ya!.. me also plan to acquire one in 2007.... need infos too...

tq

Among those brand listed, I will go with Sharp, reason better picture quality even in SD.

If I were you, I will choose Toshiba 42" 42WL66E. Normally Toshiba "stuff" r very good quality. Previously I used 29" toshiba crt tv, superb picture quality, served me for 10 years without any problem.

May be my eyes got problem, the red in Toshiba doesn;t look right to me...

Red, blue or green...
All the TVs and LCDs and Plamas are calibrated or adjusted to "fool" buyers.
If you really need real color as in the producer of the film intended to show to you, you need to get a calibration disc to help you to adjust all the colors, contrast and brightness. Thats what I understand.

Anyway, on LCDs, what I heard is Sharp has the most winning award for their good LCDs.

When you are spending this money, the best is, dont look at the price first. Surf internet and search for reviews. After that, make a trip to the electrical shop to test it. Try testing using your own DVDs and ask them to put on Astro sports.

Choose the one that suites you most and not people tell you too.

Toshiba will be a good buy, but make sure to check if there is any backlight leakage commonly occur with Toshiba large lcd tv. As for sharp, heard that this model not using Sharp panel but Taiwan panel instead, i own a 32" version and the PQ is quite ok. Samsung no comment but LG QC just so so. Make sure to check warranty period also, the longet, the better. I decide to go for Sharp instead of Toshiba mainly due to the 3 years warranty.

It depends on luck actually, I had a Toshiba 29 inch tv, has repaired more than 6 times during its lifespan of 9 years and now the tv tuner is dead, using the VCR temporarily as a tv tuner.

Regarding Toshiba's LCD, it's quite good but some tweaking to the factory preset colours is a must, it ain't perfect straight from the box, the same goes to other brands too. It stacks up well with other LCDs but my personal preference goes to Bravia because it's brighter and more vivid.

Sony is too expensive le... V32" cost at least RM1000 more than both Toshiba 32wl68 and Sharp 32BX. And even the V40" is more expensive than the Toshiba 42". But i think the most rediculos is the Philips 9XXX series. The 32" 9531 cost RM6500 last 2 months when i checked it in Best Denki

before you buy a sharp, I suggest you vist AVSforum and read about the sharp sticky, there is an FAQ about sharp's infamous super banding problem. It is going to be a real PITA to get an exchange in Msia if you bring home a unit that have serious problems.

Gila? Maybe but I love this player, very reliable. Regarding your picture noise problem, press the Display button on the remote control, you can activate the BNR and MNR option to filter the noise but it will give the picture a softer look but normally, I'll leave them off as I don't sit too near to my LCD tv or my CRT tv in my room. I'll use Cinema 1 as the picture setting. How about you? Mind sharing your settings with me?

Hope you have a nice time with this player.

Well, does it apply to the Sharp models sold in Malaysia, it might be a different series. Just wondering but seriously, I'm clueless about Sharp products anyway.

Many 42" and above Aquos suffer this problem, it can't be so horrible that there's no Aquos in Msia Vertical banding, backlight bleeding, and other uneven backlight/brightness are common problems with LCD tv. It's highly recommended to test the TV thoroughly before bringing it home...but most unfortunately, it is not easy to test them at the store and I'm pretty sure those salesman will be reluctant to let you play around

Wow, that sounds serious and I just saw the Sharp advertisement a few days back, proudly saying it supports 1080P.

I think your Westinghouse is a great buy but it's not available here sadly, it received excellent reviews including What Hi-Fi and Hi-Fi Choice magazines. So envy you lah.

Very hard to buy a proper good lcd that has least problems nowadays My first unit actually had some pretty serious vertical banding issue and i had them exchanged me a new one. I got the replacement yesterday and this set is significantly better, and no banding is noticeable unless you tried very hard looking for it. I'm not a videophile, but I think most people wont even know that their screens have banding/backlight bleeding many Samsung LCD monitors actually have pretty bad backlight bleeding and I just noticed some on my 172x after um....2-3 years of usage So yeah, if the problems are not very significant, one should really be happy with it.

Initially I thought the problems I was seeing were mainly because Westinghouse is not branded, but after some thorough research and reading, wah lau...I was really surprised to read that RM12-15k Sony has even more kau problems

Buying things nowadays really not easy

Ya i come across that thread in AVS as well. As i remember the banding problem is due to the newly set up factory has a problem with the roller or something that created this banding issue. After they found out the cause they took some actions including replacing the roller and recall some of the batches that has this problem. I am not sure those selling in Malaysia got this problem or not since its a different model.

My Sharp 32BX thought have some minor Backlight leakage on the left side of the panel in dark scene and can only be seen if i push up the brightness of the tv. I think Sony X- series that has the Mura effects is worst because Sony is ignoring all the complaints and claim that its normal and would not exchange any of the set, unless the dealer willing to. But again those problematic X-series are make in Maxico, and i dont think those selling here are make in Maxico, so the X-series here may be safe. But too bad my pocket is not deep enough to afford one. May be wait for this month Big Sweep and see if i got lucky.

yeah...and the xbr2 is top of the line It's really hard to get $ony to admit mistakes. The Dell 2407 also has a bunch of problems and people have be ranting about it in the dell forum yet dell doesnt admit it. But if you claim the warranty they would send u another revision. My TV's manufacturer lagi kau...they dont even honor the warranty over here! it is the dealer that is giving me the warranty and because they dont have service center here, they are giving me 1 year 1-to-1 direct exchange and they will deliver and pick up the TV at no charges...but after 1 year, my credit card will cover it. And after that....im on my own...

I did calculation on my tv though, it cost me CAD2.x per day...so if it really kong after 2 years....think i will just throw it away

I have not done any setting on it yet. Currently put it on Standard.

I still have not go through the manual to see every fuctions in it. Seems a bit complicated compared to my JVC.

About the noise, I will try later today. Now, I got to go to work. Ha! Ha!...

Anyway, about posting pics, I wanted to post last night but the earthquake-Internet speed problem made me gave up. He! He!

Anyway... will try again later today.

Does anybody know if the Sony DVPNS55PB is any good? it is only RM178

Is the NS76H(European version?) same as NS75H(north american version?).

Sony DVPNS55PB model doesn't have HDMI and optical digital out.
If u intend to buy DVD player now, get one with HDMI,especially u have a LCD.

Almost the same but :-
NS76H -support video tv resolutions =576p
Video Noise Reduction=Block Noise Reduction

NS75H - support video tv resolutions =480p
Video Noise Reduction=Mosquito Noise Reduction

Both having video upconversion =1080i (HDTV).

i think they are the same...there is no use for 576p in NA, it is NTSC here

I wasnt looking to get the NS55, but it looks cheap, just wondering if it is any good.