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Hitachi L37V01U (37" Widescreen LCD TV - 1080P HD Ready - Freeview)


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1080p Full HD doesn't get any better value than this! Coming complete with a 1920 x 1080 resolution screen, the L37V01 is fully compatible with the highest resolution video - 1080p. This means that whether you have a Play Station 3, Blu-ray or HD-DVD player, this Hitachi 37" LCD will allow you to enjoy it to its full potential. Fed with a 1080p signal, the L37V01u offers amazing levels of detail due to the 2.6x extra pixels. Depth and realism of image are also greatly improved.

Thanks to a wide range of sockets, inputting both your standard and high definition sources is easy with the L37VO1u. Twin HDMI sockets look after HD sources, whilst Component, 2 SCARTs, S-Video and composite see to the standard sources. For added flexibility there's also a PC input for your home computer.

As you'd expect from a fully equipped 1080p LCD TV, a Freeview digital tuner is standard. This combines with an Electronic Program Guide and Common Interface Slot to make digital channels both accessible and easy to enjoy.

Finished to Hitachi's usual high standards, the L37V01 makes a mockery of similarly priced unbranded 37" 1080p LCDs, and offers a quality and detail of picture never before seen at this price level.

If you've been thinking about taking the 1080p plunge, now is the time!

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awesome deal and great find. voted hot!
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....are Hitachi any good though ?
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....are Hitachi any good though ?
I dont have a clue lol (looking to buy a new tv tho) The one customer review looks pretty grim tho- maybe just unlucky???
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I dont have a clue lol (looking to buy a new tv tho) The one customer review looks pretty grim tho- maybe just unlucky???
wouldnt buy this one personally
Tbh a tv that has 800:1 contrast is pretty ****
Just because it says 1080p doesnt mean it is
And its about the contrast and colour of the tv
800:1 is awful
min 5000:1
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wouldnt buy this one personally
Tbh a tv that has 800:1 contrast is pretty ****
Just because it says 1080p doesnt mean it is
And its about the contrast and colour of the tv
800:1 is awful
min 5000:1
Thanks dandoc, think im going to order that one you mentioned on the other thread-thanks again...
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I bought one of these before christmas at Richer sounds in Newcastle for £399 and the picture quality is great for Blu-Ray and PS3 games.
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Monkeybumcheeks:
....are Hitachi any good though ?
looking on google , hitachi are just another one of the many rebadged vestel tv's

not saying it's a bad tv because ive never seen it , and amazon are good for returns if it is a lemon.

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Some comments here:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showt...hlight=L37V01U

And of course, here:-

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/12982...escreen-lcd-t/ (which is what I based my post on). Got a high heat before...

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review here, got 2.5 out of 5 at a french site:

http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...3Doff%26sa%3DN
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Thumbs down for this. Poor contrast ratio and adverse feedbacks/reviews - also check avforums.
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dandoc2:
wouldnt buy this one personally
Tbh a tv that has 800:1 contrast is pretty ****
Just because it says 1080p doesnt mean it is
And its about the contrast and colour of the tv
800:1 is awful
min 5000:1
Pannys are 10,000:1

Are there any LCDs that can match that?
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My parents have just sent back two of these to Amazon, bad screen quality, in their words "fuzzy."

So wouldn't recommend it. A non-Amazon engineer reckoned it could be a dodgy batch.

Be warned.
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dandoc2:
wouldnt buy this one personally
Tbh a tv that has 800:1 contrast is pretty ****
Just because it says 1080p doesnt mean it is
And its about the contrast and colour of the tv
800:1 is awful
min 5000:1
No LCD TV actually has a 5000:1 contrast ratio - consumers are just obsessed with techinical specs which the manufacturers feed us - which is why we buy them. The 800:1 contrast ratio will be the static (or native) contrast ratio and not the dynamic contrast ratio ( http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=935 ). The Dynamic Contrast Ratio of this set will be more like 7500:1 when using the dynamic contrast system. Manufactuers will mostly quote the dynamic (Samsung in particular), just like they will state the responce time in terms of grey to grey rather than the change from fully active (black) to fully inactive (white). This makes their specs look better to the consumer, which in turns leads us to believe its better. And yes it is a full 1080p TV (resolution of 1920x1080).

This is a good TV for the price. It is Hitachi's V series which is the model below the top X series. I believe the X series has a better panel and Movie FRC technology. The 37" X series does suffer from average black levels but is great at HD content. I would assume that the TV in question would perform around the same. On the whole - a good deal at £499 for a 1080p TV - however not sure if you would see the difference between a 1080p TV at only 37".
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chandelirius:
My parents have just sent back two of these to Amazon, bad screen quality, in their words "fuzzy."

So wouldn't recommend it. A non-Amazon engineer reckoned it could be a dodgy batch.

Be warned.
Standard Definition TV will look a bit fuzzy on a 1080p set (or even a 720p set)

Scalers that aren't quite up to snuff produce video artifacts that ultimately make the picture appear fuzzy or soft on screen. This is the phenomenon that you're seeing when you walk into an electronics store and see the news or any non-high definition image being shown on a high definition TV. Not only does the low-resolution content have to be scaled up to the hi-definition TV's resolution, it also has to be stretched left and right to account for the different size, or aspect ratio, of the image if the viewer does not want to see black side bars.

Non-native HD content and resultant scaling demands comprise the crux of the challenge behind 1080p.

The better the TV the better the scaling. And at £499.95 for a Full HD TV I would only expect the scaling to be average. Im sure HD footage (such as Sky HD, Xbox, PS3, Blu ray etc) would look very good.
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