12 promises
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i have been running an hitachi 42pd5200 for 3 years now and love it to bits,but now i see they have the above model just recently released and wondered if anyone could shed some light on it.
If you compare spec between 9700 and T series - the set is lighter but you lose lots of features.
No PC Input(only HDMI), less specified sound system.
Hitachi will be releasing progressive plasma later in the year.
The T series is still using ALiS panels which are interlaced,
regardless of incoming video signal format.
There's little point of firing up a full AV sound system for regular telly though is there?
And will HDMI support all your graphics card resolutions?
I expect its support to be worse than VGA.
Plus a major worry is build quality - especially if its come out of Hitachi's Turkish plant. The 9700 series has quality problems because of this.
The T series is still using ALiS panels which are interlaced,
regardless of incoming video signal format.
There's little point of firing up a full AV sound system for regular telly though is there?
And will HDMI support all your graphics card resolutions?
I expect its support to be worse than VGA.
Plus a major worry is build quality - especially if its come out of Hitachi's Turkish plant. The 9700 series has quality problems because of this.
Other features of note include 1080p/50/60 playback, two HDMIs, three Scarts, and a motorised swivel stand
as for firing up a full av system for tv.............i do it every day.
the 42pd5200 set i have has never had its speakers out of the box never mind connected.
The cheap 6600 series was built in Turkey and it really had some quality problems but where it has been said that 9700 series is assembled in Turkey and what quality problems do you mean?
Reading through the 9700 thread owners were inferring it was poorly assembled ergo EU assembly plant : Turkey.
Owners are complaining of PSU related noise : whining, buzzing, contrast flickering and poor black levels.
HCC revealed Hitachi's release plans for 2007- and indicated that T series was still ALiS. Autumn releases would include Full HD, progressive plasmas. The p50 is not full HD, full HD is 1920*1080.
The P50T01 is from Hitachi's new plants in Czech Republic The 9700, IMHO, has no worrying problems as the 6600 and build quality is identical to 5000 and 7000 series No major flaws with the 8000-series too as I can see from my experience with repairs The 6600 was a mojor problem. Another worrying problem was (and is also now) the PSU of the 7200, which are mostly easily repairable since a 5ohm10watt resistor goes bust at the primary of the power supply The bad news here is that most service centres charge you stg500 for an stg50 job and replace the whole PSU!!!
As regards the ALiS talk I don't want to resuscitate an old debate here, but it can still accept progressive signal and the difference is noticeable on ALiS screen as with others when swicthing from interlaced to progressive signal
The only non-Alis screen that Hitachi will be producing is the 60-inch PDP due later this later
Cheers
new set arrived and its broken!!
as you can see the screen is cracked and the inside poly is broken so it must have ben dropped at some point .
inspection engineer to call tomorrow 19/04/2007 and "inspect the damage" before currys will authorise uplift and replacement set.
have been told 3 days minimum but since its wednesday and the guy wont be here until 2moro the likelyhood is it will be next week
sorry the pics will have to wait...........not letting me attach for some reason.
Hi 12 promises,
Sorry to hear about the screen being broken, would love to hear some feedback on this set.
Could you please confirm a few things about the p50t01?
Is one of the 2 hdmi connections on the front of the screen? if so where is it?
do you know if the remote if the same as the pd9700?
does this set have an SD card and usb module?
does this tv have analogue and digital tunners?
does is have a pc input?
does it have a motorized stand?
I have contradicting info on all these points.
Thanks a lot
Renton
new set arrived and its broken!!
new set arrived and its broken!!