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Amazon has made lots of products more discoverable. But that's only one component of "help me find what I'm looking for." Case in point: I'm in the market for
by wallacoloo 7y ago
Amazon has made lots of products more discoverable. But that's only one component of "help me find what I'm looking for."
Case in point: I'm in the market for a new TV. Based on my experience with prior TVs, I believe I want something with high contrast, low reflections (glare), low response time, and high color gamut coverage. Well, some balance of those criteria weighed against price. I'm new to the TV market: how do I find this (on Amazon or elsewhere?)
If I expand, the situation might seem worse. I'm tangentially familiar with two modern display technologies: LCD and LED. I know LEDs offer higher contrast and quicker response time. So I search for LED TV on Amazon. Most of the results do indeed have "LED" and "TV" in the name, and nothing on the product page suggests anything different. But look up detailed specs for that model (which takes some determination in and of itself) and it has none of the characteristics of an LED TV. The contrast is low, the response time is high, in fact it turns out it's an LCD TV! Apparently the industry markets using LED to mean LED _backlight_, which to me was misleading. So what class of TV will get me what I'm after? There are places to figure it all out, but Amazon sure as hell isn't one of them. Nor is Best Buy, Walmart, or most other retailers you've heard of. They still do an awful job helping you find what you're looking for in many cases.
- Terretta 7y agoDid you mean OLED? Anyway, yes there are places, and these aren't terrible: https://www.techhive.com/article/3316544/best-tvs.html https://www.techhive.com/article/3316544/best-tvs.html https://thewirecutter.com/electronics/tvs/ https://thewirecutter.com/electronics/tvs/ https://thewirecutter.com/guides/buying-a-tv/ https://thewirecutter.com/guides/buying-a-tv/ For a mail order / online retailer, visit this page at Crutchfield: https://www.crutchfield.com/g_146350/All-TVs.html https://www.crutchfield.com/g_146350/All-TVs.html Then click the red text "Explore Articles & Videos", just above the listings on the right side. Their TV Buying Guide has good visual explanation of LED-LCD vs. OLED, for instance. Depending what you look for, calling them and chatting can work too. // Keep in mind with any review site or retailer, paid review placement can be a thing.