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Hitachi 37 LD9000TA LCD TV

26 Oct, 2007, 2:41 pm IST | by Siddharth Bhatia | LCD LCD


Performance
I plugged it in, put in the DVE disc into our PS3 and switched to HDMI input on the remote. Speaking of the remote, it's quite nice and well laid out, black being the color of dominance for the body and buttons, just as in the TV.

Before testing with the DVD, I played an HD original source in the form of some killer game demos and movie trailers that we had. The image was awesome. Okay, wait, let me add some emphasis: the image was f@%#ing killer!

The clarity levels were dizzyingly high. Even motion scenes had few artifacts and other dirt. The backlight level needs to be set to high (at least in our test room) and you get a stunning bright image with insane contrast.

720p images were handled very well, so it was time to see how it does its own scaling. We played our normal 480i DVD through component connection, and ran the motion scenes tests, which consists of the famous waving American flag, pigeons flying around etc. Yes, the disc has lots of material to check out.

The image was good here too. Not as good as HD sources (duh) but it handled better than most other brands. Sharpness and clarity is the USP of this product, but other factors such as response times, contrast and brightness were great too. The gods of clarity will be happy with this offering, but I’m not sacrificing the TV just yet.

We put in Star Wars III and sat back and watched the full movie, enjoying every bit. There was one fault that came up once in a while, mainly in vast open scenes, the landscape type. You guessed it: noise. Noise was spotted occasionally, but that's something I have seen in every TV till date.

Conclusion
Those of you who are looking for a good TV can shell out Rs 79,900 and buy this one. Price-wise it may seem to be on the expensive side, but that’s justified by the picture quality. Coupled with a nice source and surround sound system, you have a neat HT setup.

Tags: Hitachi , LCD

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