napadaan na naman ako sa edsa shangrila.
this time they were playing a documentary, and it seems that Philips and Hitachi are rendering it particularly well..... the 37" Philips was selling for 112k cash if you don't mind a display unit.
went over to the samsung area to compare their 3 models --- the S, R and M..... price difference between S and R is 16k for the extra contrast (5000:1 vs 3000:1)....... i asked the salesman to show me the settings ---- they were both at maximum contrast...... the difference was evident but i found them both to have too much contrast at max setting...... i would tone it down to about 70%, but its probably a good thing to have that extra allowance..... the sony bravias have 1300:1 contrast ratio on paper but i dont find it lacking.
between the samsung M and R series, an extra 30k gets you a wider color gamut.... the difference is very subtle and i struggled to see the difference with the HD animation sample (Ice Age teaser video)..... but the salesman pointed to the yellowish brown tint in the fur compared to a reddish brown in the R..... yup, the difference was there alright, maybe in a small sample about 3% of the image and only in a few instances....... strangely, skin tones are more similar between the cheapest S and the premium M, the R looked reddish which probably accounts for the reddish fur..... so i think i should have to look at their color balance setting to see if what i saw was really the wider color gamut or just a slight (adjustable) shift in color balance setting..... but no time!
went over to the sony side to compare the S200 vs V series, the S200 is a new series and V is their premium line...... both playing HD content, they practically looked the same, its like the M and R series of samsung, the wider color gamut and extra features will cost you 30k...... from memory i think their older S10 series has a different color balance which sometimes results in reddish skin tones so the S200 and V models are much better IMO.