Buy Hitachi Ultravision 55HDS69 55-Inch Plasma HDTV Now !
Manufacturer: Hitachi
The Hitachi UltraVision 55 Inch Plasma HDTV produces a truly cinematic home viewing experience. The VirtualHD 1080p III Video processor technology ensures a sharp, smooth and seamless, by analyzing and optimizing each frame. An anti-reflective screen ensures the best picture performance possible in any lighting. With its ultra-slim design, the UltraVision 55" Plasma HDTV has a sleek profile as sophisticated as the innovative technologies inside. Anti-reflective glass screen Seamless HDTV (ATSC), NTSC tuner Digital Cable Ready (QAM) 3 Color Temperatures 4-step black enhancement 10-bit digital 4MB 3D Y/C Comb Filter Resolution - 1366 x 768 Pixel Pitch - 0.90 (H) x 0.90 (V) mm MTS Stereo/SAP with dbx Simulated Surround Bass Boost 36-Watt 3-way speaker system 3 language on-screen display Parental Lock (V-Chip) Connectivity - 2 S-Video in, A/V in(4 rear, 1 side), Optical & Fixed/Variable Output, RF input, IR output 3 HDMI interfaces -- 2 rear, 1 side Photo File Viewer USB CableCARD interface Color - Black with Silver trim Monitor Dimensions(HxWxD) - 33-1/8 x 59-1/2 x 4-1/4 Weight - 139 lbs. Wall Mountable Does not include TV stand. Optional Stand or Wall Mount required
Amazon.com Product Description:
Get the most out of your high-definition plasma television purchase with the 55-inch Hitachi 55HDS69, which offers a wealth of advanced technological features that will ensure superior picture and audio performance for years to come. Its blend of refined aesthetics is ideal for any home while its fully high-definition display--with 768 vertical lines of progressive resolution--provides stunningly vivid and colorful entertainment. The set's built-in ATSC (DTV) tuner pulls HD signals (480p/720p/1080i) right from the airwaves, and its QAM tuner is fully compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception. The set's CableCARD port means the set will also receive digital cable television systems services directly from a compatible cable operator without requiring a bulky, external cable box. A standard analog NTSC tuner receives standard-definition (SD) programming.
Plasma display technology offers the widest viewing angle of any type of television. The wide viewing angle makes plasma the ultimate choice for wall mounted television. Plasma television performance is also exceptional for producing high quality images of fast motion content, like sports programming.
This set's video is powered by the PictureMaster HD III processing technology, which features third-generation 1080p processing and new histogram processing for enhanced contrast, sharpness, and color for a clearer, sharper picture. It also offers extended color capabilities to reproduce the purest reds, greens and blues, a maximum 16-bit/281 trillion color capability, and a 16 percent brighter panel.
The 4 MB, 10-bit digital 3D Y/C comb filter separates brightness and color signals better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross-luminance and dot-crawl distortion. It performs field-by-field comparisons of the television image to accurately separate the color from the black-and-white information and remove both horizontally and vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl, resulting in a razor sharp image. This set also performs automatic 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture.
The 55HDS69 has a 1365 x 768-pixel resolution, and a high-contrast black rib structure that provides excellent contrast and deep blacks with any source material or viewing environment. It's designed to make a big impact with images that will literally jump off the screen. Other video features include three color temperature settings, four-step black enhancement, multiple aspect ratio formats (four HD, six SD), and split-screen/picture-in-picture functionality. The anti-reflective, high-contrast screen effectively absorbs ambient room light, reducing reflections and producing richer blacks, vibrant color and increased detail in shadows and highlights. Convenience features include on/sleep timers, closed caption decoder, V-Chip parental controls, several screensavers, and three-language on-screen display (English, French, Spanish).
It has a three-way, 36-watt speaker system that can produce simulated surround sound and a bass boost. The set can also be used as a center-channel speaker in a full surround sound system. It includes the following video and audio connections:
- Composite A/V: 4 rear, 1 side
- S-Video: 2 rear
- Component Video: 2 rear, 1 side
- HDMI: 2 rear, 1 side
- RF: 1
- Digital audio output: 1 optical
Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).
What's in the Box
Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions
Lowest Used Price: USD 1800.00
- 768p High-Definition Display
- High-Aperture Pixel Design, High-Contrast Black Rib Structure
- VitualHD 1080p III Video Processor
- Anti-Reflective Glass Screen, Digital Cable Ready(ATSC)(QUAM)(NTSC) Cable Card.
- Dimensions- Height 33 1/8", Width 59 1/2", Depth 4 1/4", Weight 139 lbs.
Model: 55HDS69
Great Price- Even Greater TV
After reading a recommendation from Consumer Reports, I shopped this unit around and purchased it off the internet for ,000 (freight incl.) and am very happy with the quality of the picture- although as with most high-tech electronics; my lack of understanding of all of the ways to connect to your cable box, DVD recorder, surround-sound, etc. made set-up a very confusing and time-consuming ordeal. If you are not an audio-video technophile, you may want to consider hiring a professional to come in and do it right.
Don't buy Hitachi!
My Hitachi HDTV is still broken after 4 repair attempts. Phone support flat out lies to me telling me they don't offer refund or exchange. After escalating it to her supervisor, got him to admit that exchange is an option. Now waiting for them to call me back with their decision. Not holding my breath.
You must buy this HDTV...NOW!!!!
All I have to say is wow! Like some of the others have said, I too did a TON of research on this TV along with every other TV in its's class. Hitachi is a fantastic manufacturer and this is an incredible TV. Amazon's price of B000FK9WAE,999.99 is completely fair for a machine of this quality and their price is consistent with other retailers fortunate enough to have a couple of these TV's.
I watched my first Blu-Ray movie on this TV last night and I was blown away. Watching sports in High-Def is truly amazing. I just cant say enough.
Also, if you happen to own a PS3, this TV really brings out the quality picture in your games.
WORD OF ADVICE: Don't wait on this too much longer. These TV's are in limited supply and, as you can imagine, are selling out quickly. Also, be prepared to spend around 0 for either a stand or a wall mount kit.
Bigger is better
I did over 6 months of research and found this set to be the best bang for the buck. I was able to get it for 29 at Tiger Direct and was lucky enough to be just out of state so no tax and I picked it up so no shipping. I put it on the wall with a Peerless Tilt mount rated to 200lbs and it was the easiest install I had ever done. The only word of caution: This is a huge set and it takes 2 big guys to lift and install.
Now I am into professional video and work closely with video reproduction on computer monitor and other screens so my eye is more critical than most and I have one thing to say. There are purchases that don't live up to your expectations, products that come out about what you expected and the few that far exceed your expectations. My experience was the latter. For the cost, this set blew me away. You can't get a better looking image from a set this size for this cost. I paired it with a Toshiba HD-2A HD DVD player and though the Toshiba is a little clunky, it has awesome image upconversion and features (an obvious early adopter box). The SD DVDs I have played on it look awesome. I will let you know how the HD DVDs look once I pick a few up. I plugged my XBOX 360 in and WOW, there is nothing like it (there were audible gasps from my friends)...even from 3 feet away!
This set is being phased out by Hitachi and replaced by a smaller 50" 1080i 401 series set now which I hear is also very good, but I was quite happy to save a grand and have 5 more inches on my wall.
LOTS OF LYEING GOIN ON
I even called the store before ordering the tv to make sure it would come with a stand so the tv wouldnt just fall over. But they promised me that it would come with a small base stand. Of course it didnt and when I called them they said they would send one right out, which of course they never did. Horrible purchases and follow through ...........It cost me over two hundred more to buy an cheap stand so I could use the dumb tv. Just beware from this company.
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