U shud consider plasma rather than lcd for ur father friend as much of ol'folk,they wil spend much of their time watching astro than go for blue ray xperience.just need to topup a bit for 42"plasma,as much as i know nowadays plasma price had go down.
Ive seen 1 Kuro hanging in sen Q sunway carnival..if not mistaken,its 50" model,but not sure which model..tagged around rm8k sumtin'..well,ive fell for it oledi..juz hv a thought of replacing my sammy plasma wif kuro..but in my dream la..