Hi all,

My living room Plasma (Philips low res) just currently died on me yesterday, cannot start up. My wife had asked me to go and ask for the repairing charge and see if it is worth the repair or not. I am thinking to take this opportunity for a replacement to FHD LCD 46" or above (if price permits).

Previously had set my eyes on either Sammy A950 or the LED 6000 46", but suddenly the thought of spending that much scared me. Both models would cost me approx RM8K and 10K respectively. I had just upgraded my master room to 40" LED 6000 bout 3mths ago..so already overspend..

Now, I am trying to survey for a good 46" FHD LCD which may be value for money and cheaper than the 2 models of my previous consideration for my living room. I may still end up with either model but before I decide, I wanna make sure I spend wisely .. "VALUE FOR MONEY". So I am in a dilemma here.

Mostly, I watch my BD's in my master room wif my wife most of the time, that is why I chose the LED series, PQ excellent, but still pricey. So the living room would be used mostly for PS3, Astro and sometimes BD when I am alone in the hse.

There are many good and experience sifus here, and I hope anybody could advise me..... so that I can choose wisely. I would prefer brands like Samsung, Sony or Sharp only.... Also did thought of the Panasonic Plasma S10 50", but.... somehow, I kinda like LCD better after viewing my LED TV in the master room

Why choose LCD? Since you were plasma user, why not just buy another plasma? With budget around 6k, you can buy the latest 50 inch Panasonic plasma already (model P50S10).....Panasonic is one of the best plasma producer besides Pioneer...plasma is best suits your usage : gaming, Astro & especially movies ...buy Panasonic plasma, you won't regret it coz I'm planning to buy one recently ...try this shop, they selling at an attractive price http://jintexelectronics.com/

This post has been edited by WereWolf84: Jul 12 2009, 03:27 PM

To be frank, I have not actually manage to see any plasma properly calibrated before... so I would not know the extend of the PQ compared to the LCD... both with optimum settings after calibration...

sammy 50' also ok wut...around 5.5k oni..

Chia latz...... the service repairmen came to my hse today.. he suspect only 2 things... SSB Bd (tuners, memory and cable inputs) OR the Power Bd...

Each will cost me RM1.5K.....

Come to think of it, may not be worth it to repair ler.. somemore for a low resolution Plasma... top up extra RM2K also can get me a HD ready 42" plasma liou ler..

I asked the service guy to go back and let me think for a few days... if I do change to a new TV, think anyone would take trade in for my old one?

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Added on July 14, 2009, 11:42 amSammy 50" at RM5.5K?? Plasma or LCD? Which model?

This post has been edited by de_lasoul: Jul 14 2009, 11:42 AM

dude... since it's just for astro & gaming, just get cheapo 50" plasma that fits into ur 6k budget will do ler... don't need anything fancy. I think the panasonic S10 fits ur simple needs

Got watch movies also ler...

Plasma is also good for all natural movies

Still did not get a chance to see the 50" S10 on display in Penang yet..

Anybody seen this in Penang?

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Added on July 14, 2009, 11:55 amRon, wat time u finish work today??

This post has been edited by de_lasoul: Jul 14 2009, 11:55 AM

my boss in holland...

so i finish work after lunch

my neighbour has a panasonic 50" in his living room which he bought for around 6k (a few wks ago) ... i think it's S10 kua.. but he only plays ahem DVDs too bad

in kuantan the price ard rm5000-rm5400 with combo if im not mistake....go for 50s10k la boss...

or at the very least, go for the 50SX10

Or get panny 50" full hd, swap with your bedroom 46" LCD. Bigger is better. Don't you feel LCD a little too bright for low light bedroom? I found out LCD is great in bright area but in low light condition, plasma is more comfortable due to lack of backlight. LED I'm not sure as I didn't view that before in low light condition.

thanks all for the feedback.. seems like Plasma S10 is the way to go here.

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Added on July 14, 2009, 2:14 pmMy room is only 40", and I would not have any more space to cramp anything more than 42". So I guess the Sammy will have to remain in the master.

As for the living, looks like Panny is a favourable choice suiting the budget as well as value for money.. Pan Ji and Tua Teh... only concern may be the brightness in the living room.

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Added on July 14, 2009, 2:22 pmCome to ur place at 3.30pm?

This post has been edited by de_lasoul: Jul 14 2009, 02:22 PM

cannot la bro.. going to driving range at 3pm

yup go for panny 50s10k is the right choice....u wont regret....

ok ok.. no probs.... i also wanna go driving.. but driving my car back home...

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Added on July 14, 2009, 2:50 pmEh, bring your Pioneer BD player to his place and test.. kekkeeke



This post has been edited by de_lasoul: Jul 14 2009, 02:50 PM

driving range fun meh? whack whack n then go back

unless got cun amoi to jaga ur balls

de_lasoul, are U in Penang? If yes, U can go to QBM. HN has the P50S10 on display right at the main entrance to the store, but connected to DVD...

Thanks bro, will go to QBM either tomorrow or the next day to look at it.. wonder if they can actually connect to a BD player to test for us...

too lazy to do that

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Added on July 14, 2009, 5:01 pmsometimes got cun gals la... but going there for practice, not to jaga our balls

jaga balls wan lau yee d

good to go to sweat a little & for some fine tuning on ur swing

This post has been edited by ronnt88: Jul 14 2009, 05:01 PM

good "swing" but lousy "aim" is useless

yeah....saw the Pana 50s10 in QB HN, price ard 6k+, i think......but the 42s10 is selling at 4.5k with BDP60.....

Finally, manage to view the 50" Panny S10 at Harvey Norman QBM yesterday. I asked them to hook up to the Sammy BD player and played Spiderman 3 BD.

I was not amused by the PQ... but maybe because the PQ settings were default. I asked them to switch to all default settings such as Dynamic, Standard, Cinema and Game mode.. Standard mode came out best, but still very much lacked behind the LCD contrast...

Dynamic mode was worst as I can see noises at the surroundings. But again dynamic mode produces best colour contrast compared to the rest...

coz the environment is quite bright at HN... plasmas only excel in darker environments so if ur living room is rather bright, LCD is the way to go.. and if u plan to do gaming, LCD too to avoid burn-in headaches bro.

Hmmm.. A950?? heheh

aiya so thick, big & clumsy... get another LED wan la

why? cos sammy refuse to call yours a LED tV?

wah.. another LED cheapest is >RM10K ler now.. for a 46"..

kiu chui ler....if this model got design defect after 1 year.. then both same model die ler.. hahah

don think it is wise to get 2 similar models...

mine only LCD TV la... y call it LED??

i meant the slim wan

If it were me, & this is just me, i'd get the cunnest looking wan, so when guests come they can adore it & u also adore it everytime u get to the living room

actually i have wrongly strategise my planning...

Should have gotten the 46" LED series for my living room, and buy normal 40" LCD to place in my master.. hahaha

now it is the opposite case...

maybe you can just buy just the plastic frame and dummy panel.. (for display only like in Ikea..)

DIY

get the aquos L46A77 series...

sammy 50' series 4 is oso ok maaaa.....

sammy sux la..

why? dats pretty strong coming from a flagship sammy LCD owner..

he hate his sammy

i luv mine.. i hate the others

guys, u know wat.. the weirdess thing happened yesterday...

U know my plasma will not power up issue, and I continued trying so for 2 days continously with no response b4 I called the repairmen.

Hence, yesterday I tried my luck to power it up again, and it did boot up.. which means this is most probably an intermittent issue. Of course sooner or later also have to chg dee lar, since already got intermittent problem.

So right now, I can buy a longer time to make my decision. Pls continue this thread... hahaha