65" 1080p Plasma
MSRP: 3500USD
Street Price: probably 3K USD
Availability: June 2007
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12760_7-96723....html?tag=promo

Hitachi P50H401 50" 1080p
MSRP: 2500USD
Availability: Feb 2007 (next month WTF )

Pioneer and Panasonic will also have a few affordable 1080p plasma this year, mostly available in summer (July 2007). I guess it is definitely worth the wait for these 1080p TVs!

then, the 720p LCD or plasma sld be cheaper by then. hehe

Even samsung LCDs have the SAME cloud issue as the Sony XBR:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....8&page=11&pp=30

And most surprisingly...people are planning a class action law suit on Sharp for those crazy banding found on the Aquos these companies gotta stop selling F***ed up TVs.

I'm gonna sit tight and live with my 172x Monitor and see what's really good this year

HOLY SH1T!!!! Sony V2500 46" 1080p

I can't stop laughing at people who bought these TVs and are being very proud of owning them haHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Jan 19 2007, 02:17 AM

alamaklor, if we don't purchase LCD TVs, what other choices do we have? Good ol CRTS?

nope, just stick to whatever you have and wait for something this year and plasma is far more perfect than lcd now imho

I think LCD technology is just good to use as computer monitor screen.
To use as a TV, LCD is still a long way to match up with CRT or even plasma.

That's why I have just bought plasma right after a few round of survey........

So far very satisfied with plasma performance. Another friend of mine initially also thinking to get LCD but changed the mind after seeing Plasma.

More like LCD has not much left to turn and even less left to go.

My dad bought a 32" Sharp Aquos LCD and I couldn't see any banding. I even switch off the living hall light at night and look very hard on it. Nope, no banding on my unit.

Just one thing, ASTRO image sucks on this LCD.

Speaking of Sharp LCDs, it did receive very good reviews from CNET Singapore, could it be that our Sharp LCDs for Asian market is different from other regions? Even Hitachi and Toshiba were highly recommended too. I guess it's pretty subjective so I guess we just see and buy what we like than to rely on reviews alone.

but cannot get plasma tv in RM4K range la

the 8 out of 10 point given in Cnet Asia is from a user, not the editor rating.

the easiest way to check for banding is to play some games on it

Can gua, maybe buy those Cap Ayam brands lor.


Maybe the CNET Editor is AlamakLor so he dun wanna review a Sharp LCD lor. I was just kidding.


What type of games should be play on it to test it? Ridge Racer?

Ohhhhh yahhhhh, just went to check CNET Singapore again, the review was indeed from CNET Editor, here's da link, http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/tvs/0...9272240p,00.htm

Editor's award somemore, dun play play.

I tot u are talking about this one.
Review?

Haier got plasma at 3k+ wat. BTW, people shouldnt be talking about performance alone, more like performance/price ratio which is more rational. For instance if i had all the money in the world, i would get myself a new pair of eyes, with 100X zoom, nightvision, and gazillion hertz processor. Who needs a 2 dimension display anyway.

When testing it with some games, the game background should be very monotonous in color...it can be any color, but grey is most obvious...(actually light blue was most obvious for me...i.e. sky) when you pan the screen slowly...try to look at the screen as a whole and you can easily detect the banding. The banding can be very obvious or very faint and not particularly noticeable, but I have not seen a single LCD TV that does not have banding issue. If you don't see it, chances are you just couldn't see it...I might be able to show them to you if I was there

It wasnt easy to detect in Ridge racer. When you drift the car, it spins too damn much and there are alot of things going on in the background. I've found motorstorm the best game to test banding, but that's a ps3 title. I've read alot about ppl seeing banding with Splinter cell and FEAR as well.

Banding is very hard to detect in most movies.

just visited senq and take a look at the lcd tv from various brands. couldn't noticed any banding on Sharp Aquos... or izzit because my eyes automatically "enhanced" the picture?

Hehehe, misunderstand aje, small matter .......

Haier ain't that bad, budget use lah but still quite decent for the price.

Yeah, you're right about using FEAR and Splinter Cell, those games will show the banding flaws much more obvious, Call Of Duty 3, Need For Speed Carbon, Fatal Frame 3 can be used as well too but colourful games like DOAX2, Rayman Raving Rabbits, etc are best avoided, you're unlikely to notice the banding issues. Anyway, despite the flaws, I still prefer a LCD as it's brighter.


I guess you ain't buying what you see as normally they will use those kickass demos to get you hooked. You're less likely to notice these flaws if the demo was showing sexy girls with bikini.