I noticed that Sony has pulled down their SRP price for the flagship A9G, pantay na lang ang presyo nito sa what is supposed to be the "second-tier" A8F for the 55", while pulling down considerably the 65"'s value and it ended up lower than its 65" equivalent to the A8F. Ang pakiwari ko the stock for the A9F is not moving, they released a flagship model pero parang walang maka-afford, hence they were compulsed to priced it even lower than the next-best. But on Picture parameters alone, the A8 is cited by a respected American TV calibrator Gregg Loewen a.k.a. D-NICE, to be the value for money model. In his posts from the AVS, he has given his tweaking figures for the A8, and as I can poorly remember he seemed to say that if you've a tight budget this is the thing to own, its not a "second-best," it could actually run neck to neck with the flagship - whose claim to superiority is its video upscaler/processor - supposedly with a slightly smarter algorithm. When referencing prices from online and outlet vendors, you'd noticed that some dead-stock desperation is apparent - the A855 is steady at around P114,000 thereabouts, while the reference model is waiting to be grabbed for P98,000 thereabouts. If only I have the money, I'd go for the A9F/G 65", wala na sigurong mumura pa dito anywhere else except the Philippines...