@stereohaven wrote:
@Chasloyal wrote:
@stereohaven wrote:
Martin Lewis, is that you?
Why get all muggy geezer?
Not everyone can afford what you or I can and not everyone thinks things through when they want to buy a shiny new consumer product?
Let's play nice, no offence was intended I assure you 👍🏻
It's a long time ago now, but I was one of the people that pointed out the financials and how customers should be assessing long term value when gen 1 originally launched.
At the time, I had just bought a 43" LG TV for the bedroom with almost identical specs and a 5 year warranty (no soundbar obvs), for £199.
What I have learnt in the meantime is what Sky have known all along, that the vast majority of people don't think about TVs the same way I do.
Decent picture, solid sound, ease of use and all their favourite content in easy reach for what they feel is a fair deal (whether we agree or not), is what matters to the majority which Sky Glass is aimed at.
Alright fair enough, I did take it as an extremely sarcastic response so I apologise for jumping down your throat.
I agree with a lot of what you've just said because I've always maintained Sky Glass is literally exploiting the average punter seemingly content to accept mediocrity.
Where I do 100% disagree with you is on "Decent picture, solid sound, ease of use and all their favourite content in easy reach for what they feel is a fair deal" though.
Glass hasn't got a decent picture, it definitely doesn't produce solid sound and it sure as hell does not offer a fair deal when it can't play current gen video games as they're intended.
I'd have a wild stab in the dark by suggesting the majority of people who end up getting Sky Glass don't actually appreciate how subpar these televisions are because of the over the top price point that these units come in at.
And I say that in the knowledge of a much younger family member having bought a 65" Glass TV being proper disappointed with his. He genuinely believed it would perform and produce similar levels of picture and audio quality that our rig does. He was ever so offended when I laughed at him for revealing what he expected from it and so is a topic we don't ever talk about now.
Sky do an exceptional job of making buyers believe they're going to be getting top tier performance from Sky Glass when that's simply not the case.
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