What a load of cr*p, I print A3 mostly for competition, so not doing pictures justice on your own printer, thats a new one
I'd agree in principle, but I guess you do need to know a bit about colour management, and calibrate your monitor and use the right printer profile and all that technical stuff, or you can end up with some very strange results...
But doing your own printing does mean that you can run off a few test prints and get them looking exactly how you want.
Most of the new photo printers that are around £-100 give excellent results straight out of the box, but you do need