IIRC, DTS Core is refering to DTS 5.1.

While DTS Core + Extension is referring to DTS 5.1 above eg. DTS 6.1, DTS 7.1.

holy cow stumble upon this thread felt like being sold by salesperson
those ppl that claim the 2650 ish price, do they get the free astro byond subs?
does this include installation or wot ?
if so im sold!

Yup...just bought this model..Can only find this model in SenQ/SenHeng. Got it RM3049.

can confirm with u, this model got LAN port to hook up to your network..

One more thing, the 40c550 model can play video from NTFS as well. unlike c530 which can only play from FAT16/32 (pendrive). Correct me if im wrong.

So this 40c550 can play from your normal external hard drive and also can play directly from network drive.Tested by me

for ur info my LA40C530 also supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. My 2.5 external hardisk 320g is NTFS format

I already test the C530 model. Confirmed it can read from NTFS external hard disk. I brought mine and tested one mkv movie at the shop. Great playback. No hiccups. Smooth as it can be. Subtitle however I didnt try.

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Added on April 27, 2010, 9:49 pm How come you got at that price? I thought the C530 priced at RM3390 so the C550 should be around RM3590.

This post has been edited by adfy: Apr 27 2010, 09:49 PM

did u get ur astro byond?

so conclusion the only different is LAN in 550 but not in 530...

Here is a more better comparison for the 2010 models. Its more than about the network port I think.


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is the 560 available here?

The display price is RM3590.. u go any SenQ/SenHeng shop will display that price. u need to ask the SA, then they will give u rm3049 price.i ask 3 SengHeng shop, in Sunway Pyramid, Setapak and Kepong. All give me the same price.

Unfortunately the c550 model doesnt come with the astro B.yond package. That's the only drawback.

But the ability to play all my movie collection from my network storage weight more than having 1 year free B.yond subscription. I can just sign up for it later anyway (when the world cup start )

And yes, the video quality from the media player is super smooth.. even can play my 300mb .mkv (compressed version) file with no problem. I can say, it can play better video quality than my laptop.

Some more, c550 have 90,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio if that means anything to u guys

The bottom line is, if u guys want to have astro B.yond free for one year, get the c530 (that's RM20X12), if u need the ability to connect to your network drives, get c550.

C530 cannot connect to the network drives?? must get C550 to have this feature?

Yup.. c550 have LAN port for network connectivity. With c530, u need to connect your hard drive directly to the lcd's USB port. No LAN port.

if C530 and C550 is different about RM400, just bought C530 and that RM400 spent it on WD Tv Live or ACRyan

but i thought the C530 is also kind of a "media player" built in already? just plug in the external harddrive to the usb port, then can watch all the movies in it right?

Yes of course, you can plug in the external HDD to the TV's usb port, then can watch all the movies in HDD.
BUT
With the LAN port, you don't need to transfer the movie to the external HDD. You can watch it directly from your PC, (which movies are downloaded) via the LAN connection.

DarkNite, thanks for the advice

any idea what is the best price for C530 and C550 in the market now?

RIght now LA40C530 = RM2.7k. FOr LA40C550 and LA40C560 still waiting for the SA to quote me the price. He is also waiting from factory to confirm stock and prices.

now im really bored watching or downloading dvdrip movie, 720p with my samsung like addicted


first of all, b4 i bought this C530, on my list is toshiba ZV, but ZV model only have 50k contrast ratio compare to C530 with 80k and C550 90k, and when u watching 720p, really can feel diffrent between 50k and 80k

really save my 1k ringgit coz ZV is RM3600 but C530 only RM2650

This post has been edited by art6969: Apr 28 2010, 06:25 PM

where u buy for 2650?

Just for u all info, LA40c530 should have price increase a bit..