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thewayneAccording to Best Buy's CEO.
Apparently 'kids these days' are valuing experiences over 65" 8k TVs and all its accessories, much to the dismay of an electronics store that hasn't done any significant innovation over the last decade or so.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
Let's see (looking at my equipment): I have a Bluray player that we got probably a decade ago when we stumbled upon a sale of the collected Harry Potter movies for a nice price and only had a DVD player at the time. My TV is a 1080p that's smaller than a 42" (foot hurts, can't be arsed to dig out my measuring tape), I did buy a new receiver last year because my old one blowed up. My speakers are literally 35 years old: B&W DM 220s that sound absolutely amazing! I did recently buy two computer backpacks from them for the missus and me, along with a 14 TB backup drive and three movies. I'm contemplating a 4K Bluray drive, but I'm not going to upgrade the TV until it starts giving me problems or we move out of the country.
Oh, the TV I bought in '18 because I was having sinus surgery and was going to be out of commission for a couple of weeks. The one we had was dying and we were planning on watching all six of the director's editions Hobbit/Lord of the Rings movies. It was under $200 from Best Buy and still 1080p! Great picture, lousy sound - but since the sound is routed through the stereo and the B&Ws, it doesn't matter!
Sorry, Best Buy. I'm just not in the mood to shell out a lot of bucks on home electronics since I don't need to. But you can console yourself that I'm also not going to see Taylor in concert or the concert movie, so neither of you is going to get my entertainment dollars.
https://gizmodo.com/best-buy-ceo-blames-taylor-swift-for-sales-slump-1850929463
Apparently 'kids these days' are valuing experiences over 65" 8k TVs and all its accessories, much to the dismay of an electronics store that hasn't done any significant innovation over the last decade or so.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
Let's see (looking at my equipment): I have a Bluray player that we got probably a decade ago when we stumbled upon a sale of the collected Harry Potter movies for a nice price and only had a DVD player at the time. My TV is a 1080p that's smaller than a 42" (foot hurts, can't be arsed to dig out my measuring tape), I did buy a new receiver last year because my old one blowed up. My speakers are literally 35 years old: B&W DM 220s that sound absolutely amazing! I did recently buy two computer backpacks from them for the missus and me, along with a 14 TB backup drive and three movies. I'm contemplating a 4K Bluray drive, but I'm not going to upgrade the TV until it starts giving me problems or we move out of the country.
Oh, the TV I bought in '18 because I was having sinus surgery and was going to be out of commission for a couple of weeks. The one we had was dying and we were planning on watching all six of the director's editions Hobbit/Lord of the Rings movies. It was under $200 from Best Buy and still 1080p! Great picture, lousy sound - but since the sound is routed through the stereo and the B&Ws, it doesn't matter!
Sorry, Best Buy. I'm just not in the mood to shell out a lot of bucks on home electronics since I don't need to. But you can console yourself that I'm also not going to see Taylor in concert or the concert movie, so neither of you is going to get my entertainment dollars.
https://gizmodo.com/best-buy-ceo-blames-taylor-swift-for-sales-slump-1850929463
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Date: 2023-10-17 04:53 pm (UTC)somebody did a really bad marketing homework for this CEO
i've surveyed no one, of course, but pretty sure "kids these days" use large screens for PS only and all the rest is mobile-first / mobile-always basis, movies and sound included. and half of those mobiles come directly from Apple stores.
so yeah, sorry, Best Buy, at least my 30-dollar waffler maker is yours! :)
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Date: 2023-10-17 11:46 pm (UTC)That sounds about right to me, based on observations at the university library where I work. I'm planning on buying a $300 ice cream machine for our Christmas, and it will most likely come from Best Buy, but I'm not in the habit of upgrading my consumer electronics annually. If that's what their CEO thinks I should do, well, he's welcome to give me $10k every year and then I'll do it. Yeah, lump him in the 'clueless/excuse-making' category. Everybody's fault but mine.