But the panel is not an actual Full HD panel lah, it accepts 1080p signals and resize it to 720p (the native resolution of the panel). For the price, cannot complain already since whether it is a Full HD or not, it's not noticeable from a 32 incher, sometimes not even noticeable from a 40 incher but more obvious on a 46 and 52 incher models. To me, not a big deal whether it is Full HD or not for the 32 or 40 incher models.

I wonder how's A53's performance. Anyone using it?

I wanted to buy the D series but the price is freaking expensive for the 40 inch model and even the 32 inch model is more expensive than Panasonic's 37 incher. Of course, besides the 100hz motion flow, Sony is using a 10-bit panel across all their models for the D series and even the 32 inch model has it but the price is too expensive for this size. If it's around RM3K to RM4K, that is still okay with me but at RM4.5K, that's insane. The 40 inch model is around RM7.5K. Anyway, Sony products have less discounts than other brands, that's for sure as they always control the suggested retail price and shops are not allowed to sell them at a cheaper price.

The 100hz and 120hz differences are mainly due to the the NTSC / PAL signal input. For example, the Sony Bravia D series sold in the UK all have 120hz motion flow feature, our version comes with 100hz motion flow though.

We pay more, then they hire Amber Chia to advertise for them. Like Osim products lor, pay a bomb but actually product cost 1/3 of the selling price and made in China pulak.

It still suck even compared to ahem dvds. Haiya ....... Astro is really old school, that's the reason, I still kept my bulky 34' Sony Wega CRT tv, for Astro, PS2, XBOX, Dreamcast, etc ........ perfect candidate for standard definition signals in 4:3 aspect ratio.

No use also lah, Astro programs are in 4:3 aspect ratio, can output in 1080p also no point. Of course, they might charge double for the little extra resolution.


HD also no point, got no nice programs to watch also. TV3 or NTV7 still okay, okay lah.

Well, you should check out Toshiba's C3500 latest LCD tvs, it comes with an IPS panel and 6.5 ms response time. Seems like Panasonic, LG and Toshiba are pretty loyal to the IPS technology. Of course, the 100hz flicker free thingy is implemented now as well as 1080p 24fps. Sadly, two HDMIs only.

That's a rip off, try highlighting this to the newspapers or lodge a complain with KPDN or the Tribunal. Some credit card companies give offers which are too good to be true.

Quite a good bargain for a 37 incher. Hopefully, they will offer bigger sizes too.

Well, the V series has a wide colour gamut so the colours appear more vivid than the S series but if you're not a fussy person, the S series is good enough to be honest.

The Panasonic TX-LEX700MK scored more points for the picture quality especially in darker scenes. Other than that, both are equally good but you can get the Panny slightly cheaper than Sony if you know how to nego.

The Samsung R8 series excel with HD sources but with SD sources, the picture a little soft and blury. The softness doesn't affect Astro only but as well as standard tv programs and dvds too.

Not all the Sharp models are good. For example, the A53, even though it features 100HZ refresh rates, there are still motion juddering issues, the A63 has below average black levels and it has poor upscaling capabilities from standard definition sources.

Not much difference unless you like watching sports programs. Anyway, the new Sony Bravia lineup for 2008 will consist of mostly Full HD models and even the V series has been blessed with Full HD. They have extended this to the 32 and 37 inch models too. I guess Philips inspired them to do so since the current cheapest Full HD LCD in the market is Philips. Lets hope the new lineup from Sony will be attractively priced but I can safely say that the Z, W and V series should be available in Malaysia.

Some display cards do include component output too.

Next will be looking at the refresh rates, you should set it to 60Hz and nothing higher than that.

SenQ offered me RM2700 for it but I don't think it comes with HDMI cable. I didn't buy it, just happened to ask for fun since they told me that they were having a promotion for Samsung LCDs.

Try buying from Best Buy Enterprise, 1-Stop Midlands and find the boss, Mr. Tan. He should be able to give you this price, tell them SenQ or HSL offered this price to you and see whether he can do better or not. Penang kia, you should know how to nego lah, right? Good luck to you.

Yup...... Yup inside 1-Stop building ...... it's on the second floor. If you want high end home theater stuff, you can go to Hi-Fi Choice, Penang, also 1-Stop as well but in another building, above Maycare. Got two choices for you lah. If you wanna go to Hi-Fi Choice, Penang, look for Tony, he's the boss there. If he cannot give you a good price, just send me a PM and tell me your name, I'll call him and ask him give you a good price.

Lastly, welcome to Penang, hope you find the girls here attractive, the food is nice and the things are cheap. Just kidding.

That's a dynamic contrast, not the actual contrast, the actual contrast might be just 1200 or less. You wouldn't know. Response time might be in accurate, it might be measured as grey to grey. Honestly, for the price, LG LCDs are okay but they're not in the premium range.