Comments on: CES Part 7 Hitachi http://hdguru.com/ces-part-6-hitachi/48/ HD Guru for the latest news, reviews, archives and consumer information about High Definition Television Mon, 21 May 2012 14:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Earl http://hdguru.com/ces-part-6-hitachi/48/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Earl Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:48:22 +0000 http://hdguru.com/?p=48#comment-3136 Do any of the 2007 Hitachi's have a cable card? <strong>None of the standard line ahve CableCARD . The Director series may, Hitachi has not announced the 2007 Director series models. They will be showing them in a few weeks stay tuned.</strong> <strong>The HD Guru </strong> Do any of the 2007 Hitachi’s have a cable card?

None of the standard line ahve CableCARD . The Director series may, Hitachi has not announced the 2007 Director series models. They will be showing them in a few weeks stay tuned.

The HD Guru 

]]> By: mrod http://hdguru.com/ces-part-6-hitachi/48/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 mrod Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:18:12 +0000 http://hdguru.com/?p=48#comment-1143 Im Planning on puchasing the 42″ Hitachi 2006 model (1024 x 1080), is this a good buy compared at other 42" models? thanks for ur help. <strong>Check out my top picks in the archive. A 42" Hitachi is listed</strong> <strong>The HD Guru</strong> Im Planning on puchasing the 42″ Hitachi 2006 model (1024 x 1080), is this a good buy compared at other 42″ models? thanks for ur help.

Check out my top picks in the archive. A 42″ Hitachi is listed

The HD Guru

]]> By: John F http://hdguru.com/ces-part-6-hitachi/48/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 John F Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:05:02 +0000 http://hdguru.com/?p=48#comment-1082 Gary, first it was Philips with their 1080p price mixup, now it is Hitachi with their resolution mixup, they say one thing in the press realease and another thing on the CES SHOW floor, according to Hitachis press release as stated on your webpage, their 42" will do 1280x1080 resolution, on the show floor they had something else all together, plus the sized are 42,50,60" not 55" what gives, here is some pictures with from CES thanks to GotHDTV at avsforum, first page 3/4 down, 2 jpgs of each PDP, one with set information and another with the picture, http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=791065 , I am sure these multimillion dollar companies can get their facts straight before making anouncements to the public. <strong>I am the first to agree with you on confusion. More screen resolutions are not what the public needs however it is what it is.</strong> <strong>Specifically with Hitachi. part of the confusion lies with fact that Hitachi brought products to CES for technology "statements" vs. products they offically announced. Hitachi had a number of "full HD" 1920x1080i prototypes in screen sizes from 42" and up, but no announcement as to price or availablity were given. Some of these models are in the photo link you provided.</strong> <strong>The announced products are the ones I listed in my article. The 42" stays at the same resolution as the current 2006 model (1024 x 1080), the big news being a the 50" size with 1280 x 1080 rez.</strong> <strong>Hitachi's next announcements will come during its 2007 dealer and press line shows around the May 2007 time frame.</strong> <strong>What I expect: the 1920 x 1080 product will be available initially in its top-of-the-line Director's series for sale sometime in the 3rd or 4th qtr of 2007. This is specualtion and educated guess and based upon what I saw in Japan at CEATEC in October, as the Hitachi execs are extremely hush-hush about the full 1080 product line. Stay tuned. </strong> <strong>The HD Guru</strong> Gary, first it was Philips with their 1080p price mixup, now it is Hitachi with their resolution mixup, they say one thing in the press realease and another thing on the CES SHOW floor, according to Hitachis press release as stated on your webpage, their 42″ will do 1280×1080 resolution, on the show floor they had something else all together, plus the sized are 42,50,60″ not 55″ what gives, here is some pictures with from CES thanks to GotHDTV at avsforum, first page 3/4 down, 2 jpgs of each PDP, one with set information and another with the picture, http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=791065 , I am sure these multimillion dollar companies can get their facts straight before making anouncements to the public.

I am the first to agree with you on confusion. More screen resolutions are not what the public needs however it is what it is.

Specifically with Hitachi. part of the confusion lies with fact that Hitachi brought products to CES for technology “statements” vs. products they offically announced. Hitachi had a number of “full HD” 1920x1080i prototypes in screen sizes from 42″ and up, but no announcement as to price or availablity were given. Some of these models are in the photo link you provided.

The announced products are the ones I listed in my article. The 42″ stays at the same resolution as the current 2006 model (1024 x 1080), the big news being a the 50″ size with 1280 x 1080 rez.

Hitachi’s next announcements will come during its 2007 dealer and press line shows around the May 2007 time frame.

What I expect: the 1920 x 1080 product will be available initially in its top-of-the-line Director’s series for sale sometime in the 3rd or 4th qtr of 2007. This is specualtion and educated guess and based upon what I saw in Japan at CEATEC in October, as the Hitachi execs are extremely hush-hush about the full 1080 product line. Stay tuned.

The HD Guru

]]> By: tim fowler http://hdguru.com/ces-part-6-hitachi/48/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 tim fowler Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:57:41 +0000 http://hdguru.com/?p=48#comment-1050 I thought that 1080i meant that you only get 540 lines of resolution and if the plasmas have 1080 lines of resolution should it be 1080p? <strong>1080i sets show all 1080 line sequentially. First the odd numbered ones, followed by the even ones. It happens too fast for you eyes to perceive the sequence.</strong> <strong>The HD Guru </strong> I thought that 1080i meant that you only get 540 lines of resolution and if the plasmas have 1080 lines of resolution should it be 1080p?

1080i sets show all 1080 line sequentially. First the odd numbered ones, followed by the even ones. It happens too fast for you eyes to perceive the sequence.

The HD Guru 

]]>