You heard it right -- Hitachi's
UltraThin 1.5 family that caused such a stir at CES is finally available for US consumers. Available in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes, the lot has been broken down into two distinct clans: the Director's Series (X) and Ultra Vision (V) models. Each member of the former comes with a 2-year warranty and a sticker ranging from $1,999 to $4,699, while the latter gets a 1-year warranty and price tags between $1,799 and $4,499. Curiously enough, it seems that several sets (the UT47X902, UT47V702, UT32A302/W, UT32V502/W, UT42V702 and UT37V702) may actually not yet be ready for shipping judging by their July to September availability dates, but we'll leave it to you to sort out the contradictions in Hitachi's press release with your dealer. Hit the read link for more details.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nick Santella @ May 1st 2008 7:06PM
When will this become available for Canada. I'm really interested since I own a hitachi and have been very happy with it. But it's time to replace it :)
Ken @ May 1st 2008 8:59PM
Saw it in one of the Magnolia's inside Best Buy. Running a Sony BD player, looked very good.
EQC @ May 1st 2008 9:58PM
Is there any difference besides the warranty length and the availability date between the two lines (the X and the V)? The read-link is a bit light on details...but the few specs they give look the same between the two different model types...
Ken @ May 1st 2008 10:50PM
The better one has a breakout box with a few inputs (3 HDMI and 2 component and some other stuff), where as the lesser one has 1 HDMI and 1 VGA.