Dudes,

Notice that there's a bit of price war goin on between Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.

Saw the Samsung LA46N71B (current Mosel series) for sale at Harvey Norman. Priced at RM9,999. Can't believe my eyes! From a price and quality perspective, no other model from any manufacturer can compete. Take that Sony! Good for us consumers.

hey Semi3eb,

Wah, that's cheap..can tell us where we can get that price/ pm me-ya? Cos i'm lookin at that model as well. Prefer the Samsung cos I like the blacks on this one. Juz get the one that fits your budget. Check out their warranty specs, see which offer more support.

Stretching occurs cos Astro broadcast is still 4:3 (square shape) while LCD is widescreen 16:9. Juz set the mode on LCD to squeeze the Astro pic . Most have this mode. It will have black bars on the sides instead top and bottom, that way, the Astro pic will remain as a square. LCD more suited to DVD viewing cos it's coded at 480p and widescreen, but still slight quality loss cos LA46N71B is at native 720p resolution. Can sit further away. Problem solved!

Hehe..same effect. Think all current LCD TVs here is 720p panel. When display a 480p source on a 720p native resolution TV, sure have some downconverting goin on somewhere.

Saw the 50" LG Plasma, not the Time Machine model, older model..at the PC Fair, selling at RM8499 one more choice to consider..