Hitachi 42" Ultravision LCD HDTV UT42V702

This new type of display is designed for a highly affluent and refined segment of consumers who seek luxury, style and prestige. This extremely discerning audience also demands a set of features, technologies and design aesthetics that are separate and very distinct from those found in today’s traditional Flat Panel Displays.

Ultra Thin and Feature Rich – “When consumers shop for their next generation TV, they want the latest technology in both design and performance. Hitachi’s engineering and manufacturing power has delivered a unique product to the marketplace,” said Bill Whalen director of product development for Hitachi. “Our Ultra Thin Displays pack style and performance into a sleek, compact form factor that makes absolutely no compromises when it comes to innovative design and state-of-the-art image quality.”

Highly Refined Award Winning Design – The Ultra Thin 1.5 design is a high technology statement, with Hitachi’s translucent “crystal frame” surrounding the picture. A complimentary inner radius is visible through the semi-transparent frame, enhancing the impression of precision and feather lightweight. The frame has a subtle bevel to present the picture as if it were a work of art. The world-class design is a sleek and modern addition to any living environment.

Ultra Thin Light Weight Display – The thinness and lightness of the displays was achieved through Hitachi’s proprietary and breakthrough technologies for micro-lens light diffusion, electronic component miniaturization and a proprietary silent cooling system. These technologies, combined with In Plane Switching (IPS) LCD technology and External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) technologies, create a display that offers greater power efficiency, better and more flexible color accuracy and a longer overall life span. The 32” HDTV Monitor weighs just over 24 lbs.

High Performance Image Features: Full HD Resolution (1920x1080p), Deep color, Wide Viewing Angle – By implementing IPS, Hitachi has achieved the sharpest, clearest LCD possible, regardless of the angle at which the viewer is seated. A vertical and horizontal viewing angle of 178 degrees maintains natural colors and brightness, making it ideal for watching TV with the whole family and friends. Advanced capabilities include Deep Color with HDMI.

Hitachi’s Proprietary “Anti-Judder” Reel120TM Technique (1920x1080p 120Hz Models) – Movies provide the illusion of motion by showing a series of still images over time. In fact, all Hollywood movies flash 24 individual images each second. However, Hollywood’s 24 frames-per-second do not match our television systems, which transmit 60 images each second. A conversion technique called “2:3 pull-down” is used to make the 24 frames of film fit the television’s faster 60 frames. As this conversion is done, the viewer can often observe a jerky, troublesome visual effect that is called “judder.” It appears as if the image is jittery or stuttering and is especially noticeable when the picture pans or makes sweeping, side-to-side movements. In its new Ultra Thin line, Hitachi has implemented proprietary technology which accurately and automatically eliminates the jerky “judder” motion. It does so by creating interpolated frames based on the original film images and displays them at 120Hz. It smoothes out the movement and correctly matches the motion of the original movie. For video content, motion interpolation and Flexible Black Data Insertion are utilized to display 120 images per second.

PictureMaster Full HD -- Hitachi’s enhanced high-resolution image processing engine, Picture Master Full HD, analyzes and processes images at a high speed, providing state-of-the-art high picture quality. It achieves this in three ways:

Advanced Dynamic Contrast -- analyzes every picture that appears on the screen and optimizes its contrast frame by frame.
3D Color Management -- adjusts the three constituent components of color (hue, saturation, and brightness) pixel by pixel using 3D data.
Advanced Dynamic Enhancer -- expresses images, which are simultaneously detailed and dynamic, and controls detail gradation and sharp edges. In addition, Hitachi added a circuit which enhances the crispness in scenes to capture subtle details, such as details in human skin or a three-dimensional expression of a mountain range, which reduces the grainy effect and pulls out the natural beauty.

High Audio Quality -- The digital amplifier produces exceptionally clear sound. The speakers located at the left and right sides of the bottom of the monitor are Hitachi’s newly developed fully enclosed-type speakers, which are high quality and slim enough to fit the 1.5-inch depth of the display. The three sound modes allow consumers to select the most suitable type of audio effect depending on the contents – “clear voice” to pick up human voices clearly, “surround” for natural, clear three-dimensional sound and “bass boost” for the optimum bass sound depending on the input signal.

Energy Efficient Design – Not only are the new Ultra Thin Displays gorgeous in their appearance, they are responsible and sustainable in their design, due to Hitachi’s energy-efficient features such as “auto power off,” to conserve energy. The UT series also feature a “video power save” which switches to stand-by mode when there is no signal coming into the TV.