I'm just interested and curious what power stages they are using. 40a per stage or more? I assume it's around there because they do have passive cooling for the VRM, a heatpipe that connects to a smaller heatsink that is embedded together with the top EMI shield.

Bigger power stages generally don't need any cooling at all, but of course way more expensive.

It's a good LCD LED TV. It's got all the good qualities as far as gaming is concerned though:

- Practically no fear of burn-in (though technically it can still happen with LCDs, but it's near impossible)
- Low input lag
- Good enough out-of-the-box accuracy for gamers
- Good contrast ratio (for an LCD that is)
- Good enough upscaling (especially important for those current gen PS4 games that are locked to 1080p)


Still, it's still a mid-entry LCD with a VA panel and that does come with several pitfalls:

- Okay HDR, good enough for dark rooms but will struggle in brighter conditions
- Terrible viewing angles
- Average color volume coverage
- Poor anti reflective coating

Not much of a comparison needed to be frank. The x90H is on a whole other level in comparison to the TU8500.

All the TU8500 does better is contrast ratio. Everything else is significantly behind. The deal breaker is that it's another one of those TVs that doesn't actually do HDR correctly but it's advertised as one that does.

OLED TVs won't drop price much for another 3 years at least. 2022 is when LG was suppose to have their 10.5G fab factory completed, but covid happened and that plan has been pushed to 2023 and beyond.

The only thing I can recommend in regards to price is to buy the previous year model before the current year launches.

So for example, before the next LG OLED launches (let's assume it's called the CXI), buy the CX a month or 2 before it launches here. Usually around April or June would be the lowest the current year OLEDs will get.

C9 is EOL already. I doubt you'll find anymore next year. The ones you find now are really old stocks and if you notice, they aren't much cheaper than the current CX series.

Kinda the same situation for me too. But I chose the C9 77 because of 2 things which IMO (and it sounds unreasonable too for rm7k diff):

- VRR support
- Not as aggressive ABL which the A9G is infamous for

The lower input lag on the C9 is also a bonus. A9G is an all around better TV for just movies though.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Oct 13 2020, 04:25 PM

RM1999 Digital Edition.
RM2399 Disc Edition.



This post has been edited by SSJBen: Oct 16 2020, 04:49 PM

Because Sony knows people are desperate.

It's got very little to do with exchange rates.

It can, with DLSS 2.0 - which the game will support.

Theoretically they can still launch here in November, but just a paper launch - meaning no stock.

So as far as Sony is concerned, they didn't break their promise with a global launch this year.

Those super eager to get PS5 just to play Cyberpunk, well good news! It's been delayed again, to Dec 10th.

It won't live up to its lofty expectations, trust me but don't ask me how I know.


And Sony SG reports to Sony HK.


The PS5 Pulse 3D headset looks stupid. I don't know why would anyone want to use it.

There are a bunch of headphones that will sound better. If Sony is so serious about audio on the PS5 (like they did with the PS1), why would you want to compromise that experience?

No lube on the R2/L2 tension gears is fucking moronic. Kindergarten level mistake. Foresee a lot of gears will start getting squeaky not too long into the future.

Also noticed there isn't a dedicated amp for 3.5mm output. Lol. Sony really doesn't want to spend the $1 to buy something from Texas Instruments to actually power good headphones.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Oct 31 2020, 11:13 PM

Worse still, ringgit gonna be even more trash next year. Expect $70 launch titles to be above RM300.

Welcome to next gen. All want to buy new consoles but forgot about paying for games.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Nov 2 2020, 02:56 PM

The only 8k TV that is worth a sniff now is the Sony Z8H. It's 85" in Malaysia only and it costs RM80k. You have RM80k as spare change, absolutely go for it. If not, stay with 4k.

Lol it doesn't even have Freesync support.

PoS5.

They don't, but you can always use a forwarder.

Get a 1TB external SSD and store your PS4 games on there to play off the PS5. You're wasting storage space putting PS4 games on the internal SSD.