Plasma HDTV
LG 50PC1DR HDTV With Built-in DVR
LG Electronics has announced its 50PC1DR HDTV plasma TV, which boasts a built-in 160 GB DVR that allows users to pause, rewind, and replay live TV. It also provides continuous automatic recording in one-hour intervals.
The black and silver finished plasma features LG’s XD Engine technology that includes six distinct processes that help to improve brightness, contrast, and detail, thus minimizing bleeding of colours. It delivers 10,000:1 contrast; and has a double HDMI connection.
Hitachi 42HDS69 42-inch Plasma
The 42HDS69’s native resolution of 1,080i through a pixel configuration of 1,024 x 1,080, and has viewing enhancements like the anti-reflective screen and ALiS pixel barrier minimization technology, and features three each of component three HDMI inputs – two on the back on and one on the side, along with an optical audio out and CableCard support.
The plasma will retail for about $2499 and will be available very soon.
* Diagonal size
* 42 in
* Image aspect ratio
* 16:9
* HDTV compatible
* Yes
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Hitachi New Plasma and LCD TVs (HDX99, HDS69 & HDT79 models)
Hitachi’s new HDTVs include a 1080 plasma screens lines and four slim 120Hz LCD televisions.
Hitachi has taken the wraps off three new series of 42-inch and 55-inch plasma HDTVs plus four new LCD television offerings which, as they ship this year, at least make your HDTV options more plentiful and complicated.
Plasma HDTVS
Hitachi’s new plasma televisions will be available in both 42-inch and 55-inch configurations, and Hitachi says the 42-inch models—the 42HDS69, the 42HDT79, and 42HDX99 —will be the first plasma screen to bring 1080i resolution to that size.
The 42-inch and 55-inch UltraVision models will feature Hitachi’s PictureMaster III processor, giving the 42HDS69 ($2,499) a 1024 by 1080 resolution and the 55HDS69 ($4,299) a 1365 by 768 resolution. Both sizes will features three HDMI and three component inputs, a six-speaker 36-watt audio system, and are designed to look like they were hewn from a single slab of aluminum. They’re expected to ship in June 2006—well, Hitachi says “this month,” but really, it’s almost June, right?
The UltraVision CineForm 42-inch and 55-inch models have all the features of the HDS69 series (above), with the addition of an onscreen TV Guide programming guide, an adjustable color decoder, two IR outputs (and an IR pass-through), and a USB photo input. The list price for the 42HDT79 will be $2,999, the 55-inch 55HDT79 will be $4,799; both units are expected to be available in July 2006. Read more
