I live in Slovakia at the moment and am looking at this set for my new flat. The other set in my price range (also available here) is the 508XD Kuro (can't stretch to the LX unfortunately). From my viewing distance of over 14', the resolution issue isn't that important to me but obviously the overall PQ will be and I love what I've seen of the Kuro, properly set up in a specialists store. Can't seem to find anyone on this forum who's got the Hitachi P50XR01 to say how they're finding it in action so to speak. My local store is getting this beast in December so I'll have a chance to decide then, it certainly looks good from the paperwork and the P50T01 which is currently on display.
X Series at a glance:
High Resolution 1920 x 1080
PICTURE MASTER FHD Engine *
Built-in 250GB HDD *
3 HDMI
Twin DVB-T tuners *
?Movie FRC? technology
* Available on the P60XR01 and P50XR01 models
I'd be very happy to hear from anyone who has this Hitachi (production started recently at their new plant in the Czech Republic apparently)
The AVS forum (US) was moaning about their version of this (P50X901) being only 1080i, with no panels being progressive. Here in Europe it appears they are using a 'revolutionary' ALiS 1080p panel.
'ALiS stands for Alternate Lighting of Surfaces. This technology alternates the illumination of odd and even numbered lines for a display with more than twice the detail of standard-definition displays. It also significantly increases brightness. What is more, the 1080 ALiS panel can directly display HD signals without scaling, so there less influence on picture quality through conversion'
On the face of it, this Hitachi looks quite good to my novice eyes at least, and would love some feedback from some of you with more knowledge on the subject.
Cheers
