I used to work for a Video Rental Chain, and about 1-2 years ago, this older lady comes in and asks for a new movie, I show here where it's at and hand her the box. She looks at it and asks me "is it shot in high definition" ??? I'm like uhh yeah, most new movies are, but it's a DVD, it's not "high definition"
Actually, I think you would doing her more of a favor by saying "No, it's not" given the fact that she's buying a DVD. It sounds to me like she's trying to find out if she's buying HD media (HD-DVD, Blyray) vs. buying SD media (DVD) as opposed to trying to find out at what quality the movie was originally filmed in. You don't want to say "Yes, it's shot in HD" and then have her find out later that her DVD is in fact not in HD. Better to just say "No" to her right away.
I actually don't blame people for being ignorant of the technology, if they don't want to put in the effort to learn, that's fine. But I do get fed up with people who are just plain wrong and spread rumors and myths about technology, like Plasma burn-in for example. I have a friend who insists that modern plasma still suffers from burn-in, which just isn't true. Well, technically, I suppose you could get burn-in on a plasma, but it would have to be on the same picture for weeks like in an airport terminal or something.
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nxtiak @ Mar 14th 2008 11:42AM
I used to work for a Video Rental Chain, and about 1-2 years ago, this older lady comes in and asks for a new movie, I show here where it's at and hand her the box. She looks at it and asks me "is it shot in high definition" ??? I'm like uhh yeah, most new movies are, but it's a DVD, it's not "high definition"
locke6854 @ Mar 14th 2008 12:03PM
Answering her with "yes it is" regardless of adding a "but..." is just confusing the situation.
You KNOW what she MEANT. A confused customer is not a target for semantics. "Ahh... but you didn't ask if that PARTICULAR movie was in HD!"
*sigh*
Loban @ Mar 14th 2008 12:20PM
Actually, I think you would doing her more of a favor by saying "No, it's not" given the fact that she's buying a DVD. It sounds to me like she's trying to find out if she's buying HD media (HD-DVD, Blyray) vs. buying SD media (DVD) as opposed to trying to find out at what quality the movie was originally filmed in. You don't want to say "Yes, it's shot in HD" and then have her find out later that her DVD is in fact not in HD. Better to just say "No" to her right away.
I actually don't blame people for being ignorant of the technology, if they don't want to put in the effort to learn, that's fine. But I do get fed up with people who are just plain wrong and spread rumors and myths about technology, like Plasma burn-in for example. I have a friend who insists that modern plasma still suffers from burn-in, which just isn't true. Well, technically, I suppose you could get burn-in on a plasma, but it would have to be on the same picture for weeks like in an airport terminal or something.