I WILL SWEAR for AOC based on the longevity and craftsmanship of my own. I am one of the early folks who availed of AOC's promo to established its name. In 2002, AOC accepted my old CRT monitor as a trade-in for a LCD unit. My old, discolored set is valued at P4,000, which was then debited from the new LCD's price. Today, June 2009, the AOC has never let me down eversince, it remained sharp and trouble-free. At 19 inches which is just right for my working table's dimension, I'd hope for the best that this AOC will served for another 9 years. I had no cause ever to complain.
On the other hand, on the event its the rightiest time to buy a high definition LCD TV, I'd go for an AOC. Things to sear unto the mind: AOC could sell very competitively, it might be able to sell a 40-inch LCD for less, less than Sony, Panasonic or Sharp is asking. AOC could produced a unit thats at par - pixel for pixel, resolution for resolution - with the picture quality of its more distinguished competition. As one might noticed, the only popularly-priced home theater-grade LCDs is relegated to the 32 inchers. This could costs to as low as P25,000 to P35K. For me thats democratic pricing, its a budget that most Filipino homes and family could shoot for. But noticed still, at 42-inches LCD zooms up in price, with the cheapest starting from say, P69,000 and ha-ha-higher. For me thats oppressive territory, it cease being populist-oriented. Pioneer even sells its smallest Kuro plasma at P110,000. Ayun bankrupt na siya. If not for the installment incentives of the appliance stores, very few Pinoys would be crazy enough to plunk that money for a 40, 42 or 50 inch LCD TV. Mabigat naman talaga eh.
Hence, I'm hopeful AOC would give the competition something to dread for. Give us, the masa, a 42-incher that costs around P35,000. Or a 50 inch model for P40K. When that happens, thats the only occasion that my home could finally have those thin TVs which could be bought FROM the computer stores and not from the mulcting, price-gouging appliance scoundrels like Abenson, Avid, Western and all those lecherous chains.
