Advantages: Connectivity options, HD ready, Styling, Price, Picture Disadvantages: Setup
...the category, we bought a Hitachi 42PD7200, which is a 42" plasma display panel with a few whiz-bang features that, at the price, set it apart from everything else.
Now you already know why we bought a 42" screen. And you know why it was a Plasma rather than an LCD, but there's so much choice in the market these days - why did we buy the Hitachi 7200?
First off, we bought it because it's capable of showing the new standard High Definition (HD) ... ...is that you visit the Hitachi website and download a copy of either the product brochure or the manual. Also useful is a search of websites like the AVreview Forum, where you will find settings that other people have used to get the picture they consider to be the best. From my experience though, the default presets (of which there are three; Natural, Dynamic and Movie, selectable through a button on the remote) are perfectly adequate.
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LegendaryMrDude 07.01.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hitachi 42PD7200
Advantages: Good looks, easy to use menu, great picture Disadvantages: haven't found any yet
...The picture quality is fantastic but dont expect that as a given. As with any 'sensative' technology format you need to make sure you have the right combination of contectors, source signal, picture setup etc. Get it right and the Hitachi will provide hours of endless picture (and sound) satisfaction. ...
chocolatetje 04.10.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Hitachi 42PD7200