Futureshop salesman insists on TV calibration
I was at a Futureshop today and the salesman was showing us the differences between calibrated and non-calibrated screens.
I completely understand that Futureshop operates on commissions and therefore I can't ever be 100% sure if they are trying to sell me something that I need or not.
He insisted that ANY TV that I buy from them or from anyone needs some kind of hi-tech calibration that isn't available for the home user to set up on their own.
He said it's totally different from just adjusting settings in the menus and that it can only be done with the "$10,000 briefcase" that the Futureshop technicians bring to your house.
This calibration, he says, is to change the TV from the "store display" settings to more watchable home settings that have better color ranges and less extreme contrasts.
He said it would be something like $150 to get it calibrated along with the $300 charge for them to set up the tv at my home (which I never even said that I wanted).
He was talking about selling me a floor unit since they didn't have more of that specific model available and that since it had been on for 9 months already in-store, it had been running long enough to allow for the calibration to be done.
And of course he suggested taking the extended warranty plan because it was a floor model.
Aaanyway, my question is whether this guy was full of BS or if this calibration (that no home user can supposedly do on their own) is actually necessary to get optimal picture output once we've purchased the TV.
Thanks for any input.
I completely understand that Futureshop operates on commissions and therefore I can't ever be 100% sure if they are trying to sell me something that I need or not.
He insisted that ANY TV that I buy from them or from anyone needs some kind of hi-tech calibration that isn't available for the home user to set up on their own.
He said it's totally different from just adjusting settings in the menus and that it can only be done with the "$10,000 briefcase" that the Futureshop technicians bring to your house.
This calibration, he says, is to change the TV from the "store display" settings to more watchable home settings that have better color ranges and less extreme contrasts.
He said it would be something like $150 to get it calibrated along with the $300 charge for them to set up the tv at my home (which I never even said that I wanted).
He was talking about selling me a floor unit since they didn't have more of that specific model available and that since it had been on for 9 months already in-store, it had been running long enough to allow for the calibration to be done.
And of course he suggested taking the extended warranty plan because it was a floor model.
Aaanyway, my question is whether this guy was full of BS or if this calibration (that no home user can supposedly do on their own) is actually necessary to get optimal picture output once we've purchased the TV.
Thanks for any input.
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