Hitachi filled out their
Wooo TV clan today with the introduction of 37, 32, and 26-inch LCDs and 37-inch plasma. Squeezing its way into the Wooo9000 series is the 37-inch W37L (pictured) offered with and without a built-in hard drive recorder. This LCD panel features a rather lackluster 1366 x 768 resolution for such a large screen with a 100:1 contrast ratio and 178-degree viewing angle. The W37L-HR9000 includes the built-in HDD recorder with 250GB disk, an electronic program guide for easy recording off the integrated hi-vision digital and analog tuners, and the ability to write shows to disc over compatible Firewire connected DVD writers. At the budget end of the Wooo family tree come the H90-series W32L and W26L LCDs and W37P plasma all with integrated digital/analog tuners. Both LCDs offer that same 1366 x 768 resolution which is more appropriate for these panel sizes while the 37-inch W37P chokes up a miserable 1024x1080 resolution. All the new panels feature 2 x HDMI, Japanese D4, Ethernet, and the usual suite of in/outs you'll need. Expect to pay ¥350,000 (about $3,040) for the W37L-HR9000 with HDD recorder (or ¥300,000/$2,606 without) down to about ¥200,000 (about $1,737) for that 26-incher. All these new panels should be available by September in Japan.
Read -- W37L-H9000
Read -- H90 series
posted Aug 10th 2006 8:53AM
What a stupid name. However, Woooo has a nice ring to it.
I hope that "100:1" contrast ratio is a typo.
The H9000 is a dedicated HREM TEM. It is capable of 0.18nm point resolution operating at 300kV. A double tilt holder is available with +-10 degrees of tilt. The system is fitted with an intensified Video Camera to assist in alignment and a Slow Scan CCD Camera. Final images are recorded on film, Image Plates or CCD.
First and foremost, these are televisions and not computer monitors. These screen resolutions are relatively standards. The descriptions say nothing about them being HD monitors.
Also, the 1024x1080 is obviously a typo as this would mean the screen is almost square, but more vertical in fact. Engadget, whats the deal here?
Why do you Engadget types not understand that there is no such thing as a plasma television in the 37" to 42" range with a horizontal resolution better than 1024? You can't get them. LG makes a single panel that will do 1280x768, and EyeFi put it into 1 TV model. But no one is currently making one. For small plasmas, 1024x768 is standard (x1050 or x1080 if its a Hitachi ALiS panel).
So stop bitching about it and commenting that a small size plasma has a "miserable" resolution. Its a given. Its so common that it comes off as unnecessary product slander.
"What a stupid name. However, Woooo has a nice ring to it."
Better than Wii, that's for sure.
Alex; the resolution is NOT a typo., that's the new resolution for Hitachi's ALiS 42" plasmas.
Jake; where did you get that information? FYI EyeFi does NOT use any LG-Philips LCD TFT Modules, only 50" PDP modules.
Thouse Plasmas with the integrated DVR are made in a joint venture with LG. They {Hitachi} announce these at CES but apparently they will not be released in the United States.