Heard in our local Sony outlet...

....an assistant explaining that the picture on their Freeview TVs was not as
good as it would appear at home because the aerial is fed from an amplifier
and splitter so the picture quality is poorer.

Of course there was no sign of any digital problems, just an apparently
poorly set up TV with very red faces on the screen.

Paul DS.

Paul D.Smith wrote:
...an assistant explaining that the picture on their Freeview TVs was
not as good as it would appear at home because the aerial is fed from an
amplifier and splitter so the picture quality is poorer.

Of course there was no sign of any digital problems, just an apparently
poorly set up TV with very red faces on the screen.

Paul DS.
If they employed intelligent people in retail outlets, the stuff would
be more expensive. Checkmate. I wouldn't mind working in technology
retail but the money is ****.

Rob.

On Jan 6, 12:53*pm, brushhead
wrote:

If they employed intelligent people in retail outlets, the stuff would
be more expensive. *Checkmate. *I wouldn't mind working in technology
retail but the money is ****.

Rob.

Of course there are exceptions. My daughter was a salesgirl at several
retail electrical shops before she became a solicitor. She was keenly
aware of her ignorance about many of the things she was employed to
sell, but took steps to learn what she needed to know. According to
her the problem is a lack of training, not intelligence. After all, if
you're intelligent enough to dress yourself in the morning and find
your way to work you are intelligent enough to understand the basic
facts about consumer electronics.

Bill

Ah, the old dodge when the staff have no idea where the remote went to
earlier in the day.
Brian

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...an assistant explaining that the picture on their Freeview TVs was not
as good as it would appear at home because the aerial is fed from an
amplifier and splitter so the picture quality is poorer.

Of course there was no sign of any digital problems, just an apparently
poorly set up TV with very red faces on the screen.

Paul DS.

Yup, I remember a person in a queue I was in talking to someone saying as
it was then, Dixons wanted to send them on a course about new stock, and yet
they were not going to up the money, so he was not going.

I do wonder sometimes whether the people running retail are fit for purpose
themselves!

Brian

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Paul D.Smith wrote:
...an assistant explaining that the picture on their Freeview TVs was not
as good as it would appear at home because the aerial is fed from an
amplifier and splitter so the picture quality is poorer.

Of course there was no sign of any digital problems, just an apparently
poorly set up TV with very red faces on the screen.

Paul DS.
If they employed intelligent people in retail outlets, the stuff would be
more expensive. Checkmate. I wouldn't mind working in technology retail
but the money is ****.

Rob.

Brian Gaff wrote:
Yup, I remember a person in a queue I was in talking to someone saying as
it was then, Dixons wanted to send them on a course about new stock, and yet
they were not going to up the money, so he was not going.

I do wonder sometimes whether the people running retail are fit for purpose
themselves!

Brian

To be fair Brian you could argue that one either way. You have to
continually train in order to keep up with development, and the guys
suitability to be employed selling consumer tech you have to question.

I used to be a Software Developer and you had to train continually just
to tread water....same applies.

Rob.

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Ah, the old dodge when the staff have no idea where the remote went to
earlier in the day.
Brian

Given my experiences of remote clashes even with hardware from different
manufacturers, trying to set up any single set in a multi-set shop must be
amusing. Can't help thinking the entire shop has to watch whatever channel
the boss likes because trying to change one set causes lots of them to
change channel!

Paul DS

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
...
...an assistant explaining that the picture on their Freeview TVs was not
as good as it would appear at home because the aerial is fed from an
amplifier and splitter so the picture quality is poorer.

Of course there was no sign of any digital problems, just an apparently
poorly set up TV with very red faces on the screen.

Paul DS.

Might be true if they took and analogue feed off a digital receiver...

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On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:35:48 -0000, "Paul D.Smith"
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Ah, the old dodge when the staff have no idea where the remote went to
earlier in the day.
Brian

Given my experiences of remote clashes even with hardware from different
manufacturers, trying to set up any single set in a multi-set shop must be
amusing. Can't help thinking the entire shop has to watch whatever
channel
the boss likes because trying to change one set causes lots of them to
change channel!

Paul DS

Changing the channels or colour settings with a remote aimed through
the door of Rumbelows where a mate had a Saturday Job used to be
fun,especially when he was demonstrating a set.
G.harman


Back in the days of Astra 1, the local TV shop had terrible trouble
with TVs in the window tuned to say Sky News, in the middle of the night
ended up on Sat1 with the volume up.
Tutti-frutti and other adult entertainment being the order of the day ;-)

Steve Terry
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It worked a treat outside Radio Rentals in the days when most of their
sets were variations of the Ferguson / Thorn type.
The shop was right by the traffic lights and a carefully aimed remote
from the car before pulling away from the lights was all that was
needed. All volumes up at the same time etc.