Nothing new here for a long time.

Has anyone got any info about the Toshiba SD370E? Expected launch date in Malaysia, price, etc?

Wonder how well it will compare to the current budget HDMI king Sony NS76H.....

Although it is rated to last that long, I am kind of worried about how much dimmer it will be after a few years.

The LG I bought last month already doesn't look as bright as the first day. Don't get me wrong, it is still bright enough, just that the loss of brightness is noticeable after 1 month. Or could it be my eyes sort of got adjusted to the brightness and now unconciously appears to be less bright

Any LCD out there that is better than Sony Bravia V series 46 inch @ its price range?


I watch Astro 90% of the time. Is there any diff between LCD and plasma. how about the reliability between plasma and LCD?

Is plasma a better choice or LCD? then what brand?

This post has been edited by billytong: May 5 2007, 10:16 PM

I only know Toshiba SD770SR has a retail price of RM499/- with free HDMI cable.

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Added on May 5, 2007, 10:10 pmBtw, the cheap LG 190H RM3xx HDMI player can actually upscale through component (yes you read correctly) to 720P & 1080i without any hacks.

But the scaler quality isn't too good.

This post has been edited by Ngto: May 5 2007, 10:11 PM

Any idea where i can get this Oppo in KL? I really want this thing...

Nope... not in KL. But may be dirtrun can help you buy + commission. Kekekeke...
Hey... Dirtrun... do a bulk...

The nearest for time being is in Singapore.

How about this Samsung DVD-HD860 ? Has anyone tried it, it can upconvert DVDs up to 1080p.

I played around with it in ESH SS2. I don't like it at all. Can see a lot of noise (due to digital, analog just see one black patch).

So, that is why I did not venture into this model.

how much roughly is the oppo? saw on amazon.com around usd229
will amazon ship to malaysia?

In Amazon, it is by third party shops. They usually don't send to Malaysia.

As for Oppo in Singapore, its about S$4xx.

thats the last price I know from them.

Tried Samsung HD-860, not much different via HDMI 480 -> 720-> 1080i... so SOLD it and upgraded.

Just read from some Projector review... It seems like if you are using anything less than 50" TV/LCD/Plasma/Projector... you can hardly tell the difference between 480p,720p or 1080p. (meaning 480-720 & 720-1080, not 480-1080).

But anything bigger than that, then you will see the difference. Of course, there is a lot of difference between analog and digital-in my opinion.

Hi,

Oppo 981 hd is selling for S$425 at de moment thru a group buy in one of de forums...

Sorry la no time to do group buy ... besides it takes my contact in Sg a long time to transport it out to Mal( I am a very patient man mah...) ... oh ya and I am up north so lagi teruk cos most of you guys are in KL, rite?

Maybe, some kind soul in JB can help do tis?

On performance of de oppo981 : de other nite one of my dvds was hangin on de oppo so transferred to my trusty pioneer 380 and continued where we left off and my wife who is a total noob( dunno wat is 480 or 720 or anything like dat) went on to say, wah, de picture looked better playing from de oppo(I am outputting 720p out to my epson pj) .... so there is some difference after all..

Cheers
Dirtrun

This post has been edited by dirtrun: May 7 2007, 11:33 AM

Your screen how many inch? Kekekekeke...

96 X 54 inches

Sure la syiok...

When u are having 32" LCD... then whether you can tell the difference or not between 720 & 1080 or not... thats another question.

i tested it b4..
pause the moving images..
chage the resolution...720p to 1080i,
i can clearly known the improvements..

Hi,

You are rite...

On friends 42in bravia de improvement was there but not so noticeable, I guess ... but friend liked it and took de oppo 981 off my hands there and then ...
As is this is my second oppo 981 liao...
Hehehe
Dirtrun

This post has been edited by dirtrun: May 7 2007, 05:31 PM

If for 32' or 40', it native panel has a resolution of 720p, I guess there won't be any difference wheter you feed it with 1080p or 1080i resolution because the panel has enough pixels to do 720p only unless you're talking about Samsung's M8 or Sony's Bravia X full HD panels. Frankly speaking, 1080p on a 40' ain't too different from 720p sources unless the screen is bigger beyond 40', the difference is just that the constrast and brightness are better because the M8 and Bravia X has a better contrast ratio and brightness plus the panel is of better quality, colours appear more vivid and the blacks produced are much deeper.

Yup... its new gimmicks that make people think there is such improvement but basically they pay for other things instead. Like what you said... Contrast and brightness.

In terms of pixels, I don't think you can tell the difference.