Unlike practically ever other brand, Hitachi didn't take the wraps off of its 2009 HDTV line at CES. Instead, it waited until summer officially began, and we can't really argue with the tactic. At any rate, the company is following
JVC,
LG and
Sony with their respective HD news by announcing new members in the
long-standing UltraVision line (shown left) as well as the Alpha series (shown right). In the former, we'll soon see the 55-inch L55S603 ($1,799), 46-inch L46S603 ($1,299) and 42-inch L42S503 ($999) hit the streets (in September, August and June, respectively), while the Alpha crew contains the 42-inch L42A403 ($849) and the 32-inch L32A403 ($499), both of which ship this month. The UltraVision sets all boast 1080p panels, 120Hz dejudder technology, up to five HDMI sockets and built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC TV tuners. As for the Alphas, you'll find a total of seven HD inputs (four HDMI), a 1080p panel on the fat kit and a 720p display on the little guy.
posted May 27th 2009 10:09AM
Dear manufacturers:
OLED please!
This might be a silly question but why exactly do these ship with NTSC tuners?
Because almost every device out there outputs a NTSC signal even though TV is no longer coming that way. Your Pong system, VCR, PS1 for instance output a NTSC signal.
I'll never touch another Hitachi product as long as I live.
I bought one of their first DLP TV's, a 60" 60V500 I think was the model name. The light engine started glowing red after about 6 months of use and quickly became unusable. Their customer service was TERRIBLE and they did not honor their warranty even though it was all over forums that the light engine in those models was going bad. After a couple years I just finally put it in my storage barn and gave up. About $3,000 lost to that company. Huge $3K paper weight.
Hitachi refuses to honor warranties and their customer service outright lies to their customers.
other than that, were you happy with it?