Hitachi 43UWX10B 43" 16:9 (1 Viewer)

[Harold A]

Has anyone seen this TV. Circuit City has it on display. I have not hear anything about it. Does anyone know how it will compare to the 42" Tosh coming out? Any opinions on it? Hitachi TVs dont get talked about here that often any reason why?

 

[MickeS]

I too would be interested in comments (opinions or fact, both are welcome ) about this TV. Haven't seen anything about any Hitachi products in this forum, I believe. Someone must have it, right?
/mike

 

[Michael Lopes]

i work at circuit city in the video dept. and i am very impressed with the picture quility. definetly kills the pany pt47wx49 on display too. defintely the best picture quility in projection i've seen. highly recommended!

 

[Michael TLV]

Greetings
The reason that Hitachi sets do not get as much air time here is that they are not part of the "Big Four."
Sony
Pioneer
Toshiba
Mitsubishi
and then there is everyone else ...
Panasonic
Hitachi
Philips
Zenith
Samsung
etc.
In the last year, Hitachi has gotten a bad rap for their decision to introduce the "Hitachi Squeeze" into their 4:3 sets. Not too popular ... nor was the fact that their HDTV images were inferior to all others especially the big 4.
As well, their RPTV's are generally not known for being as tweak friendly as other units out there.
Regards
Regards
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Michael @ The Laser Video Experience

 

[Harold A]

Are this years sets any better? Also, with the 16:9 set you should not have to worry about the squeeze mode at all.
Micheal, do you know if you still have to take off the fron panel and hit the blue button to bring up the service mode?
Thanks

 

[Matt Fitzgerald]

Specs from Hitachi....
2001-2002 43UWX10B, 43" HDTV Monitor/NTSC Projection TV,are:
PICTURE
* 1080 interlaced line scan 16:9 HDTV Monitor
* Exclusive High Brightness CRTs
* Exclusive High Brightness 5 Element Lens System
* Exclusive Magic Focus 4 Sensor Convergence Adjustment (It does notmention how many points are included.)
* Exclusive D3 - Digital Display Driver:
* 1080 interlaced/540 progressive User Selectable Display
* 1080 interlaced/720 progressive/480 progressive/480 interlaced Input
Compatible
* 3:2 Film Correction
* 8 Point Motion Detection
* Four Screen Modes
* Full - 16:9 Original Aspect Ratio
*Normal - 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio
* Fill - 4:3 Zoom
* Smooth Wide - 4:3 Expanded
* Red and Green Color Purity Filters
* Digital 3D Y/C Comb Filter
* Digital Artificial Intelligence - Movie, Sports, TV
* User selectable Advanced Velocity Scan Modulation
* Dynamic Focus
* High Contrast Protective Shield
* 1200 Lines Resolution
* SOUND
* MTS Stereo / SAP w/dbx
* SRS Surround Sound
* BBE Sound Clarity Enhancement
* 24 Watt Bass Reflex Speaker System
* Perfect Volume
* Loudness
* Automatic Noise Cancellation
* CONVENIENCE
* Digital Window Plus Picture-In-Picture Menu
* Dual Tuner Picture-Outside-Picture
* Dual View Split Screen
* MultiViewer 3 Auto Channel Surf
* Illuminated Thumbstick Universal Remote Control
* Ultra TEC Bit-Map On Screen Display (Tri-Lingual)
* 181 Channel Tuner w/Auto Programming
* Plug & Play Interactive Set-Up
* Auto Link
* On-Screen Help
* Front Panel Menu Controls
* Family Favorites (Favorite Channel)
* Power Resume
* Parental Control
* Channel Lock/Video Lock/Quick Lock
* TV Time Out
* Front Panel Lock Out
* TV/Movie Ratings
* Channel ID/Video ID
* 4 Event On/Off Channel Timer
* 2 Level Mute
* Sleep Timer (15 to 180 Minutes)
* Closed Caption Decoder (CC)
* Commercial Skip
SPECIFICATIONS
- A/V Inputs (Rear/Front) 4/1
- S-Video Inputs (Rear/Front) 2/1
- Component Video Inputs 2 Sets
- R/F Inputs 2
- Audio HiFi Output 1(variable audio)
- Monitor Out with S-Video
CABINET
- Color Silver/Grey
- Height 39"
- Width 41-1/4"
- Depth 20-5/8"
- Weight 153 lbs.
Optional Accessories
- Stand SP43W
(I posted this as well on a thread developing on this set at hometheaterspot.com)
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Matt Fitzgerald

 

[Jeff Leeds]

Take a look at any Hitachi next to Sony and Tosh TVs in a good store. The Hitachi's are usually brighter and cleaner. They are usually a bit more than tosh and bit less than Sony and better than both. THey don't spend big bucks on ads and sponorships, in fact a huge part of their business comes from selling components to other TV manus, like Mits. and others.
I'd try to get into an SDX model since this is their higher end. I've had my 60SDX for about 2 years now and while I'm on my second set (had a problem with the first one) I love the set and find looking at my friends Tosh of the same era to be second rate in comparison.
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Jeff Leeds
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