After reading as much advice as I could on the forum, I decided to go to Wen Hing in Jalan Ipoh

I was going to buy the Panasonic TH-P42X10C with the free Camera, SD Card, and HDMI Cable for 2800rm
(I really wanted to get a full HD 42" Plasma for about 3000rm)

While I was there they offered me the Toshiba Regza 42AV550E and the JVC LT-42EX18 as alternative, saying that these are better than the Panasonic.

I drove back without buying as I don't know enough to make a decision, can someone please help?

What should I buy for around 3000rm, and where should I buy it from? (I live in KL)

I'm no AV guru, but imo you should take the Panny.

If the Toshiba and JVC were better, why did the guy offer you?

They told me that the Panasonics suffer from more glare and that they sell most of these to dealers. Smart people buy the Toshibas

yup... that's why they can enjoy good deals like RM20 Hidef 1080p movies now..

in the form of HD-DVD..

This post has been edited by ar188: Aug 29 2009, 05:03 PM

Then, I must be a idiot cause I brought Panny...

So what are we saying? The Panasonic is the best model to buy in my budget?

The salesman really say Panny glaring?

Maybe he talking about reflections on the panel (Plasma?)

First thing - It is very obvious that the salespeople there are getting better incentives from the other 2 brands.

If you have decided on the Pana, then I think you are pretty much made up btw Plasmas and LCDs. The other 2 are LCDs hence, I dun think they should be even considered when you are set for a Plasma.

Regarding specific models, RM3K thereabouts shud be able to make it for the FullHD 42S10 model sans the free gifts, so you shud be in fact considering btw the X10 and the S10 instead.

GDLK.

Thanks Lone Wolf

I don't know enough to be able to decide if Plasma or LCD is better, I just want a TV that is a bit bigger to watch Astro and DVDs on.

If I could get the FullHD 42S10 within my budget I would be very happy (I don't care about the free gifts)

Can anyone tell me where to get the Full HD Panasonic in KL within my budget please!!!

I wanted to get my TV today but now its too late, so maybe if I know where to go I can get it tomorrow

still not too late...add another 100 and u can get P42S10K...btw i just got mine today

This post has been edited by yslysl: Aug 29 2009, 05:36 PM

I think you are referring to the model TH-P42X10K. The salesman say this model is HD Ready only (with resolution 1024x768).
RM2800 for this model (+ the free gifts) is very cheap.
Carrefour Subang Jaya has this offer at RM2999.

The model that is Full HD is TH-P42S10K (S Series).

Where do I need to go to buy it please? YSLYSL

If you are in PJ, why dun you give this a try :-

www.jintexelectronics.com

As close as cheapest in town you can get

pm this guy nick iamsobloodysick which is a forumer cheers

Many thanks, I have made contact and hopefully he'll sort me out........ YEEEESSSSS!

A full HD TV at last!!

Thanks to everyone

no regrets with the Panasonic 42inch plasma Full HD S10K la.

much cheaper than a LCD tv, picture quality for astro and movies is much better, and the S version don't have the glare like the X version.

the only downside is that you have to break in the plasma tv. that means no black bars, no still images and no video games for the first 100 hours of use.

i bought one for my grandma to watch her astro. i hook it up to the astro decoder with a RM6.50 carrefour S-Video cable and the picture quality is fantastic.

wut u mean by no video games for the 1st 100 hours of use as video games images is not still images?

I did not know that you have to break in a plasma?!

I do not want to confuse things, but I also followed Lone Wolfs advice and found the Toshiba Regza 42RV500E 'Full HD' for 3059

The main uses for the TV are:

Play XBOX 360 games
Watch standard DVDs (no HD or upscaling)
Watch Astro

What do you all think? Panasonic or Toshiba?

The Toshiba got an amazing review of 9.7/10 on cnet Asia http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/tvs/0...4080381p,00.htm

congrats dude...i'm most probably going over to iamsobloodysick shop on monday. hehe merdeka shopping

btw, wat's his shop name? also if u don't mind how much did he offer u? cash and carry?

most games got HUD mah.... usually most games will display some areas which won't change like your HP bar, or character portrait or something that will leave a mark on your plasma tv if you play the same game for too long hours...