hi,
i went to a shop last night and the salesperson tried to sell me the 42PG60FR, note, it's the FR version, which should be the Full HD model
i'm not sure if the unit is available here locally nor if the salesman made a mistake
he have the PG60UR as well but tried to convince me to take the 60FR
now it's really getting confusing

that should be the RHB-SenQ credit card
btw, 3300 should be the price to aim for when bargaining for PV80 nowadays

the shop is in penang and supposed to have factory warranty
they are supposedly trying to clear the unit and offered more discount to bring the price to 4500
i can't find any other details from the net nor the salesman except the fact that he said it's the 60FR and from what i can find all 60FR are full HDs

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Added on December 15, 2008, 2:09 pmone of the senq i went is still showing 4699!
but after repeated query, the said if you have the PlusOne credit card, they will sell at 3299


This post has been edited by electron: Dec 15 2008, 02:09 PM

another price update
for PV80H, if you are serious about buying, you should be able to push for 3299 at the bigger store
i've been to 3 diff ones and they offered to match the first store after i told them the best quote that i got

42" or 50", the decision would depends on the viewing distance too

btw, how's the power consumption of the plasma when compared to a like-sized LCD?

i did some search and came across:
http://reviews.cnet.com/televisions/?tag=bc
where they did reviews on the sets and include power comsunption measurement in it

from what i gather, LCD seems to take much less power, i.e 30-40% less than a plasma
i look at the 42" panasonic plasma and compared to a few 40-46" LCDs from other manufacturer
the plasma would take at least >50% more power than the LCDs
granted that the movie they used for testing might be different, but the extent of the difference is just too big to be cause by the show, in my opinion

btw, the figure i took is from the calibrated setting, not the default setting


that planted some doubt in my mind about getting the 42PV80H
at first, the native resolution of 1024x768, i think i can still live with it (i plan to hook up the computer or game console later on)
now with the power consumption figure which isn't as promising as it is

the remaining attraction now is the 5 year factory warranty and the attractive pricing

This post has been edited by electron: Dec 17 2008, 12:05 AM

it does when the manufacturer and marketing ppl starts to make claims about the figures and try to use it as a selling point

how much did you pay for it?

hmmm... one of their salesperson tried to push me to commit on Sunday at RM3299, saying no such price will be offered on Monday.
he mentioned the free gifts are the HDMI cables and S-video cables. no mention of the Tupperware (which is worth a bit of money i guess) nor the shipping (but i assume it should be free)
i didn't ask about any surcharge for easy payment though but i know SenQ and SEC can do it for a RM25 fee

i won't write them off just yet as i've some pleasant experience buying from them

the NeoPDP claims to consume less power while improving image quality and reducing manufacturing cost
does that mean even cheaper plasma coming up?
the power consumption figure is very impressive too, at around 50% lower consumption

hi, i got quoted 3699 cash for the same model
i would say that the PQ is quite good
in addition, the bezal design is nice too
you can't find this model on the local jvc website yet, but you'll see it at SG's site

finally settled for the 42PV80HM
however, i notice there is an intermittent buzzing sound when the unit is turn OFF (not standby)
what i meant by intermittent is that comes on for a while, then go off, then come back on after a while
i doubt that it only happens after being used cause i heard it again this morning and the last time i used it is yesterday afternoon and had it switched off after that
the power socket is plugged in at the mains and the mains is left ON all the time

anyone experience this with their unit?
will be checking the usage time later today but the unit looks unused as it came properly packed

thanks for all the suggestion on the buzzing sound
will check the power connector later today
if the issue is still there, guess i'll need to give the service centre a call