Strengths:Excellent picture; intuitive menu system; variety of inputs; price (!)
Weaknesses:Stand is flimsy, and the whole unit wobbles if not wall-mounted; speakers are on the tinny side; remote control response is sluggish (but supposedly this is fixed by the software upgrade)
Posted Dec 5, 2007 - This is my first plasma set, and I love it. The price was great and the performance is not disappointing. I have paired it with an upconverting DVD player and find the picture quality to be excellent when watching DVDs. I don\\\\\\\'t have HD cable, so cannot comment on that quality. That said, picture quality with standard cable leaves much to be desired. The factory presets are not optimal and if you select the option to reset the defaults, this will help the picture quality significantly. I\\\\\\\'ve taken to wall-mounting my unit, as the included base is very lightweight and flimsy. One thing to remember: there is a master power switch hidden underneath the TV set. The first set that was delivered was believed to be defective... when the delivery guys brought the 2nd set and couldn\\\\\\\'t switch it on, they were ready to haul it off until I figured out that there was a hidden switch. Odd design that probably costs Hitachi lots of $$ in returned units, but this happens to be a great plasma set which I highly recommend!
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Hatachi 42' Plasma
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