Hitachi 42" plasma - GREAT!
Just picked up a Hitachi 42" plasma from CC (model 42HDS69). One day sale last Saturday, @$300 LESS than current BB and CC SALE price. Native 1081i (Not 768!!) display. Really classy look - brushed aluminum surrounding the black-bordered glass plasma panel - elegant and way better than the cheap plastic you see on other plasmas (i.e., Panny). Excellent picture out of the box, but after tweaking per reviews/forum posts/calibration DVD, picture is truly stunning. On a good DVD, it really is like lookng through a (clean) window. Much better PQ than my 3-year old Hitachi 51" RPTV, which was very higly rated at the time. Sound from internal speakers is also better than most (not that I would use the internal speakers for critical movie watching).
HIGHLY recommended.
One recommendation: do NOT rely on the store TV setups for deciding which set to purchase - I looked at four stores over the weekend, and upon more than a cursory look, it was obvious NONE of the TVs were properly set up. Worse, the SAME set looked vastly different at each store.
HIGHLY recommended.
One recommendation: do NOT rely on the store TV setups for deciding which set to purchase - I looked at four stores over the weekend, and upon more than a cursory look, it was obvious NONE of the TVs were properly set up. Worse, the SAME set looked vastly different at each store.
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