Which TV?

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:43:55 GMT, "Malcolm H"
wrote:

This may be a perfectly fine TV, but I wouldn't trust the average magazine
reviewer as far as I could throw him with one arm tied behind my back.

"What Hi-Fi", I am reliably informed, have recently reviewed a selection
of HDMI cables, and determined which ones offer the deepest blacks and
greatest contrast...

I absolutely agree! Magazine reviews, in general, are pure fantasy and an
insult to the intelligence.

I suspect that many of them are also an unnoficial form of
advertising. Have you ever seen one that says anything truly damning
about something that is advertised in the same magazine?

Rod.

In article , Pyriform
wrote:
Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote:
The LG32LC2D at £870.00 (incl. VAT) is given 5 stars (top rating) by
the Computer Shopper magazine. This mag. is the biggest selling
computer mag. in the country.

I'm slightly puzzled by what relevance their sales figures have to the
quality of their reviews.

This may be a perfectly fine TV, but I wouldn't trust the average
magazine reviewer as far as I could throw him with one arm tied behind
my back.

"What Hi-Fi", I am reliably informed, have recently reviewed a selection
of HDMI cables, and determined which ones offer the deepest blacks and
greatest contrast...

People might be interested in the following which has just been put onto
the web by one of the 'regulars' on uk.rec.audio.

http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/cables.html

Slainte,

Jim

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Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Audio Misc http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioMisc/index.html
Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

Jim Lesurf wrote:

People might be interested in the following which has just been put onto
the web by one of the 'regulars' on uk.rec.audio.

http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/cables.html

Slainte,

Jim

Cheers, I enjoyed that. And thanks to to Laurence for giving up a day to
assist in illuminating the experts' mental incapacities.

--
Michael
m r o z a t u k g a t e w a y d o t n e t

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Pyriform
wrote:
Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote:
The LG32LC2D at £870.00 (incl. VAT) is given 5 stars (top rating) by
the Computer Shopper magazine. This mag. is the biggest selling
computer mag. in the country.


I'm slightly puzzled by what relevance their sales figures have to the
quality of their reviews.


This magazine tests computers, monitors, graphic cards, hard disk drives,
and many other computer related products. Surely, if its reviews were bad
(we're not talking about _subjective_ assessment of sound quality, for
example), then it would soon lose its popularity.

Sylvain.

This may be a perfectly fine TV, but I wouldn't trust the average
magazine reviewer as far as I could throw him with one arm tied behind
my back.

"What Hi-Fi", I am reliably informed, have recently reviewed a selection
of HDMI cables, and determined which ones offer the deepest blacks and
greatest contrast...

People might be interested in the following which has just been put onto
the web by one of the 'regulars' on uk.rec.audio.

http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/cables.html

Slainte,

Jim

--
Electronics
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Audio Misc http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioMisc/index.html
Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

I expect audio comparisons are like wine tasting.
All red wine "tastes the same" according to my wife!
Audiophiles probably have a more sensitive set of natural equipment
compared to the average listener and are therefore better able to detect
any actual differences.

TJ

Michael Rozdoba wrote:
Jim Lesurf wrote:

People might be interested in the following which has just been put onto
the web by one of the 'regulars' on uk.rec.audio.

http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/cables.html

Slainte,

Jim

Cheers, I enjoyed that. And thanks to to Laurence for giving up a day to
assist in illuminating the experts' mental incapacities.

Triple Jumper wrote:
I expect audio comparisons are like wine tasting.
All red wine "tastes the same" according to my wife!
Audiophiles probably have a more sensitive set of natural equipment
compared to the average listener and are therefore better able to
detect any actual differences.

And yet these preternatural abilities mysteriously vanish as soon as they
are denied knowledge of which equipment they are listening to. Most
peculiar.