advertising...
Your second link is a real LED display (which isn't what Samsung or anyone else is selling). They're the sort of giant screens that are put in stadiums, or used for outdoor advertising / billboards. Which is exactly why I put the disclaimer in my post of, "sold to Consumers". They exist, but you're not buying one for your great room.
Yeah, we're clueless like UK's Advertising Standards Authority.
That's from 2009.... more than 1 year ago from today. Plus now, that article is talking about Edge-lite TV's and singles out the one company of Samsung for lying, not any others. FAIL #1
(PS: The article is false and states Samsung is lying and does not make a full array LED-- that is false as proven here where you can see one for sale with Full Array in the specs)
I'm not sure where you live, but in the US Samsung doesn't sell DLP (LED or UHP) anymore. They only sell LCD's and Plasmas. Mitsubishi is the only company still selling DLP sets. Some of them use lasers as the light source in the light engine, or as you would call them, Laser TV. But no LED DLP sets. Hence my "were?" comment.
Someone fell for the misleading advertising...
Looks like you are proven wrong again since Samsung DLP LEDs (funny, the same one I saw the other day too!) is still for sale here as well as many more on other sites..... FAIL #2
Did you even read your own links? I'll make it obvious what you missed. From your first link:
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Me said:
As the saying goes... You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
and I get called a fanboy for pointing out incorrect statements, dude? really? what do I really need to fanboy a certain tech, especially when I don't even have a damn LED or DLP right now!
Once again, just because it is a pet peeve does not make it a threadcrap, i'm not saying he's 100% correct but criccio stated his reasons for saying what he said, and is a respected member of this forum. Not to mention this is the discussion forum where facts like these can be discussed, appropriately. There are good edge-lit lcd's, some of us just feel that it is turning into just another marketing feature because it doesn't bring quality in and of itself. I'm referring to edge-lit only.
. Jetski said:
I hear ya, it is annoying if people go to the extreme and say products are shit, especially when they are not, but these fellas listed their personal reasons which makes it acceptable in this forum. And yes every class of product has their good and bad makes/models. But an over the top defense of one's post, and "making it seem" like everyone else knows nothing, is rarely convincing and adds more fuel to the brush fire
I've got one of them too. CCFLTV's rock!
I've got one of them too. CCFLTV's rock!
Wikipedia said:
A triumph of marketing, naming a TV after one of it's features, even if it's a watered down feature (edge-lit) which allows companies/manufacturers to charge more for the product. They're entitled to do it, but we're entitled to refute some of their claims.
[B][U]criccio ((VERY FIRST COMMENT HERE))[/U][/B] said:
Yeah, because advertising works quite well on the weak minded and ignorant and they gotta have the latest and greatest.