Written by JMarsden92 on 10 February 2010
I have worked for my own company for over 15 years, and I never got to experience customers the way that I got to while I worked at Sony as a salesperson. When I worked at Sony I never expected to hear some of the outlandish things that I did hear. Keep in mind that above our store was a BIG sign with the company name on it. You expect to hear some questions about a product specification, but the ones that took the cake were:
- Where are the XBox360 units?
and
On top of that you would always get someone that would come in, and show a flyer for a competitor, and ask if we could beat their price… Meanwhile our price was on a sign showing a lower price than the competitor already was. Maybe it was me, but an awful lot of people asked the same questions on an almost daily basis.
Have you ever had a really off question get asked to you, and you wonder what tree that person came out from under?
Tags: job, questions, sales, salesperson, Sony
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Written by JMarsden92 on 30 January 2010
I am a home theater installer for the past 10+ years, and I have been in business for 15+ years. I have been with some of the biggest names in the industry. I am continually asked about quality of installations, and I have some tips for you so that you won’t be taken advantage of, or improperly installed.
- Don’t let the technician make all of the decisions about your installation. Make sure they know what you want overall.
- Don’t let the technician talk you into doing your electrical work unless they are licensed electricians. (If there is any problems you want to be fully covered.)
- Size means everything. Don’t get too big, or too small of a tv.
- Front speakers need to be to the left, and right of a tv, and not at the ceiling.
- The center channel needs to be under the tv, and not above.
- Subwoofer should be at the back of a room, and not the front.
- Try to get a Advanced Learning Remote Control. They make it so you only need 1 remote for everything.
Systems that are all contained in 1 speaker bar are not true surround sound. Avoid these at all costs.
Systems with speakers that must be wired to the subwoofer should also be avoided. These are not systems that perform in comparison to a system with a receiver head, and individual speakers.
Systems like the Bose, and other All-In-One home theater units do not have the capability of multiple inputs, so you can’t tie all of your equipment into one system without major additional costs.
“In my opinion Bose is highly overrated, and the sound will never compete with a real surround sound system.”
I would recommend either Sony, or Onkyo. Both names have a very good receiver unit, and they can be connected to almost any speakers.
This review is based on opinion, and should be treated as such.
Tags: hints, home theater, install, installation, Onkyo, Sony, stereo, Tips
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Written by JMarsden92 on 15 June 2009
Just like when I decided to put all of my Disney related articles on their own site I have decided to put all of my video gaming articles on their own site.
You can hop on over to GameBlogs4U.Com to see the new site. This site will be about almost anything dealing with the gaming industry.
My family of sites includes:
- DisneyContestBlog
- JSComputerNJ
- JSComputer Deals
- GameBlogs4U
- MomsBlogs4U
- MyBlogs4U
- MyBlogsHome
We will be hosting contests whenever possible.
Tags: DS, GameBlogs4U, Nintendo, pc, Playstation, PS3, site, Sony, video game, Video Gaming, wii
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