Best Buy Offers Bogus "3D Sync" Service 248
Token_Internet_Girl writes "Fewer than two weeks after Best Buy offered the first Full 3D HDTVs for sale in the US, its latest Sunday circular (3/21/10) promotes a Samsung 3D TV deal consisting of a 55" 3D TV, 3D capable Blu-ray player, 2 pairs of glasses, a Blu-ray movie and Geek Squad delivery and installation. The ad states the service includes TV and Blu-ray player set-up, connection to your wireless network and 'sync your 3D glasses for an amazing experience.' The package price lists the 'geek' services as a $150 value. The offer's only problem is that there is no such thing as syncing 3D glasses. They sync automatically." Here's Best Buy Corporate's response to this hilarity.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:0, Funny)
An intelligent, thoughtful reply on /.? Expect to get modded to hell. ;D
Well then! (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly hdguru.com needs to sync their database with their httpd.
I've got enough social problems... (Score:4, Funny)
You know how like... some things don't look as ridiculous if several people are doing it at the same time (like, dancing, for example)? Well 3D glasses don't change that. A whole theater full of people still look individually absurd in a way that their numbers somehow do not correct for.
I'll bet... (Score:2, Funny)
...they don't tell you about needing to adjust the framistat (and the additional charge) until they show up for the install.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:3, Funny)
An intelligent, thoughtful reply on /.? Expect to get modded to hell. ;D
He's a witch! Burn him!!
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:5, Funny)
If it's not a conspiracy then there's no story, and if there's no story, then why are you here?
Now put your tinfoil hat back on and get in line with the rest of us!
We were promised cake if we just stand on this moving walkway.
Some Helpful 3D Hints that I'll Give Away for $20 (Score:5, Funny)
Man, if only bullshit was source of income. What a second, I feel a political career beginning!
Oblig (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketfish%26%23153%3B+-+8'+Digital+Optical+Cable/8315147.p?id=1174694191675&skuId=8315147&st=optical [bestbuy.com]
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Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:3, Funny)
He's a witch! Burn him!!
WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does he weigh as much as a duck?
Re:I've got enough social problems... (Score:4, Funny)
The first thing I'd think if somebody walked into my house while I'm watching some 3D movie would be "how tf did that person get through the locked door?"
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:5, Funny)
Hold on, I'll be right back after I sync my mug with the coffee machine.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:5, Funny)
> He's a witch! Burn him!!
WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does he weigh as much as a duck?
Well, he SYNCS like a duck! Burn him!!
Re:Some Helpful 3D Hints that I'll Give Away for $ (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, wait, you need to paint the room matte black so those photons don't bounce off the wall and enter the wrong lens by mistake! That's why they make the screen border and all your home stereo equipment black, you know!
If the 3D effect isn't working, make sure the cable isn't kinked. (Like a garden hose, it causes data flow problems if the cable is kinked.) If you're using the component cables, they have to be rotated JUST RIGHT or it doesn't work. I know it's a hassle, but spend the time and you'll get the absolute best picture you can get!
*tips hat to parent poster
Its a genuinely helpful service (Score:5, Funny)
Wearing the glasses upside-down or the wrong way round would cause incorrect left/right shutter sync and resultant loss of 3D effect.
Anyone that would buy a TV from Best Buy must have limited intelligence, so Best Buy thoughtfully provide the glasses-sync service where they permanently epoxy the glasses to your head in the comfort of your own home. This value-for-money service prevents later user-error so ensures users will always get the full "amazing experience".
This helpful service is already under attack from other tv manufacturers as they have identified it as anticompetitive due to the implicit vendor lock-in following installation.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:2, Funny)
An intelligent, thoughtful reply on /.? Expect to get modded to hell. ;D
Luckily the occurrance of an intelligent, thoughtful reply on /. would seem to indicate that hell may have been frozen over.
Alright I knew it was the Cubs season to win it all!
Oh my. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:1, Funny)
When you "sync" your smartphone you're not doing anything that relates to time, you're just copying data to be the same in both places. When you "sync" your Bluetooth headset, you're actually "pairing" it to tell it which phone it belongs to. When you press the "sync" button on your keyboard, you're actually "pairing" it again.
All these are correct uses of sync. All are dependent upon time. All literally become synchronized in definable ways.
you do need to ensure that the glasses can see the IR emitter
So, you agree that Best Buy cannot perform the service advertised, but you don't think this is a deliberate attempt to defraud because people need someone to put the glasses on their faces and point them towards the TV?
Are you connected from the local looney bin or Best Buy corporate? Both?
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:5, Funny)
The $150 isn't just for the "sync glasses" service, it's primarily for delivery and installation of the TV. ... and then they built the supercollider.
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I love how your sig goes with your comment, sorta.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:5, Funny)
From Best Buy? That is an alarming development. I don't think I have ever had an experience with that chain which didn't involve either of those value added services.
Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score:2, Funny)
Hold on, I'll be right back after I sync my mug with the coffee machine.
So you're saying that it's a kitchen sync?