I do have to say that this is one of my favorite forums. Lots of great info and really great people who, no matter how hi-end their system, will never put down anyone else.
I'm sure there have been some "stupid" questions posted on these forums but they have always been answered in a non condescending and civilized manner.
I didn't think my post would draw so much attention but I suppose we all have to vent our frustrations every once in a while.
There is nothing more frustrating then doing all your research, knowing all the specs and being an informed shopper only to have a Best Buy salesman try to tell you the exact opposite or convince you that you need to buy the $99 HDMI cable otherwise that $3,000 LCD TV just won't give you the highest quality picture. I argued with a salesman for so long one time that he almost convinced me that I knew nothing. I feel for the uniformed person who gets taken advantage of by those salesmen if he did that to me.