When you buy a TV, you will naturally expect to live with it for at least the next 5 years. Hence, purchasing cheap TVs without going into their merits is not a wise decision. The competition in the TV industry is so heavy nowadays and the advancements in technology so hectic that it is quite easy to get a good bargain in TV purchases. Even reputed brands like Philips, LG, Samsung and Panasonic are offering cheap TVs to get higher market share. Here are a few details about the various types of options available to you in TV purchase. Read more…
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Where do you shop for your consumer electronics? According to a new study by market analyst BIGresearch (as reported by TWICE), a survey of shoppers in the first week of March revealed that 35 percent shopped most often at Best Buy for their electronics, and another 20 percent picked Wal-Mart. Third place trailed far behind, with Target getting less than 3 percent of the responses, and then Sears close behind.
It’s sort of like the old Hertz and Avis car rental market of the past, where there was Number 1 and Number 2 and no one else mattered. With a combined 55 percent share of the buyer’s attention, Wal-Mart and Best Buy make it clear that bargains are the driving factor in choosing a store for your consumer electronics. Is it any wonder that Tweeter and Circuit City couldn’t make a meal on the leftover scraps? Can other consumer electronic specialty stores hope to survive – such as Radio Shack — when the two big chains control the majority of the market?
According the the BIGresearch report, Best Buy and Wal-Mart increased their share over last year at the same time, which says to me that it will only become more difficult for retailers to make any headway against these two. And for LCD TV manufacturers, it probably means that if they can’t get a distribution deal with one at least of these two retailers, they will find it difficult to get enough distribution to earn a significant position in the market.
Q: I am at my wits end trying to find a site that will provide me with easy to understand instructions on how to do a rescan! Do you have any idea how I can find a source for this? Your site (after searching for an hour and fifteen minutes is the closest to anything I have found. I would greatly appreciate any info you could get to me.
Iver Beck
A: I can understand your frustration. The problem is that the steps required to perform a “rescan” are different for different tuners, so I can’t give you the specifics for your individual tuner. And you won’t find “rescan” on the tuner’s menu. That’s because when we say “rescan”, what we really should be saying is “scan again”. It may seem like a simple thing to some people, but you’re not alone in your confusion.
All you have to do is go to the menu for your TV or converter box, find the channel section, and if it gives you a choice between “scan” or “update”, choose “scan”. That will clear all the assigned channels and do a completely new search. That’s all a “rescan” is. It’s exactly the same thing you did when you first setup the TV or converter box.
Note that it is a good idea to rescan every month or so, as stations in your area may be making changes. Be sure to rescan after the digital broadcast transition deadline on June 12.
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