The Internet Curse
2009
If you are old enough to remember purchasing electronics before the Internet was a daily addiction you might appreciate reading this rant. If not, it probably won’t make any sense but feel free to keep going.
Being an enthusiast I tend to want my home audio and video equipment to be the best at least the best for the amount of money I’m spending. To find a great price the Internet is the handiest tool to ever come along.
I tend to purchase from my local dealers for a variety of reasons however even for me the Internet lets me know if I’m paying a fair price and has forced brick and mortar shops to be competitive if given the opportunity which I have done more times than I care to count.
On the other hand I often wish information about home audio and video products (not to mention just about everything else) were banded on the Internet. Why? Because for more than a dozen years I can only think of one purchase which I didn’t read enough bad things about to lose my enthusiasm. If you’re wondering the Denon 3805 AV receiver is the one item I have yet to read a disturbing word about with the disclaimer of the remote developing small cracks after several years of use.
Now I will admit it has stopped me from purchasing a few duds but overall 99 percent of the things I have read I would have never noticed or cared about if I hadn’t read about them. Better yet often I’ll see where the new version is coming out even before the version I was going to buy has been released. All I want to do is buy something and use it until I’m ready for something else!
I don’t want to know what I just brought has dozens of issues that I would never know but nevertheless it bothers the heck out of me. And I certainly don’t want to know it’s obsolete before it gets installed. I simply want to open the box, intake that new electronic smell, plug it in and enjoy my new toy. Oh I miss those days. Did I mention I might never be able to buy another projector, as the next big thing is right around corner perpetually?
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