It appears to me the people in the industry, be it consumer electronics, mobile phones or IT, think the rakyat is still "katak di bawah tempurung".

LG 32PC5RV is a plasma 32 inch. Not LCD tv.furthermore it is not even HD ready.The resolution is only 852 x 480 native . but some owners said the pictures looks stunning on SD sources. At Kuching, only Rm1680

15ft away fr a 32" would look very awkward, not fantastic at all
Btw, since when PV80 dropped to RM3.2k??

Berapa inci? Top range model. Elite partner.

Boss, the influx of Full HD is overwhelming. Each of them trying to get a piece of the pie by cutting each other throats, which is darn good for consumers 

after reading all this i'm sad liao went for LCD

spare room turned into walk-in-wardrobe for wifey liao...
haha

ur laptop cannot set to 1380x786?

when i connect my laptop to samsung, in XP, I open display properties ,then check "Extend desktop to this monitor", without selecting resolution, then click OK

then i open Display properties AGAIN, and i can select 1380x768 to get 99% pixel mapping. perfectly clear, colourful, BD-quality videos.

have u tried Powerstrip software i told u about? or update ur vga driver?

Warning to buyers who want to buy LCD TV for computer use, TAKE UR LAPTOP AND TEST AT THE SHOP.

If Astro into digital signal then LCD will be good.
How about kuro plasma picture quality in Astro digital signal?
Anybody know?

power consumption of a plasma tv : fluctuate depends on darker or brighter scene.

power consumption of a LCD tv : constant no matter what kind of scene you are watching even if you stay idle (backlight is always on).

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

Take the average power comsumption of Plasma at 300 watt-hours

Assuming it is on for 4 hours a day, and 30 days a month.

The total power consumed is 36 kwH/month

A 9,000 BTU Air-Con on with 8 hours / day (assuming running at 75% of the time) consumes 180 kwH/month

A 300 litre fridge consumes 66 kwH/month.

SO WHAT IS SO BIG DEAL ABOUT PLASMA POWER CONSUMPTION????

This is the characteristics of the LG Plasma panels. Nothing to worry about but you need to be careful with leaving menus/logos for very long hours.

BTW I saw ad advert for LG 60" plasma at RM13k. Wow, if ever anyone wanted the big screen factor without a projector, that is the way to go. Now if only the Pioneer and Pana 60in panels prices were this decent!

the 13k already long long time liao lar for PG60.
wanted to buy that last time....but looking at the PQ...my wife said, if u wanna buy this set, just stick with the old sony will do
so I ended up with a Pio smaller screen with an addition 2k.....

i feel u bro.... what's size without substance ya?

hey.... cheap shot at me coz i bot samsung A850 .. *ouch*
but it's ok, it is cheap <RM10k for 52" haha.. and it's a nice piece of decor for my new pad
so... i forgive u

i think wat ar188 meant are those lower end LCD models, your sammy A850 is a good one, dun worry