I am confused by all your comments...in the Star Ads...it says the price = RM3999 for
LCD KLV-40S550A + FREE - DVD Home Theatre System - DAV-DZ590K ...and on top of that
you can get cash rebate of RM450 so only RM3549 right ??

exactly

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Added on December 23, 2009, 9:16 pmbargain?? means if buy that promo set @ RM3999 den top up another RM999 for a blueray player? correct me if im wrong.

This post has been edited by 2898: Dec 23 2009, 09:16 PM

Exactly, if wanna watch Bluray...get something better than the Sony S series...get the Panny Plasma 42S10, If I'm not mistaken, Panny also having offer now.

never liked plasma's huge pixels and glossy screen. Its up to personal preferences though

is the 32" S series 'okay' for ps3 gaming ? cannot afford v or w series

why would you want to watch 24P on TV? the point is to accept 24P (from BDs) and do 3:3 pull-down to 72Hz.. (something that the Kuros do well)

rather than 24P source do 3:2 pull-down on normal TVs..

also it's Stutter (time element) not jagginess... (that's reserved for pixel,)

thanks for the correct term

i'm saying watching 24p BD, not broadcasted content (can one do that anyway?)
you mean the TV actually displaying 24p contents at 72Hz?
then the 3x frame rate is interpolated or just repeated frames?

my real confusion is that, while 24p supposed to make movies look cinematic, i get more of the "stutter" (low frame rate) feeling rather than cinema feeling. i swear i don't realize that much of "stutter" while watching movies in cinema.

people says that S series is not so good, but 40s is okay. is it true?

40S is okay. i even highly recommend it for this promotion price.
32s ans 37s you can forget bout it and go for other brand.

i see

If you heart is with the Sony 40 S series..then go ahead and buy..you'll be happy for a couple of years more with it.

Then when those LED stuff goes down in price, you can consider again...there will always a next time.

like what brand ? cause i'm considering on buying sony 32" S series , could u guys suggest me any other 32' LCD tv thats better than S series ?

true true.. actually is there any big difference between LCD and LED? (i only know LED is slimmer)

This post has been edited by 2898: Dec 24 2009, 12:44 PM

im the owner 32's

hmmm..need looking other series

I guess it depends on TV..

anyway, you should check out Public enemies, shot on digital (michael mann production)... see if you like that kind of stutterless feel (I didn;t, looks like a Camcorder movie.. )

Sharp/LG/Samsung all has better offering than sony in <RM2k range. However, if you can find the older generation of the 32s (model: KLV-32S400A), then go for that. I've seen it going as low as RM1399 and trust me, that old model PQ performs far more better than the new 32s550, and has much more features that sony left out in the new model.

there's only LED vs CCFL backlight LCD. Technically LED or not, they are still LCD.
The only advantage LED backlight can bring is local dimming (ie dim a part of screen when that part is displaying dark content to improve contrast ratio), and the so called "slim" LED TV is missing the local dimming ability and hence "slim" LED TV is technically the same as CCFL LCD TV.

new S550 or the old S400?
those who grabbed S400 during its end of life cycle promotion is really lucky as those remain as my favourite low end LCD till today.

Look closely and you'll find that the new 32" and 37" S550 has following issue when compared to old S400:
1) only 2x HDMI
2) missing S-video
3) poor viewing angle
4) poor video processing
5) missing ambient light sensor
6) missing swivel stand
7) much lighter than predecessor
8) missing 24p ability
9) missing theatre mode
10) missing S-Froce front surround sound processor/speaker
11) missing headphone out
12) missing bravia sync

the list goes on and on about what sony cut out of this new model. This new S550 is actually marketed as L series overseas as a really basic, cheap entry model (much like the T series here). Our V series here is S series overseas and so on. Welcome to Malaysia

will check it out when i have chance

Sony is not Sony,Toyota is not Toyota..

Sony,Toyota,Porsche,etc sure laugh if they see this statement

This post has been edited by lan_86: Dec 24 2009, 07:46 PM

of course they will laugh la, inferior series also people wallop

not worthy to buy?

All I am saying is there was a time when buying a Sony is as safe a decision as you can get. Personally, I am not too confident about that now so look around a bit more, for similiar pricing and spec, are there better alternatives? Happy Shopping