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[KoreanNam]

I was surfing across gmarket and came across this ad for 42" plasma TV's.

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=167185283

480,000 sounds like a steal if there are not too many hidden fees or add-ons.

[Demophobe]

Seems to be a good deal.

This one is 1,500,00 with a home theater speaker setup. Can't imagine the speakers add up to much though.

http://blog.danawa.com/prod/?prod_c=893669&cate_c1=149&cate_c2=180&cate_c3=16108&cate_c4=0

[wraith1983]

It may not be a bad deal for a 42" HD TV, but it is an old standard and will not be up to the 1080i or 1080p standard. At best (and it doesn't actually say it anywhere on the pages I was looking at) it is 720p which is about two steps behind.

This TV is probably priced low, but not so low that it is a steal.

For more info, check here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/720p-vs-1080p-hdtv/

and here:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&u=http://www.walltv.co.kr/shop/goods/goods_list.php%3Fcategory%3D010&ei=vrZjSubxDI6QsgONiJRn&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpavv%2Bpdp%2B420%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DfZ1

[nick70100]

If you read the fine print you'll see that you can only get this price if you sign up for LG powercomm internet + IPTV. It doesn't even say how long the contract is, it just gives a mobile phone number to call for more information. It definitely sounds shady.

[bassexpander]

Yeah, it's up along the lines of those points things you seen in Technomart and I-park. Sorry, but forget that price, unless you want to sign up for the service too.