I do not think that means what you think it means.

[kickaha]

Over at the Panasonic site, looking at plasma sets (still).

They have the normal table of sets, with the handy-dandy 'Compare' checkboxes. So I check a couple, and hit the trusty old 'Compare these' button, and...

"We are sorry, but the units you have selected have different attributes and cannot be compared."

Uh... isn't that kind of exactly *when* I want to compare things?

Oy.

Comments

The container for the thing contained

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

You are conflating "attribute" with "attribute value".

It's like if you tried to compare the Wangs of Joseph and Martha.

Because Joe has a Packard-Bell; what were *you* thinking?

On the bright side, you are looking at the correct maker--the Panasonic plasmas have been getting better reviews than their competition by a pretty wide margin for at least the last six years (because six years ago is when I got mine, with which I am still pretty darned happy, though I'd buy an HD model today rather than the ED model I bought then).

I found this a useful site, in case you haven't found it yet:

http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/

Re: The container for the thing contained

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the new G11 plasma displays are apparently rather stunning. 30k:1 contrast native, 1M:1 dynamic. That's just crazy. (Although the Pioneer Kuros are another order of magnitude above *that*, and the Kuro 2 demo displays due out late this fall are another jump above *THAT*... but at 6-8k$, uh, no.)

Would you believe that a primary concern for not buying one right now is the 600+W energy usage/conversion to heat in our little top floor, no AC, humid summer locale apartment?

Re: The container for the thing contained

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I don't get anything like maximum contrast out of the TV, but that's because the very first thing I did once it was plugged in is back its brightness off to about half. I don't have massive kliegs illuminating my sales floor, so I get a much more attractive picture--nicer saturation, and I don't have to wear sunglasses to watch it.

Doubles, give or take, the effective life of the unit as well. Everybody wins.

I straight up ignore the Pioneer units--they are lovely and wonderful, but they are not three-or-four-times-as-expensive lovely and wonderful.

Yeah, ours is a noticeable source of heat as well, though not a patch on the three-computer (or four if I'm working with the laptop) 140-square-foot office upstairs.

Re: The container for the thing contained

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I think you missed the point - when I compared two other units (that it allowed me to), many of the attributes were tagged "Yes" or "No". In other words, the units that it let me compare *had* differing attributes. Making the displayed attribute list a union of the attributes of the units was already being accomplished - the only reasoning I can come up with is that they had attributes between units that were close enough to cause consumer confusion, but not exact enough to be directly compared... which implies a level of concern for detail that isn't present anywhere else on the site.

And, in case it wasn't clear, this was solely on the Panasonic site, between two 46" plasma displays - it wasn't like I was asking it to compare a Sony LCD and a Pioneer Plasma. :)

Re: The container for the thing contained

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Naw, I figured that was a possibility, but I wanted to make the Wang joke. :)

Re: The container for the thing contained

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Never let be said I stood in the way of a Wang joke. :D

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

I found this a useful site, in case you haven't found it yet:

i keeeeeeel u ded

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Ah, sweetie, it's okay... I already chose the Panasonic. ;)

[kaneda-khan.livejournal.com]

I'm always a little afraid to buy generics that say COMPARE TO [NAME BRAND] on the label. I know what they're implying but one of these days I'm going to get something and have to react "wow, this is complete crap compared to [name brand]!"

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Yeah. "Are you sure you *really* want me to do that?"