If Haier brand to Malaysians are like Westinghouse to the States, and Oppo players are like Akira players to us, I seriously don't mind them coming in! Those brands can be considered 'local made' over there IINM..

HmmM ... Haier brand is still ok .. but then I am not sure about Akira.but what is your opinion about their products performance ? Better or can stay competitive with branded items ?

Regards,
Hughie

My 3 cent opinion, its similar to VCD la.. People got DVD and now even blue ray but then theres still people who use VCD and buy pasar malam one somemore..

Dont worry man.. Philips is still producing at least for now.. (LG.Philips Display factory)
LG.Philips will have also Cybertube+ which is slim CRT likes Samsung SlimFit.

I believe CRT will be phased out to Malaysian market when branded 32" LCD price drop to RM1800 below in Malaysian Market. RM3k for Malaysia is not really affordable but SGD 1200 32" LCD for Singaporean is affordable..

This post has been edited by accs_centre: Mar 14 2007, 02:08 PM

not 'some', but 'remain'
The LCD TV still pricy, I rather using computer WS LCD with 'tv box' thing .

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/tvs/0...61992570,00.htm

i really dun think CRT is quite done yet. USA only beginning 100% HDTV transmission by 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyN...13?pageNumber=2

yes, samsung will stop selling but that doesnt mean they will stop producing or selling in other countries

This post has been edited by carpathia: Mar 14 2007, 02:31 PM

HmmM .. Ya !
I guess there are some other major brands that are still manufacturing CRT TV's .. but what do you guyz think of the HDTV or SLimfit TV compare to a normal LCD Tv .. which one is more worth while to go for .. in terms of Picture Quality .. ?

Regards,
Hughie

The Sony WEGA KM or KV series, can't recall,it's the 29 incher CRT that takes in Component and can display 720p or 1080i.. now that's what i call a good crt tv which costs less than 2k if i'm not mistaken.. but then.. those LCD tvs from LG which is priced less than 3k sure is tempting eh..

choices choices..

Ya,plenty of choices to choose from .. but then have to make the right decision on the right one. I guess with the price of $3,000 MYR .. I would rather get a good CRT TV instead of a normal LCD TV based on the specification and performance wise. HmmM ...

Regards,
Hughie

depends on wat u wanna watch. if 34" crt, watching 720p or 1080i, will be smaller than 32" LCD. LCD widescreen can display more. but astro surely CRT better

HmmM .. I see. Ya,agreed with you about the Astro till now not much LCD Tv demo on the road are displaying tv channels but those demo videos only ..
HmmM .. gogo2, what if I am always watching DVD's .. *ahem version most of the time, CRT or LCD would be better ?

Regards,
Hughie

For ahem DVDs, it doesn't really matter, although my experience has shown that on LCDs ahems tend to do worse.

I'm using a 29" Philips Pixel Plus 2 CRT - for gaming, astro and DVDs. So far, until I can afford an LCD screen the processing technology is the best, even though it can only do 480p and 1080i. I'm happy, and I think a lot of Malaysians will still be happy with CRTs until they hit that magical RM 2k price point (for good ones, not crappy Amoi ones).

HmM .. I got you point there !
Guess we will be able to get high quality DVD images on the LCD Tv's with high definition DVD's ? How about HDMI feature .. will it improve the quality as well .. rather than using the normal AV RCA output or the S-Video .. ?

Regards,
Hughie

I watch those cough versions of DVDs as well on my samsung 32 incher wide.. using my xbox360 as the player, outputting through component at 720p, i don't know if the xbox does upconverting or not, but the display is really better than any crts..

those letterboxes are evil~!

HmmM
Watching DVDs from Media Box such as XboX 360 will have much better quality than ordinary DVD players that cost not more than $300 MYR right ?

Regards,
Hughie

It's purely a matter of opinion of course, but I feel that when you compare a 29" CRT vs 32" LCD Widescreen, the CRT screen seems bigger. Based purely on this, I'll go for the 29" CRT anyday (and I have).

The CRT is definitely bigger if u compare the size between the unit itself jk

If the source is in a 16:9 format, watching it on a CRT would have letterboxes(black bars on top and bottom) so the image is shrinked, so the 32" widescreen will display a larger image than a 29" CRT because 16:9 is the native aspect ratio for a widescreen.. Meanwhile CRTs are 4:3..

And like i said a few posts before.. the trend is moving towards HD.. and HD = Widescreen (major).. You don't see cinemas projecting a square image do you? and even cinemas are wider than the LCDs in the market.. 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 ratio while those tvs in the market now is 1.77:1 (16:9)..

Sooner or later, CRTs will be discontinued as LCDs are getting cheaper and cheaper in times to come.. and by then.. nobody would buy a big and heavy CRT.. When they can buy a slim and light LCDs..

Of course, nobody is disputing that widescreen and slimmer LCDs/Plasmas are the way of the future..just not immediately.

I based my purchase on image quality and processing - and when I purchased the CRT that was the best in ANY CRT, bar none. Of course things have changed a lot since then - but now I'm tainted because the next TV I buy MUST match or overtake my current image quality...if not, then it would feel like a step back to me.

Unfortunately, the closest ones that can do that are in the RM 11,xxx range and above...

Lord Ashe, I bet u r talking abt 1080p panel

HmmM .. how about the future of plasma TV ? They was once came into the market before the LCD TV hits in right ? Correct me if I am wrong ..

But I would say that 50% of the Malaysians are going for budget products instead of high quality and performance wise .. how would that contribute to the development of the community towards the better future ?

Regards,
Hughie

This post has been edited by HughieRmX: Mar 15 2007, 03:08 PM