well MR Tan

the most basic economics for all manufacturers and us the consumer to understand is the production costings of the products to be produced and thereafter, the profit margins they desired , the latter , after taking into consideration, the quantity produced and market competition . delivery/transportation costs such as by sea , land or air will be included as well to the location/country of the manufacturer's warehouse . from here ,after knowing their costs at Ex-Factory and Delivered , they will introduce pricing guidelines and if they are bigtime and reputable manufacturers , even sales pricing control over their dealers.

for international trading, the de facto currency used as easy reference is usually the US$ .

by your statement and if i may ask , how would the manufacturer after knowing their costs and profits margin , justify themselve economically , by selling a product cheaper to consumers which have lower GDP and PCI than to those that are higher or weathier.

first , without taking profits margin into consideraton , lets say if the production cost is at US$ 1,000 , do the manufacturer need to sell to Ghana/Congo or some third world country, at lets say US$ 150 whereas the US can be had at US$1,150 as there is a hugh hugh difference between these countries in GDP and PCI

This post has been edited by sunnyK: Jun 5 2010, 11:26 AM

Just got a new panny plasma. First time watching plasma, I was blown away.

Tested with 720p source with 1024x768 d-sub signal. It's pretty awesome.

Tried 1280x768, and 1360x768, but video and desktop fonts are not as good.

Our 50" V20 was delivered yesterday.

exceeds our expectation and agrees that it's value for money. Supports 12 bit colour from our Dune media player.

most impressed with the new filter to reject reflection. big improvement from last year's model

Hi elife,
How do you manage to get 12 bit from Dune? Did I miss out some setting?
My panel is able to accept 12 bit colour... Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks and regards,

How much is this 50" V20 ? Is it 3D compatible?

Hi ronaldjoe,

Let's discuss this on Dune thread

V20 is not 3D compatible. the 3D model should be VT20.

Our V20 was purchased directly from our business contact in Panasonic Malaysia for demo purpose. We cannot disclose the price as it's not applicable for retail pricing.

Anyone got special deal at tbm UOB promo at mid valley?

Manufacturing cost for the V is probably US$500. Cause the 50G10 is sold abot US$1100. What is so expensive transporting it from Singapore where it is made?

After all, they can trasport all the way to the US and still maintain the US1100 price. Though it is a bigger market, the US its already saturated, everyone has a plasma

Its people like you, with a relaxed attitude towards high prices, that manufacturers keep their prices high.

jus wen back fr panasonic fair in queenbay..
did see on the latest vt 3d 50"..wow damn good..but to bad cant get the price yet according to the panasonic salesman.

the u20k is rm5299...& if u buy together with the blueray player its only 5499. i think its great offer but not sure when the offer end..

We got one fella here who manage to get the 50U with BD player for only 4k. But in Melaka. Even if send by 1st class courier service still got lots of balance RM left
But you have to read back the earlier posts.

have that fella got his supposedly RM4k unit yet?

Just bought my first plasma after years on a crt. Got the Panasonic P42x28k from Midvalley Harvey Norman for 2299. Very happy with the tv but a bit too much glare during the day for dark scenes. But overall very impressed with my first hdtv.

Just wanted to share and thank everyone for helping me decide on what model to buy.

Cheers.

incredible price for 50U with bd at RM4k. Could get some to resell.

at last, the fella din not get the P50U20 because the person in charge of the shop ask him to wait until 14 of june... he can't wait because world cup will start on 11 of june... the fella is very angry and unsatisfy with the services that provided by the shop ... and so yesterday the fella just bought a samsung ps50-C550 RM4100 + Sony 790x home theatre RM2000 total RM6100 ....FREE Tv bracket + garfield HDMI cable + fiber optic audio cable + COAX audio cable ...

that's just sweet talk bro.
come 14, they're gonna say no stock and ask you to wait another 2 weeks. come that, wait another month. then again and again till they say they can't get the stocks from their supplier (or the supplier made a mistake)

That fellow angry with the shop but bought the samsung ps50 c550 from the same shop?

From reading all these I just realized that now is probably the worst time to get a big screen tv due to the football season. No wonder some dealers hang high to sell. If looking for a better deal I guess it's best to wait for it to be over.

You will get very good cheap price as they have to sell their unsold stock for world cup

on the contrary, stingy people who will wait and wait and only buy at jump down to the floor firesales price . that put a stop on R & D advancement without which we will not be getting the quality image as well as the massive price fall that we the consumers have benefited from . wait for the cheapest buy type of customer contributed to lower sales turnover and as a result , bankers will be very reluctant to release borrowings causing all manufacturers to remain stagnant ,and producing the same tired-out and out dated stuffs over and over again .that will deprived us the consumer the constant technological improvements and relevantly , consistent price fall too ,which we all crave

it's not about a country GDP or its people PCI as mentioned in your previous post which i find amusing , as all major TV and electronic manufacturers produces lines of products and models , catering to the lower as well higher income group. TV manufacturers here have models which is very affordable to take care of our country lower income group . for those who could afford and wanted to take a go andf fancy the mid-range to high ends , the pricing here are still competitive . pls don't compare us with the US or UK , two of the world biggest consumer market as market force has already pre-determined that prices will be cheaper there.

i read somewhere that last year ,panny is losing money on it's consumer TV division and a high ranking executives announce that from next year onwards , panny will be concentrating more than before on lower end model . i feel sad learning about this as it mean there will be some technology setback on its future mid range to high end models

i just spent a good few Ks of my hard earned money and ofcourse i wanna feel relax and enjoy my new baby . BTW , i buy smart as i did my homework beforehand

with all due respect unker , at your age , enjoy life lah . why complaint here and there about couple of hundred bucks, afterall you have an office and office boy in London what . so rich , can belanja us drink coffee or teh tarik kurang manis also can