HDTV Lounge

Fujitsu have added two new plasmas to their Plasmavision line up, the 50-inch P55XHA51WSb, and the 63-inch P63XHA51WSb, good luck remembering those model numbers! Both are available in either silver or the more modern black gloss finish and feature a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution with advanced image processing which boost the image quality by looking ahead at the next frames to improve smooth moving images and low image noise.
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The Fujitsu Plasmavision P42XHA58 42-inch plasma comes from the 58 series which also makes a 50-inch available. TrustedReviews take a look at the P42XHA58 and say, the P42XHA58 ticks all the HD Ready boxes and then some. As well as having the required inputs, it has a native resolution of 1,024 x 768 and will accept the required 720p and 1080i input signals. Even more impressive is that this screen will accept a 1080p signal via both HDMI and component connections. If you’re wondering about the native resolution being resolutely 4:3 rather than 16:9, don’t worry. Read more

Fujitsu Hitatchi Plasma Display Corporation keeps churning out their Plasma displays when many of the others are turning to LCD. Hitachi have just announced two 1080p “Full HD” 1920×1080 Plasma’s along with one non-1080p 1280×1080 plasma.

The 50-inch HD panel based on their ALIS technology has great image processing and brightness, features a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, brightness of 1300cd/m2 and should begin production in October. The 1920×1080 50-inch plasma is their first to use single-scan technology (one chip for image processing instead of several) at that resolution, plus the same ALIS processing with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and 1100cd/m2 brightness, but will not go into production until March 2007. The 60-inch plasma brings all 2-million pixels and a new e-ALIS processing system to help smooth fast moving images on the big screen, it has a lower contrast ratio of only 5000:1 and a brightness of 1000cd/m2. Read more

The Fujitsu P55XTS55 and P65XHA51 which come in at an incredible 55-inch and 63 inches of plasma HDTV respectively feature the company’s latest AVM II video processing technology and improved brightness.

AVM II is Fujitsu’s own version of the picture sharpening, improving and upscaling technology we see from every HD TV manufacturer and it appears good to its word since both models now feature impressive 1800:1 contrast ratios and superb 900 cd/m2 brightness levels.
The P55XTS55 & P65XHA51 models feature 1366 x 768 1080i panels when it would’ve been great to see them attempt the 1080p route so impressively navigated by Toshiba’s 42WLT66.

Unfortunately there is just one HDMI input. It is now August and the HD TV world moves fast. In fact Tosh’s new REGZA’s were recently announced to have three!, so this is a big let down when compared to the very recent new bunch of HDTV’s.

There’s big, and then there’s Fujitsu’s P63XHA40. This plasma monster measures in with a screen size of 63in, making it one of the biggest flat-screen TVs ever to grace (break?!) UK shop shelves. But as any bloke will tell you, size isn’t everything. So has the P63XHA40 got the quality to match its quantity?

It’s nice to find for starters that Fujitsu has tried to make the P63XHA40 as unobtrusive as anything with a 63in screen can be. The screen’s bezel is exceptionally thin, yet it also feels effortlessly robust, as well as benefiting from a subtle silver finish that sensibly eschews the more aggressive looks favoured by many smaller flat TVs.

The P63XHA40’s slender frame hides a dirty secret, though: the set doesn’t come with any speakers. Fujitsu does an optional detachable pair, but these will set you back a couple of hundred notes more, and attaching them to the screen inevitably ups the TV’s dimensions. Still, we suspect many people seriously considering forking out £9k on a screen will probably have or be thinking of getting a separate surround sound audio system anyway.

Connectivity is alarming, in that there’s no aerial connection and no SCART sockets. The lack of aerial connection is simply explained by the fact that there’s no built-in tuner, meaning the P63XHA40 can only be considered a ‘screen’ rather than a TV.
The lack of SCARTs is presumably a reflection of either the screen’s American roots, or the fact that it’s made more for the business than the home market.

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