skumar
Active Member
I am upgrading to a 40" FHD LCD shortly, looking at Samsung 40C530, mainly because (a) had a trouble-free 32" sammy LCD for the last 3 years, (b) 40C530 is ~38" in length whereas I have ~40" space in my wall unit, (c) looked at C530, C550, not too keen on the additional features offered by C550 compared to C530 etc. I have a quote of 49.3k for 40C530 and 52k for 40C550 without any freebies/offers.
I have not looked at LG (refer (a)), and one of the salesman told that there are no 40" LCDs in their range.
Have been reading about the panel lottery, buzzing sound and see some of the posts are from 2007/2008. Would like to know if one or both these are still issues to reckon with today or have they been dealt with by Samsung and no longer issues? Can any of the experts (adder?) confirm this?
What are the experiences of members who bought Samsung LCDs in the last 6months? Any complaints on the panel (colours) or sound buzzing?
If I need/want to consider other brands, is Sony EX400 in the same league as C530? Are there any LG or Panasonic models that I could look at (40" only). Not too much worried about +10% price difference... Any other recommendations?
Finally, is there any grey market in Hyd for LCD TVs? where? Thanks.
I have not looked at LG (refer (a)), and one of the salesman told that there are no 40" LCDs in their range.
Have been reading about the panel lottery, buzzing sound and see some of the posts are from 2007/2008. Would like to know if one or both these are still issues to reckon with today or have they been dealt with by Samsung and no longer issues? Can any of the experts (adder?) confirm this?
What are the experiences of members who bought Samsung LCDs in the last 6months? Any complaints on the panel (colours) or sound buzzing?
If I need/want to consider other brands, is Sony EX400 in the same league as C530? Are there any LG or Panasonic models that I could look at (40" only). Not too much worried about +10% price difference... Any other recommendations?
Finally, is there any grey market in Hyd for LCD TVs? where? Thanks.