I agree I think we need to be factual when making generalisations. I have lived for many years in SE asia and I am not about to pretend to know what the earning power of the average consumer is in its many varied cities, but I would like to offer my thoughts on the following.
1. Firstly whoever was responsible for the DVD in this KL store should be sacked. Its illegal in Malaysia (although readily available) and a reputable brand such as B&O should not have anything to do with pirated material.
2. Please, everything in Asia is not fake! The major cities of Asia are filled with flagship stores of the major luxury brands... there is no problem buying original goods, just shop in the right places! In fact cities such as Tokyo have stores that surpass the European counterparts in scale and design! And the likes of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore are not that far behind!
3. Original western CD / DVD are readily available in the major cities. In smaller towns I'm sure this is more problematic though, but mainly because of language / consumer demand.
Lastly, whilst poverty is still a major issue in many of the developing Asian nations, there is most definitely a rapidly growing middle class in most of these nations, with increasing buying power. That is why major brands are flooding these markets.
Laurence.