TV Reviews

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.

The Optoma EX525ST DLP Projector is designed to produce large images from a short distance. This XGA projector can display a 60-inch diagonal image when it is only 73cm from the screen. It weighs only 4.3 kg, and the small chassis makes it easy to carry to and from various venues. It can stand alone or it can be mounted on the ceiling.

This projector provides a shadow-free display of 30 to 300 inches, with a resolution of 1024 x 768 dpi and a brightness rating of 2500 lumens.
Color quality is excellent. Optoma offers an optional guarantee that colors will not fade for 10 years. With a contrast ratio of 2500:1, distinguishing colors is extremely easy.

The EX525ST relatively quiet, with a noise rating of 28 decibels. The lamp is estimated to last up to 2000 hours.
It can accept DVI, VGA, SCART, Component, S-Video, Composite, RS232 and RJ45 input signals.

The EX525ST is ideal for school or business use. It is a superior data projector, producing text that can be read with ease from a distance. Its portable size means that it can easily be transported from office to office or classroom to classroom.

Samsung has shown that it's got the high-definition TV game down just about perfect with its new 1080p LCD HDTV. This unit comes decked out complete with a TiVo high-def digital video recorder.

The screen is a spacious 46 inches and features 120h technology. This 120hz gives the consumer clear motion and frame transitions. Some of the features that have been upgraded since its predecessor include a contrast ratio of 100,000:1 dynamic contrast, DLNA certified connectivity, more powerful speakers, a better sub woofer, and Media 2.0 features which let you access content from Flickr and Yahoo.

The display offers you more than two million pixels and ten-bit processing. It also boasts SRS TruSurround.

Even the appearance is sleek and blends well with most living-room décor. Some other features you might love: cold cathode fluorescent lamp, two component video inputs, USB 2.0, and connectivity which allows you to add a DVD player, Blu-Ray, PC, camcorder, and much more.

There's not much you'll find lacking with Samsung's new offering. It is rather large as far as the height and width go, but it's also slim, so you should have plenty of space. Highly recommended model!