Just take your time reviewing the models. IMO, the price is dropping RM50-100 every week lately.

yea...i think these few days before cny will hav some great deals b4 they close for holiday...

i'm waiting for it

Thanks guys.

Anyone have the Tosh 42A3500E who can give a quick review on Astro, DVD and PC display PQ?

seems , the tosh is the fav for me atm. but jaya jusco got plenty choice & discount with other brands

mmm

As I said previously, Jusco has cut the discounts on Panny products as they are offering Combo sets with so-call discounts....

So if my 42' panny previously cost RM4999 at Jusco now oledi back to RM5499. But if purchased together with Panny home theater can save RM500 (?) of the total cost. But the pioneer plasma and philips LCD looks attactive buy.

Hv u all got experience of buying the display set? damn attractive, some even can offer >50% at best denki.

Hmm.. my previous post got lost - but just to update that I got a NS78 for just under RM400. But unlike the Philips, no HDMI cable.

My quick thoughts (rather than repost whole thing).

Playstation 3 upscaling is superior to DVD player. Just a bit sharper and clearer (tested with original and other discs). But not much to complain from the DVD player.

Also, found that best mode for me was 720p (despite some advice to leave all the scaling to the TV).

I found that 1080p makes thin lines look too... anti-aliased... drop in details. Hard to explain but the spears of the Rohan Horsemen in LOTR:ROTK were a bit less detailed at 1080p vs 720p.

480p looked ok, but seemed to have slightly blockier picture/noise in certain cases. But not really noticeable.

However, do note that I'm using plasma with 1024x768 native res - so your results may be different (depending on the native res of your screen).

Finally, after testing some 'not so original discs' vs original LOTR discs. I found that the PQ for the original was better. Not much but noticeable as well.

i lap pioneer plasma...

ya, but i think u can only get pioneer kuro at rm6599 in 2009.

u sure can get at tat price ar... wahhhh..... then 2009 can get the 52 inch one liao

rx, u r darn rich huh... i am still thinking whether to get 42" lcd/plasma and u hv leaped by 10"!!!!

btw panasonic 42" pv70h good or not? i nearly took out my credit card to get 1 yty.

2009 mar... 2 years to go..... who knows? maybe 50 inch 7k only ler?

ape, go decide urself, its hard to decide for others, especially it involves monetary issue

Wah, why talking about 2009, so far away la ...

If PS3 upscalling is better than normal player, then getting PS3 should be a good deal, as the remote control is easily available rather than using the game controller, also PS3 can play back HD files like mkv, Divx,H.264, etc...

JayC, get urself corrected, WEN did PS3 able to play MKVs?

oh sorry..have to remux to VOB file...em..that the reason i still hesitate to buy PS3, i pefer hassle free style to view mkv file like Dvico jukebox..

just to let u know... the dvico jukebox can play dvd as well
and it upsclaes also

u mean it play DVD ISO file right?? it can upscale also? em...waiting for the price to drop when 6000 series out this month..

sorry guys..me a bit off topic here..

no, it plays DVD, just plug in an externa USB dvd reader will do
6500? wait long long lor... dunno wen also.... from last year to launched, until now, bayang pun tarak

I have both PS3 and remote.

The only 2 issues I can see is

1) DVD Region Code 3 (PS3 is NOT DVD region free). IE. can't play original R1 DVDs. Thankfully Bluray region same.
2) Worries (which have not been proven but play it safe) that it's better not to keep using your PS3 to play pirated and other DVDs and eventually screw up the lens.

You could however, rip the DVD and play it via USB or internal HDD - BUT that's a big hassle and you're limited to 4GB file size - which is irritating.

Compared to buying a separate DVD player for 400 bucks (sacrifice a bit of image quality)... Err... I think no contest lah!