Best 48-52 inch RPTV ?!!!!

The Best 48" - 51" RPTV?


THE HITACHI 51" SWX20B ! ! !





It will hang with any RPTV that's twice it's price and beat most of them.


Fully tweakable, and a great image.


Infact, the SWX bested the ELITE in a few areas in back to back testing at www.avguide.com

http://www.avguide.com/product/Rear_...WX20B/2306.jsp


Here is the link and the attached PDF review against the Pioneer ELITE back to back.


Oh ya.... did I mention that the Hitachi costs half as much
 

hitachi 57swx tpv review.zip 455.498046875k . file

Here is another review that's even better from Stereophile's Guide to Hometheater Magazine

www.stereophileguidetohometheater.com



Read the last page, where they also quote:


" The Hitachi 51SWX20B is the Best Rear projection TV that I have reviewed to date "


With street prices under $2499 at national dealers like Circuit City, it's a great alternative to a $4000 plus specialty dealer only model from the competing brands that's near impossible to find and see and compare to other RPTV's.


I have alot of exerience with RPTV's and I would give the 51" SWX Hitachi my highest Recomendation.
 

stereophile_51swx20b_review.pdf 300.5068359375k . file

Sorry,


The magazine link for Stereophile's Guide to HomeTheater is:

http://www.guidetohometheater.com/


and

http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?72


You can also learn a great deal more about it at Hitachi.com, Hitachi has a very good website with excellent video's about Projection TV technology and information about how they work, as well as Hitachi's own projection TV technology.

http://www.hitachi.com/tv/discover/t...d_proj00.shtml


Watch the apple quick time home videos.


Here is some more links:
http://www.hitachi.com/tv/discover/a...ut_index.shtml


above talks about how Hitachi makes more than 60% of the parts for ALL projection TV's. Hitachi claims their HD-WIDENECK CRT is better than industry standard OEM models. Hitachi is the only company that makes almost all thier own parts and owns the entire core of technologies needed.

http://www.hitachi.com/tv/discover/t...d_proj02.shtml


Talks a little more about that, and the CRT and lense system Hitachi uses.



And here is the 51" SWX specs from Hitachi's website:
http://www.hitachi.com/tv/browse/pro...51swx20b.shtml

http://www.hitachi.com/tv/browse/pro...x20b_specs.pdf


and Here is the link to Hitachi.com for the brochure:
http://www.hitachi.com/tv/resource/p...v_brochure.pdf



Well, my vote has been cast. Anyone else have a favorite or "BEST" 48"-52" RPTV?

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Actually I have a 86" diagonal Front projection display based on a DLP projector in my theater.


I did own last years SWX before the upgrade.


I actually know about 10 close freinds and family (My dad has SWX too) that own them. Many of these freinds are also co-workers who work in consumer electronic sales and video products. They also made the choice to own a Hitachi, even though the place we work also carries about 10 of the other top brands of RPTV.


and, Yes.


It will take and display 480i/480p/720p/540p/1080i


They are all displayed at 540p/1080i You can choose which one with a VIRTUALHD button on the Remote control.

http://www.guidetohometheater.com/ar.../1102hit.2.jpg


To answer you question more clearly.... 720p looks great on the SWX, but it is converted to 1080i for display.


Almost all RPTV's do this... including Sony, and TOSHIBA.


The other alternative is that the screen goes black when fed a 720p signal, Like Mitsubishi, RCA, Panny CRT, (LCD does 720p) and others...


I am glad Hitachi does not do this...because many ABC and ESPN stations broadcast 720p, and a few XBOX games do 720p too...


Hitachi also looks the best of bad SDTV singals.... like analog cable.

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It looks great because it's HDTV....


Few normal People can tell the difference.


Find a local Circuit City and have them set the HDTV box to output 720p instead of 1080i.


You will notice that the Panasonic's and RCA's go black screen.


Sony and Hitachi both look great still... with the 720p signal.

under DVI there is no overscan.


Overscan can be reduced very easily....anyways.


There are many tweaks and threads about how to do it.


4% is usually the sweet spot on a Hitachi SWX, which is an acceptable amount of overscan, via any non DVI input or internal tuner.


The native resolution of this TV is 1280X540p or 1280X1080i for any DTV signal.


1080i is displayed NATIVE, 540P is also DISPLAYED NATIVE.


480i/480/720p is converted to the 540p/1080o X 1280 display resolution.


DVI is native.... not converted at all.

 http://www.hitachi.com/tv/discover/t...d_proj06.shtml


CLICK THIS LINK TO LEARN MORE



And,


here is some happy owners testomonials..

http://electronics.cnet.com/electron...6.html?tag=dir

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That's suprising. Burn-in is definately a real issue on both rear projection CRT-based sets and plasma televisions, and to a certain extent on direct-view CRTs. There are numerous reports in this forum as well as the Home Theatre Spot, and I'm sure just about anywhere else that discusses televisions. Don't be fooled.


I suppose if you never watched 4:3 material in 'normal' mode, or played videogames, or watched NBC (), you might be okay.

Like I said...


My Dad has last years SWX. He watches atleast 6+ hours a day with bars on the sides.


He watches alot of NBC and MSNBC as well as stock channels with tickers.


NO BURN IN... it's almost two years old.


Just set your contrast under 80% and you should be ok if you pay attention to it.


Burn in will not occur from watching NBC, or even alot of NBC... it will occur from watching "ONLY" NBC.


Burn in is simply uneven wear of the phosphors... one area wears faster than the other..


If you mix it up... and watch a full screen for a little while.... then perhaps a different stretch mode...


You should be fine