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 Originally Posted by petbull
I guess it is LG's right to work only with their brand, but they should come out and state that as their policy. When I see something as Bluetooth capable, it means universal to me, not proprietary.
To be fair, nowhere in the packaging or materials that came with the TV was Bluetooth mentioned, so my initial assumption was that bluetooth wasn't supported, so it's not like I can complain I was misled.
LG certainly have the right to do what they're doing, but it's a pet peeve of mine when a manufacturer takes a standard technology and hobbles it so it will only function with their branded peripherals, or substitutes a proprietary technology for a proven standard one simply to lock customers in to always buy their branded accessories. I'm sure the prospect of doing this gets the bean counters in the corner offices salivating, but I think there's more likelihood of it blowing up in your face than there is of you securing an Apple style cash cow accessories market.
This isn't a PlayStation or XBOX, it's a TV - you don't have exclusive content that will majorly influence people's buying decisions. Yes you have what is arguably the best UI right now, but when the other companies TV's improve (and they certainly will) and the salespeople in Best Buy start telling customers that the LG and Brand X are about the same feature-wise but while Brand X will work with third party accessories you may already have, with the LG you'll have to re-buy stuff that costs a couple hundred bucks, what do you think those customers are going to do? LG's already cut prices to spur sales, so clearly they''re aware that prospective customers are looking for deals, so why the incongruence?
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