Vendzilla: You had to know this was not gonna end well before you posted this thread to the world of WickedFire.
I would NEVER buy electronics at the store anymore. Living in CR I need to bring everything down and I use online sites for all my purchases. Sure you could go sit in line for 2 days, which really isn't that big of a deal I mean it's the same as going camping or something like that but you did spend quite a bit to 'save' all that money.
You know that things like contrast ratio, refresh rate, are just as important as the resolution. Stores like Best Buy don't put their premium products that are actually worth buying on the door crasher sales, they put all the crap that NO one would normally buy on those sales to get you to come in the store.
I research everything I buy because I want to get the best I can get and not end up with shit ass stuff that I then have to send back or try to sell. Sure in my situation I've been 'forced' to do this but even if I lived in the US or Canada I would continue doing the same thing because it has resulted in very nice good quality products that I know will last a very long time.
For example I was looking for monitors. So I started asking what LCD I should get. I had no fucking idea what an IPS panel was, which happened to be a very popular suggestion. I ended up getting the IPS panels and I'm so glad I did. There is simply nothing they can be compared to except maybe an apple cinema display.
