The sketch:
A customer enters an electronics shop.
Mr. Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.)
Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
Owner: We're closin' for lunch.
Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this LCD TV what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the HDReady 32”...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
Mr. Praline: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's got dead pixels, that's what's wrong with it!
Owner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's not had time to run in.
Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead pixel when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
Owner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's warming up! Remarkable screen, the HDReady 32”, idn'it, ay? Beautiful colours!
The dead pixel issues reminded me of the classic sketch, in fact the Owner could well work at Dixon's these days!!!
On a serious note its remarkable that we have to pay top dollar for a potentially faulty product...........the price of early adoption, or the actions of an oligopoly given the limited number of LCD wafer plants?