Hitachi is responsible for introducing monitors that are slim and streamlined back in January at the CES conference. Due to the fact most of the monitors are only 1.5 inches thick they bare one of the thinnest monitors available on the market next to Sony's XEL-1 which is only 1.1 inches thick. Of course, the main difference between these two is the price tag, as the Sony weighs in at a very large price of $2500, and for that price you may as well buy a completely new stereo system let alone just the monitor.

Outside of the lower price, there are also many other reasons that the Hitachi UT37X902 is a good choice, one of which is its 120Hz dejudder technology that provides for a 1080p solid picture quality.

The design is also a positive for many people as it has curved edges all around and has a sleek chrome strip around the speaker slit underneath the screen adding to its sleek design. The design also has a little pimped out touch with a translucent slightly opaque frame that lets the wall supporting the monitor show through the back around the frame edges.

Of course, although it has a decent design, good visual quality, and dimensions of 36.9x23.9 and a width of 1.6 inches there are some drawbacks to the Hitachi UT37X902. One of the most noticeable ones is the fact that there are two simple inputs for the PC and HDMI. It also is lacking an HDTV tuner and the PC input is a VGA style input which may be a large factor for some viewers who want to be able to use HDTV technology as it is advancing fast. You can purchase an adaptor for the VGA input to make it composite but it may be better depending on how much you want to use the monitor to simply buy a model with an HDMI switcher.

What the UT37X902 lacks in connectivity it makes up for in features as it has an astounding resolution of 1,920x1080 with the dejudder processing rate of course. It also packs in picture controls as it has three picture modes so that you can choose to watch how you like. The UT37X902 also competes well against LCDS with dark black levels but it does have a few problems with blue color differentiation in darker areas of the screen. However, usually by switching color modes this can be adjusted.