Review: Hitachi 42HDT52 Plasma
ultimate AV review the Hitachi 42HDT52 Plasma HDTV. This 42″ set comes with CableCARD, two HDMI inputs, and lists for $3,399.
This plasma has an odd resolution of 1024 by 1024. Rather strange for a 16:9 display, but that’s okay. Picture will still look great, though not as great as a 1920 x 1080 display.
This set has great screen uniformity, a common problem with other plasma displays. Deinterlacing was excellent, HD content was bright and sharp, and colour rendition was excellent.
On other hand, this set does have a problem with a bit of video noise in dark areas of an “active picture”. I think he means that it wasn’t a photo! Red push was also extreme, but that’s not the worst. The worst is the black levels, which were rather poor, affecting shadow detail. This is a common problem with plasmas, and Hitachi didn’t fix it with this one.
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December 13th, 2005 at 2:25 pm
[…] Conclusion There’s a lot to admire on this plasma. The feature set is complete, the price is good. The black level is not among the best I have seen, which is the only thing that keeps me from offering a high recommendation. I still think you’ll get more bang for your buck with a Panasonic. But that’s just me. Ultimate AV: Hitachi 42HDT52 Plasma Television - via HD Blog […]