On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:23:40 GMT, Robert Allison
wrote:

Don White wrote:

Sony just sent me an e-mail promoing their new Organic LCD tv.
Sure sounds good, (34 watt power consumption, 1 million to one contrast
ratio, super slim etc...) but think I'll wait until Consumer Reports
compiles some data and comes up with a rating.

Have you had good luck with CR? I have found over the years that
when they review a tool or something that I have had for awhile,
my opinion is diametrically opposed to theirs. If they like it,
I hated it. If they hated it, I loved it. If I thought it was
OK, they thought it was OK.

Hard for me to use them as a source for reviews, unless I find
something that they hate, then I can buy it with confidence.
When I was subscribing to it, I did a little survey for my own
self and they got it wrong about 8 out of 10 for me.

What did it for me was when they hated the Yukon that I was
driving. The thing that put it over the top was that they said
that the interior and instrumentation was "primitive". What the
hell does that even mean?

YMMV

We've had opposite experiences. I use the comparisons in CR to glean
information and learn about a product. I've often bought the 'best buy' or
highly rated products and can't remember a time when I've kicked myself for
doing so.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."