Hi,

I am new here and I have went through a few "The Blu-ray Thread" and still have some doubt.

I wish to buy a Sony BDP-S370 and I found it is selling cheap in Amazon at US$133.00.


I hope you could help me in answering these:


1. Any problems to shop online from Amazon/USA?

2. Any voltage and region format issue?

3. Any problems with the custom clearance and any import duty/tax to pay?

4. How long does it take to received the goods?

Thank you for your help in advance.

This post has been edited by HK Tan: Oct 10 2010, 07:43 AM

1. Any problems to shop online from Amazon/USA? Since we are having the same region A as US, there is no problem

2. Any voltage and region format issue? It depends if the BD player has 110v/220v convertor else you will need voltage convertor.

3. Any problems with the custom clearance and any import duty/tax to pay? You might wanna pay the tax/custom clearance on that.

4. How long does it take to received the goods? Don't think Amazon can ship the BD player to Malaysia directly so you might need to engage 3rd party, like vpost to assist you ship the device over. From Amazon to vpost and vpost to Malaysia might take up to 2-4 weeks.

Anyway good luck for your on-line shopping experience!

try www.newegg.com
i lived in usa for 25yrs..
so i have my friends buy and have it shipped to me here...
on the box, just write "buku sahaja".. and it will go thru customs,
no questions asked...

There are few sellers here in lowyat have tumpang service to buy from overseas as well, try them up, no regrets! good service and fair price.

This post has been edited by Damonzero: Oct 10 2010, 08:44 AM

The s570 is selling at rm799 here and I don't see the benefits of importing from USA as at the final price might save you only rm100 and without warranty and have to buy a step-down transformer for it

agreed. a savings of rm100 doesn't make it worth it. plus, it's a player (with moving parts) and you may need the warranty coverage at some point.

geforce1999, ravi6662, thank you.

Damonzero, can you provide me their contact?



This post has been edited by HK Tan: Oct 10 2010, 03:44 PM

One thing to note about BD players sold here is that unless you hack it (hardware/firmware/remote) the DVD playback won't be multi-region. So keep your DVD player for that function.


fuad

Where can I buy the S570?

I can't find any shop selling it at this price.

Sorry, should be the s370 that's selling at that price, but if you don't need 3d, the s370 should do a great job

How about s370 comparing with Panny BD60 or Sharp bd-hp21u? Who comes out the top?



Thanks.

Get the Panny BD60lah..

1. What is (Which shop) the best price for Sony BDP-S370?

2. Sony v.s. Panasonic, any one has any idea?

lol buku sahaja? if bringing in supplements and write buku sahaja can pass or not T.T

Another sesat member from the Kopitiam thread

yeah not worth the small saving. Better support mlaysian business laaa.

BD60 is quite an old model already (2008 I think) ....and features wise it's totally cannot fight with the S370...3D, Youtube, MKV, Xdiv etc...

the S370 is having a very very good review all around the world, be it UK, US, Taiwan or HK....

the lowest price I saw for S370 is RM699 (check LYN, Desa, HLK)

If the player uses 110v, using step down transformer will work, but i guess it won't work at its optimum efficiency. I'm just guessing, because I got a friend who brought his big radio/cd player back to Malaysia.. after using the converter, the radio display seems a bit dimmer than usual. so, I guess, there's must be some trade off or down side when using step down transformer.

i bought a blu ray home theater set on amazon USA via Vpost, touch wood its been over a year and still no regrets

but yea, keep in mind the warranty doesnt apply here so there is a large risk factor if something goes wrong

just take a popcorn hour c-200 more better at now...