Based on the press release some new model will be release in April..It's mid April already and you guys have any idea where to look for these new 2010 models ?

I'll be moving to new place soon and new plasma is one of the priority (after the grilles..hehehe)

Going back to homedec tommorow, now confius whether to grab p50u20 or p42v20 ? Arghhh.. Choices choices choices !

It was 4999 and same free gift as mentioned earlier by simonst

foc bd60 blu-ray player,
hdmi cable,
digital photo frame and
2 years warranty

Done, paid for the P42V20 at Homedec.. Now waiting 20th May for delivery.

RM4999 ..with couple of free gift :

Samsung BD-P1600 Bluray Player, Digital Photo Frame and HDMI cable..


This post has been edited by ameenskywalker: May 3 2010, 02:12 PM

Bought it around 2.30pm... when i got it there's only one left.. as so they said..might be a marketing gimmick... i dunno.

Was tempted with 50u for it's size but as you mentioned.. that washed out colors turn me away.. also maybe because my av room is a bit small and it might be overkill for 50"... then again it might be the setting. On the right next to 42v is the LED LCD as well and 42V look better when they played avatar... they said to trust your eyes..and that what i did

Yeah true. Btw, now after further reading i did noticed that ASIA version is TH-P42V20 while EUROPEAN version is TX-P42V20.

This post has been edited by ameenskywalker: May 4 2010, 06:27 PM

Yeah, the waiting game, 9 more days before V20 arrive...

They told me can pick it up on 20th

42.. yeah at homedec.. 4999

Went to Harvey Norman during lunch just now and one of the guy said they are now taking out old model and making room to display new pana's plasma. They said should be in end of May.

Got a call that my P42V20 is ready for delivery. Contemplating whether to get it now or straight send to my new place, but the reno not yet completed.. *sigh*. Anybody else got theirs ?

Couldn't wait for the renovation to be completed. Call them and they had delivered it to just now. My wife will be so angry when she wake up tomorrow if she notice this in the hall. What I'll do tonight is hide it in the store room, read the manual and stare at the box.

Went through the manual for THP42V20K, and looking at the Advanced (isfccc) Picture Setting.. i think i can 50% confirm that there is Advance(isfccc) mode. Need to turn on then it will display another set of advance menu with the following setting..

-White Balance
----R-Gain
----G-Gain
----B-Gain
----R-Cutoff
----G-Cutoff
----B-Cutoff
----Gamma
----Reset to Defaults
-Color Management
----R-Hue
----G-Hue
----B-Hue
----R-Saturation
----G-Saturation
----B-Saturation
----Reset to Defaults
-Gamma
----Switch the gamma Curve / 1.8 / 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.4 / 2.6
----Reset to Defaults

Well, i figure this would be the territory of anfieldude to explain what does it do and what setting to use. Until somebody publish their setting, i'll leave this as default.

This post has been edited by ameenskywalker: May 27 2010, 12:26 AM

Cool, thanks for the advise...

if only that were the truth ...

Finally I have set up my P42V20, now the torture of waiting.. waiting to pass 100hrs began... watching everything in low setting doesn't do justice for this plasma ...

first impression :

*even at this low setting, the black level is really impressive.
*been on since 8.30pm and now 3.30am, almost 7hrs hour, yet very quiet unlike our old plasma which start making noise when fan kick in. or maybe this plasma do not have fan..
*nice GUI for Viera Cast, and Youtube streamed nicely..
*my eyes need to get used to 24p video

This post has been edited by ameenskywalker: May 29 2010, 04:19 AM

I believe WiFi require a separate dongle.. currently i'm using direct rj45/Ethernet from my router to the plasma.

Yeah DLNA worked well with my WD NAS.. then again the file format might be an issue, so far i've managed to play H264 and DivX only. I've compared playing the same files using PS3 and V20 media player and the PQ of the media player also not as good as PS3.

This post has been edited by ameenskywalker: May 29 2010, 07:13 PM

I don't think that features on the remote, but it definitely there once you feed it with actual 1080p/24p source, tried it on my P42V20. It also state here :
V-Series - Plasma TV