went to Legend and Harvey Norman, price quoted:

Legend:
Sony 76H / 78H - RM450 (no available stock, need to order - 1 biz day), no freebies.
Philips DVP5986 - RM420 (no available stock, need to order - 1 biz day), free HDMI cable.

Harvey (The Pavillion branch):
Sony - RM499 (no available stock), no freebies.
Philips - RM450 (got available stock), free HDMI cable.

btw, anyone managed to get Sony 78H in black color? have been asking around, seems like all shops only got silver color only

I only have Pioneer DV-989AVi (gold) ...

Use a dedicated DVD player to watch dvds and use PS3 for games and blu-ray movies...somehow I feel like my dvd player plays dvd better than my ps3....

darn the ns78 is no longer selling. anyone know where i can get one ? else my other choice is the philips 5986 or the panny s54. any others that are comparable to the ns78 ?

Just bought the Sony NS708. Tested it and I was totally satisfied with it. Compared it with my Philips 5986K and there are pros and cons between this 2 players.

Sony NS708
- better design and build quality
- boot up & reads dvd faster
- it can read some of the minor scratched dvd that even my 5986K are having trouble reading them (shocking!)
- comes with optical input
- more function to play with in system menu
- nicer remote control
- lack of usb port is a turn off
- bundled with cheapo looking HDMI cable

Philips 5986K
- cheaper compared to NS708
- abysmal boot up time
- comes with USB port
- bundled with Giraffe HDMI cable (gold plated)
- limited function in system menu, HDMI audio output bug (setting auto reset everytime I power off)

Surprisingly I called up Legend SS2 in the afternoon and was quoted RM450 for NS708. Quoted at Desa lowyat RM499 but no stock. In the end, went to Best Denki Summit and bought it for RM399 only. Very very satisfied with it so far.