The best is shops which hook up all of the units to one single source, so that you can compare apple with apple, but for LCD, they hardly do this. As for CRT, I always see they hook it up to astro, with this setup, its easier for us to compare.

HDMI = Digital signal. Its either you lose the signal or you have it. So, an expensive one will work as bad or as good as a cheapo. No point getting Rm300 for a 1.5m. There won't be any loses in transmission. Just get a decent one will do.


We know about this model. Yeah... its one of the best set available in the market with small dollar.

It costs around S$420.00

I didn't get it coz I worried on the warranty thing. Seems my Sony 76H does the job just fine.

Hi,

Friend using it wif Bravia 42in and he is very happy wif it.
Pics are nice but of cos wouldn't be able to tell you if it is better than other hdmi equipped players but comparing wif his old samsung dvdp... no comparisonle

Cheers
Dirtrun

Aiyo... how to compare with Samsung? Apple and ciku la...

Hi Bro,

If you were to ask a man on de street he will choose samsung le if u give him dat and de oppo ....

Hehehe
Dirtrun

anyone here bulk this?if yes pls count me in

Thats true...

Oi... maxguy, you go bulk it le... count us in... kekekeke

Hi,

Even my friend (net savvy but not into forums...) went 'Wah!!! 1k for what brand again'... when I told him about de oppo 981HD, but after checking ... he was very glad I could pass him my first unit.

I guess for de price cannot complain le...

Now waiting for my own ...
Dirtrun

ooi....how can u say my RM1000 Samsung HD950 ciku? Please watch your word ok!!! Your Sony 76H also cheaper than my Samsung wanna say my Samsung ciku

Price doesn't mean everything...

Your Samsung 950 is like Pentium III, when first come out, the processor was RM2k+... now, give ppl the whole CPU also many will complain no space...

So lousy meh..... make me wanna throw my Samsung only...just bought 2 months ago only nia...where got like Pentium 3?

Well, cheap doesn't mean inferior. The 76H doesn't play SACD and DVD Audios, that's why it's cheap, not b'coz it's made of inferior components. Since Bro timothyy and myself are using it strictly for watching dvds, we don't really care if it plays SACD and DVD Audios or even DIVX titles. If the 76H was to have all the additional functionality, the price will definitely be on par with your Samsung.

The Samsung's progressive scan feature is not as smooth as the 76H or even players from Pioneer and Panasonic (with upscaling capabilities via HDMI). The reviews have stated so and yes, I have tested a few Samsung models from SenQ and Boon AV myself, I still find that the 76H is better. The best disc to test is the opening scene from Star Trek Resurrection or HQV benchmark dvd. The motion tracking by the Samsung is not that smooth and it failed to resolve some of the jaggies in fast scenes.

Of course, we're not implying Samsung is not good lah as it has additional features that the 76H is lacking and it's still better than those Cap Ayam players and the performance is much better via HDMI where the Y/C delay is totally not so apparent.

Not pentium III then Pentium 4 Centrino lo... Kekekeke...

When u don't have comparison... its always ok. But when you compare... u will cry.

If you compare too much, you dunno what to buy.

Congrats Goldfries. Well, if you have the budget, do try getting Wireworld Chroma 5.2 or Ultraviolet 5.2 HDMI cables from htkaki, those HDMI cables will make a lot of difference if you have an upscale dvd player, PS3 or a HD player. A good partner with the Toshiba. Me saving money now, got a couple of stuff wanna get from htkaki especially those Wirewold stuff. Hahaha.


That's true, like Samsung's upcoming R8 and M8 series, they claimed a constrast ratio of 8000:1 and 15000:1 respectively but I strongly believe that the actual constrast ratio is probably 1500:1 to 2000:1 the most, very unlikely at those figures. Even for a plasma tv, some reviewers pointed out that the constrast ratio rated at 10000:1 is inaccurate as the actual measured constrast ratio is only 5000:1 or less. I guess the only display can achieve 10000:1 will be our old trusty CRT tvs. No displays come close to it unless Toshiba's SED TV becomes a reality one day.


Yup, that will be the best thing to do, always bring along a disc of your favourite movie to make comparisons, dun really on those discs from the shop, they normally use those reference quality dvds so even if the display is inferior, the picture will come out pretty okay. Sales tactics

For those figure, I would say there are refering to Dynamic Contrast Ratio rather than Contrast Ratio.

That's definitely dynamic constrast ratio and even Sharp's 4ms refresh rate is measured grey to grey and not black to white. Some figures are misleading, the best is Toshiba, they only mentioned that their constrast ratio at 1200:1 and the latest W68 model at 1000:1, but dun be fooled by their figures, they're actually better looking than the rest of the pack.

yeah, that's true. but anyway, I cannot choose at all. the market just have Samsung HD950 to upconvert through component. besides cap ayam...

Then, no worries lah since your requirement is upscaling via component. Samsung is the answer. Dun think so much lah, later think until head also big, dunno what to buy. Samsung is still many many times better than those Cap Ayam brands.

You already answered your own question...

We are talking about HDMI... u are talking about component... different world la...