You are not exposed much and have not travelled much. Malaysian plasma and lcd prices are inflated. See other countries and their prices and you will realise that you do not know much.

Whilst a 52 inch Sharp LCD was sold for RM25,000 (now RM13,999) a few months ago, my friend in the US bought it for US$1199. Now, even can get US$999. My friend in the UK bought it more or less same price. How now can you account for your so called storage, virgin raw materials and profit margin each level of marketing then? Btw, this is a 50KG item.

And a 50 inch Pana plasma is far cheaper in the US. So how lah your theory of raw cost? And that is now. What about 5 years time when penetration is much higher?

So how come the consumer can buy it for US$1199? and yet all those from manufacturer to the marketing levels ie distributor and retailer can still make profit?

Once the penetration increases in Msia and consumers demand more and realise how cheap the flat panels are overseas, prices would drop.

Your comments are based in your small world of just Malaysia. Open your eyes globally.

Friend, your desktop 15 inch LCD was a bomb years ago. Infact, it was like RM5000. Now, you can get a 24 inch widescreen for less than RM900 and a 19 inch for RM400 even.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jan 29 2009, 08:17 PM

not a good deal. Go to Harvey Norman and you can get the New Pana LCD 42 inch for RM3899. (Friend bought one in Pavillion). And its shockingly 1080p!

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Jan 29 2009, 08:21 PM

how to show you when I said one day, meaning the future. Tak tahu baca kah?

Basic reading also don't know but want to ask hundred and one times where the RM999 50 inch plasma is.

you are not that bright are you?

bro, yes, that is the model. But philips where can challenge panasonic?

If you learn how to read properly, you will see or decipher that I was referring to the future. Friend, learn to read first before jumping your gun.

Who said today ie now, gor RM999 50 inch plasma?

true also. Philips makes for Bang & Olufsen also. Believe it or not!

And if Bang and Olufsen say they are that good, then they mean it!

Go for Philips bro, it is as good or better than Pana

ok bro. Peace to you too

[quote=mattzzx,Jan 31 2009, 02:46 PM]
I'm interested to buy a plasma tv, can anyone advise which better between Hitachi P42E102A and Pioneer PDP-428XG. Where to get a good price in KL?

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Hitachi is quite crap lah. Pioneer I hear is the best

but honestly, Pioneer's forte was that it used to have the best black levels. But now Panasonic is as good. So, no point spending double buying a Pioneer. Side by side, both blacks are the same. Panasonic also gives 5 year warranty.

You find it hard to read?

i'd rather get the PV80 than the PY800 cause the PY800 is more than double the price. Nowdays can get the PV80 for RM3188 but the PY800 is around RM7000.

The PV80 is HD ready 720p whilst the PY800 is Full HD 1080p.

Usually from Standard Definition (480) to HD Ready 720p got big difference in quality of picture.

But from 720p to 1080p, hardly can notice the difference with your visible eye.

Not true, i can see hair clearly in HD ready too. Infact, side by side, HD and Full HD, I saw no difference in details like hair etc.

Go to TBM in Bangsar Village and they got both Panasonic side by side. To me, both the same. But one is RM5500 and the other RM13,500 (50 inch models)

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Added on February 1, 2009, 3:09 pmsound should be the same.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 1 2009, 03:09 PM

Panasonic anytime. Hitachi is no where near Panasonic. LG don't talk lah.

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Added on February 2, 2009, 12:17 am[quote=ic-klass,Feb 1 2009, 07:39 PM]
If you gonna use it more to watch astro, then i advice you to go for plasma. LCD with plasma, erg bad marriage!!
CRT with Astro = ideal




Agree with you, Astro on LCD is very very bad. And 90% of the time we watch Astro. So why buy LCD? Furthermore, don't know when Astro will upgrade to digital, looks like 2020.



This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 2 2009, 12:17 AM

Everything in life is brands lah, from food to watches and cars to tvs.

Why is every chinaman hungry for a Mercedes and a Rolex?

Brands are so important as it is associated with quality.

Only an idiot would say brands are not important and to just "trust your eyes"

Like that if you see Akira or GC plasma showing pix quality you like, must you buy it?

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 2 2009, 02:40 AM

i heard that too, i think their pixel is square as opposed to other plasmas which are round

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 17 2009, 10:43 PM

ar188 really does not know the meaning of the words objective and subjective. He might be good in Video stuff but he definitely does not understand the meaning of the above two words.

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Added on February 20, 2009, 10:27 pmnowdays, all good plasmas are more or less the same if the source fed into the plasma is good quality.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 20 2009, 10:27 PM

Hopefully the new Panasonic models would be cheaper. Remember the 50 inch when it was priced at RM18,000 just last year or the year before? Nobody even looked at it.

Then Panasonic Malaysia learnt its lesson and priced accordingly.

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Feb 26 2009, 10:02 PM

My bro used Korean car, every other day, it was in the workshop lah. Even Proton much better than Korean lah

Do you think a Japan Made Panasonic is higher in quality than a Singapore Made Panasonic?

The 42 inch full HD is a waste of money. Better you get the Pana LCD. Half the price at RM3500 and you get 1080p as well.

If you see the overseas price for the plasma full HD, you will realise that the Full HD pricing in Malaysia is way too high. For £999, you can even get 50 inch Pana Full HD in the UK but here, its RM13,000

This post has been edited by michaeltan1943: Mar 1 2009, 06:55 PM