One slipped through the cracks... *sigh*

[daisuke149]

So yeah couple and the 2 kids came into the store today. Picked upa 42" 1080p lcd.. and asked for a toshiba hd dvd player. sigh. I mentioned lbu-ray and they said they'd rather not. I asked em why and the kid spoke up "i worked at fry's and believe in HD" The dad was curious tho and asked me why i recommend blu-ray.

I told him about the higher industry support in hardware and studio. Mentioned the higher capacity which over time will definitely come into play. the higher bandwidth etc. Also mentioend that his player will only do 1080i vs 1080p. This is where i realized i was fighting a losing battle. The kid said "I was told that Hd has more room cus they have 29 gigs on each side of the disc if you flip it over". I really wanted to give a wtf whered you hear such bs stuff and then realized that the poor kid is sooo misinformed and thus the parents.. I couldnt reach this family. Ugh. Wanted to seriously smack my head. Not becaue they got one but honestly because they were so misinformed... The kid had on idea what different audio codecs were.. no idea what bandwidth was.. Heck he didnt even know that paramount switched..

So today i sold my first toshiba hd dvd player since ive been in retail.. 3 year.. ughhhhh.

On the flip side sold 2 blu-rays so yay.