Are casuals too dumb to know the settings for HD / cables?

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#1 Nteks
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I went over to a friends house who has recently got a Nice Sony Bravia HDTV and a PS3.

As he went into the kitchen I checked out the settings for his PS3.

My jaw dropped. It was the same composite Cables that came with the PS3. :cry:

 and it was set at 480i......... Christ It looked like Horse ****.

 

So I did the right thing and told him to get a HDMI cable and set it up at 1080p.

His mind exploded on how good it looks now.:P

 

I bet you the majority of people who buy HDTV's or HD game consoles are too Null to set it up correctly.

 

 

 

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#3 gmastersexay
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Indeed they are. You will be suprised by how many people either don't have or don't know how to set the clock on a microwave or their stove. Reminds me of the VCR's back in the day.
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#4 Spartan070
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I used to work at a CompUSA, I can testify that most customers knew NOTHING at all about Audio/Video set-up. Pretty sad actually.
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#5 laughingman42
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and thats why sony should have should have included some kind of HD cables.
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#6 spidey008
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It is really ashamed at how complicated buying and setting an HDTV is.  I wouldn't consider casuals dumb.  You have to be pretty informed to understand all the different TVs and settings that they now offer.
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#7 Nteks
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[QUOTE="Nteks"]

I went over to a friends house who has recently got a Nice Sony Bravia HDTV and a PS3.

As he went into the kitchen I checked out the settings for his PS3.

My jaw dropped. It was the same composite Cables that came with the PS3. :cry:

and it was set at 480i......... Christ It looked like Horse ****.

 

So I did the right thing and told him to get a HDMI cable and set it up at 1080p.

His mind exploded on how good it looks now.:P

 

I bet you the majority of people who buy HDTV's or HD game consoles are too Null to set it up correctly.

 

 

 

venture00

we're not stupids like u and ur friends

 

Reported :P 

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I went over to a friends house who has recently got a Nice Sony Bravia HDTV and a PS3.

As he went into the kitchen I checked out the settings for his PS3.

My jaw dropped. It was the same composite Cables that came with the PS3. :cry:

and it was set at 480i......... Christ It looked like Horse ****.

 

So I did the right thing and told him to get a HDMI cable and set it up at 1080p.

His mind exploded on how good it looks now.:P

 

I bet you the majority of people who buy HDTV's or HD game consoles are too Null to set it up correctly.

 

 

 

Nteks



Hahaha dude I've got a similar story. Only the friend-of-a-friend had Monster Cables on hand and didn't even bother opening them.
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[QUOTE="Nteks"][QUOTE="venture00"][QUOTE="Nteks"]

I went over to a friends house who has recently got a Nice Sony Bravia HDTV and a PS3.

As he went into the kitchen I checked out the settings for his PS3.

My jaw dropped. It was the same composite Cables that came with the PS3. :cry:

and it was set at 480i......... Christ It looked like Horse ****.

 

So I did the right thing and told him to get a HDMI cable and set it up at 1080p.

His mind exploded on how good it looks now.:P

 

I bet you the majority of people who buy HDTV's or HD game consoles are too Null to set it up correctly.

 

 

 

venture00

we're not stupids like u and ur friends

 

Reported :P

Go cry cow i dont care'll reporte u too

LMAOOOOOO!!!!!!8)Good one.
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#11 Nteks
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[QUOTE="venture00"][QUOTE="Nteks"][QUOTE="venture00"][QUOTE="Nteks"]

I went over to a friends house who has recently got a Nice Sony Bravia HDTV and a PS3.

As he went into the kitchen I checked out the settings for his PS3.

My jaw dropped. It was the same composite Cables that came with the PS3. :cry:

and it was set at 480i......... Christ It looked like Horse ****.

 

So I did the right thing and told him to get a HDMI cable and set it up at 1080p.

His mind exploded on how good it looks now.:P

 

I bet you the majority of people who buy HDTV's or HD game consoles are too Null to set it up correctly.

 

 

 

killab2oo5

we're not stupids like u and ur friends

 

Reported :P

Go cry cow i dont care'll reporte u too

LMAOOOOOO!!!!!!8)Good one.

Urge to kill rising....... 

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#12 rockstar183
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y are u calling the dumb ???
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lol, you guys are carrying this a bit too far...
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y are u calling the dumb ??? rockstar183
Since we're this far off topic anyway, I'd like to say how much I love your sig. That makes me laugh out loud, seriously. If only it was Hillary Clinton or Martha Stewart :lol: