On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > "Don't attribute to corporate fleecing conspiracy what > > can easily be explained by purchasing priorities that differ from your > own. > > To further this line of thought. In order for businesses to be > successful they must give consumers what they want. In any market there > are exponentially more ignorant buyers than there are educated ones. So, > we get stuck with "choosing" from what the masses have dictated by > their ignorance and unwillignes to pay a higher price for a higher > quality product. Eh, I don't think that's true. I mean, sure, if you go to Best Buy you are basically picking from 15 different flavors of crap, but basically every topline manufacturer has some sort of "professional" or "prosumer" line which will better cater to the needs of the educated. Apropos this particular discussion though, the age of 4:3 is over regardless of what price range you are in. However, this doesn't let marketing types of the hook. > As they'll do everything in their power so that consumers can't easily > compare data between products. > "So it has been, and so it shall always be.". Particularly in the world of displays, where very few of the "hard" specs have any bearing on their real-world performance. My algorithm for choosing monitors has basically become: 1- Decide on a resolution I want 2- Decide what extra features I want (stand adjustments, extra inputs, speakers, etc) 3- Find 5-10 models that meet those requirements from brands I trust, eliminate those that reviewed poorly. 4a- Order one that I can afford and that I "like best". Modulo some glaring defect that bothers me unduly, be happy. OR (if possible and convenient) 4b- See all my candidates side-by-side displaying the same images. Pick the one I like the best, be happy. With rare exception, the "specs" of a display don't matter so long as it looks good to you, and this field has been commoditized to that point that you have to try pretty hard to get a "bad" display. I've better things to do with my time than to worry about what a difference a few hundred lumens or a slightly better contrast ratio or a 2% better gamut or "fill in minutia spec of choice here" will make. Q _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
