sirs, how about the 32" of philips, which also sells at 69k (from original of 90k++)?
I was able to check it also this weekend (when i was about to buy the R81 of samsung), though it only has a contrast ratio of 3200:1 vs 8000:1 of samsung. But when compared the picture side by side, philips performed better (IMHO). Philips has fine lines/edge than samsung, again based only on my observation. Though I was not able to check the pixellation.
The philips model is late 2006, while that of samsung is just fresh.
Now I am very much confused...