Well, to me, having more HDMI inputs are a necessity these days, it's not that a few products support HDMI these days. If they wanna make money from us, they should be talking about HDMI v1.3 and I'm curous why no HDTV panels are truly HDMI v1.3 compliant. Is our current technology not up to it? 

I have spent 1400 for tv bench. I just dunno when is Sharp 37" PX coming out. Bysquasy care to highlight??

It appears no other shop can give you lower price than This company starts with capital L in SS2. Do let me know if you can find one. I will never go back to this L shop (LSLY).

latest price at post #92

Last I heard, it will be here by next month, will check with Sharp again tomorrow, hope that they'll price it competitively

Bysquashy,

i gues your 37PX series would not be cheap as the 37" is from japan.

wht would be the price? for 42", isnt that advisable to go for full HD, 1080p.

I have already mentioned. check post #92 for latest price.

seng H*** and H** are like best denki and mediaplex, dont waste your time checking with them. they cant do the price like desa or L*****. For some reasons, these shops that u mentioned claimed to be Fair Price,which means lowest. This fair price scheme make me laugh, whenever i hear on Radio.

It appears the L shop cant be beaten. The only nearest contender might be Harvey at the weekend.

rgds

I just wanna know the best bargain i can get.I'm not rich people,so that's why i opted for installment.If i can pay cash confirm i buy from bysquashy alredi.Anyway,thanks for sharing information.

p/s : I check in SG, samsung 32 inch lcd tv is RM1K cheaper than Malaysia,got installment also.Too bad will kena tax if bring in.

Tks Edifier, I have no problem with the LG set, it was due to ambient light. I checked it under total darkness and it was ok. It is typical that LG contrast is not as good as Toshiba. I should have added RM 350 for the Toshiba. Nevertheless I am very happy with the set.

Currently, I have tried most sorts of connection to the 37" lcd tv.
1. S-video RM 22 - Bought 24k gold plated cable for Astro purpose - terrible. worse than composite cable. I wish to have a monster cable or Ixos or Philips PXT 1000 for try. Theoritically S-video is better than composite, but the confusion is Astro is broadcasting Standard definition. so dont expect too much from Astro.

2. component cable RM 39 - Sony DVD 96h and lcd tv. This is good for those 1080i upscale movies. I tried watching monster incorporated, Lord of the ring and spider man, james taylor - nice.

3. HDMI cable RM 99. TXL link - sony DVD 96H to lcd tv. Wow. all I can say is Wow. Watching those movies is wow wow. Rich color, no more flashing at watching window frames ( antialising effects - those straight lines being rotated). Stereo sound, nice cabling. Forget about those RM 300 hdmi cables, after it is all digital.

4. RGB connection 15 pin D-Sub good grade RM 12 (kedai potong, dont buy those black cable loh) - HTPC to LCD TV. surfing internet and typing documents is very nice. Watching those 1080i movies - so so only. no wow.

5. dvi - > HDMI. HTPC connection to lcd tv. The cable returned to All-IT hyper. Suspect the cable problem and turned out to be true after I exchange the cable for HDMI cable (see no 3).

in fact, those guys in AVSFORUM suggest not to buy this DVI-HDMI cable at the moment. instead invest in HDMI-HDMI and buy HDMI to DVI converter. Future technology is going towards hdmi.

I have spent 1400 for tv bench. I just dunno when is Sharp 37" PX coming out. Bysquasy care to highlight??

It appears no other shop can give you lower price than This company starts with capital L in SS2. Do let me know if you can find one. I will never go back to this L shop (LSLY).

latest price at post #92

You can go to All-It hypermarket to get the RM 99 hdmi cable, it has shielding and 1.5 m length, i think it is good enuf. Digital signal is not prone to interference, unlike component or composite, which is analog signal.

Alternatively, you can buy direct from ebay.com. Those guys are selling it at half the price I stated above.

Now I have a problem. My LCD has 1 hdmi input, which is used up by the dvd player. My RGB connection is good but I cant use it to watch dvd movies.  If I manage to get good pictures with DVI-HDMI, I might consider using htpc as dvd player, and do the upscaling. I think those guys in avsforum are doing it.

In this case, i think i will need two hdmi input switch, hopefully with remote control.

Which LCD TV are you having now? I think the LCD manufacturers should give more HDMI ports as more and more devices are using HDMI connections. In my opinion at least 4 ports is needed to be future proof.

what happen to your RGB???can't watch DVDs??

Could anyone give some heads up which 32"  is better?

Samsung R or Sharp B?or i should wait for another price drop or something better comes along?

I'm currently deciding either
Samsung 32" R7
Sharp Aquos 32" BX6M

the thing is Samsung R7 has contrast ratio of 5000:1 while Sharp BX6M is only 1200:1.

so contrast ratio wise - SAMSUNG is the winner already, and last i checked it's still cheaper than the SHARP.

however not being the expert in thise field, I'd like to have more opinion from you guys.

1. i prefer vibrant colors
2. i prefer accurate colors (not sure if #1 and #2 mix well but i think they do)
3. price below ~RM 4k

so let's hear it guys!!!!!!

from my opinion...
i dont think tat u need to look into the detials as to specifications of the tv....it is jz a marketing strategy...

try to get ur own disc...go to some place to test for it...
better go to the places tat allowed for side by side comparison...

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 

Dear Bros Bysquashy, Sunauto

Comparatively speaking, can the Toshiba holds it ground against the Sharp. Am considering the 42 for either brand although the Samsung 40 R series look like an art. ALready got the Bravia S from Sony for my bedroom and looking for a 42 for my living room.

if only sharp launch the  Aquos LC-32GP1U (1080p) in malaysia, it's i think currently the smallest 1080p panel...retailing in US for bout $1300USD...

32" too small?

Tonight, Panasonic is launching its brand new 32" LCD TV. Inside sources : very very competitive price and claimed to use 'crystal black' screen.

Guys,

For layman like me, PQ is important, but when you start talking 'bout 1080 then I'll try to ensure that my purchase is insured for the future so must include 1080, at least 2 HDMI input and whatnot. So LCD gurus, what is available out there in the range of RM7K with those features for a 42in set? Am seriously thinking of buying. Thanks