Hitachi UltraVision UT32V502 Specifications
Display: 31.51″ IPS (In-Plane Switching) TFT LCD with EEFL Backlight
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768
Frequency: 120Hz
Viewing Angles: 178/178
Connectivity: HDMI v1.3 with CEC ,VGA, RS-232C, Composite
Tuner: ATSC, NTSC, QAM
Mount: VESA 400 x 200mm
Other: 1:1 Pixel Mapping, Game Mode
Dimensions: 32-1/6 x 21-3/16 x 1-1/2″
Weight: 29.1lbs
Price: MSRP US$1199.95 ($775.59 at Amazon.com)

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Hitachi Wooo UT47-XP770 Specifications
Display: 47″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Tuner: ATSC
Connectivity: HDMI-CEC (3), DLNA, VGA
Speaker: 6W (2)
Other: 250GB HD
Colors: Black (UT47-XP700B), White (UT47-XP700W)
Power Consumption: 259W (operational), 0.5W (standby), 234kWh/year
Dimensions:
114.6 x 74.5 x 3.5 - 3.9cm (without stand)
114.6 x 79.5 x 31.0cm (with stand)
Availability: September 26, 2008 (UT47-XP700B), mid-October 2008 (UT47-XP700W)

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Pacific Media Associates (PMA) just announced market share results for projectors for Taiwan. Optoma beat out Epson for the top spot in Q1′08 with 28.7% unit shipment share. A total of 17,700 projectors were shipped in Taiwan in Q1′08. Epson was #2 with 22.2% share followed by Viewsonic with 7.2% and BenQ with 7.1% share.

Optoma [...]

Hitachi 1.5 UltraThin LCD TV
Director’s Series Models

32″ UT32X802: 60Hz, 1366 x 768, $1999, March 2008
32″ UT32X812: 120Hz, 1366 x 768, $2299, August 2008
37″ UT37X902: 120Hz, 1920 x 1080, $2999, April 2008
42″ UT42X902: 120Hz, 1920 x 1080, $3699, May 2008
47″ UT47X902: 120Hz, 1920 x 1080, $4699, September 2008

UltraVision V Series Models

32″ UT32A302/W: 60Hz, 1366 x 768, [...]

On February 27 a formal contract between Canon and Hitachi was announced. Based on the agreement, Canon will acquire 24.9% shares of Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi. Hitachi Displays manufacture small/medium LCD panels. The 24.9% equity acquisition will be completed by March 31, 2008 and will be valued around JPY43.2B. Canon [...]

On February 15, 2008, Hitachi and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced an alliance reached on December 25, 2007 by Hitachi, Matsushita, and Canon. Under the terms of this agreement, Matsushita will acquire a 24.9% stake in Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly owned Hitachi subsidiary that makes small/medium LCD panels, from Hitachi by March 31, 2008. [...]

Hitachi WOOO Series LCD TVs
Size:

32″: UT32-HV700, 720p
37″: UT37-HV700, 1080p
42″: UT42-HHV700, 1080p

Frequency: 120Hz
Input: HDMI
The most special feature of these three models is the thickness: a mere 35mm thick. For those who are more versed in inches, that is less than 1″ thick (0.9887″ to be exact). The UT42 and UT37 uses the company’s Twice Velocity Panel [...]

Hitachi LCD + LCD Projector Hybrid Prototype Display
Size: 47″
Contrast Ratio: 8,000,000:1
Projection Depth: 30cm (11.8″)
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080 (VA-type LCD), 1280 x 720 (LCD rear projection)
Brightness: 700 cd/m2

This is probably the first display that combines a regular LCD display and LCD projection technology. That alone is very unique. On top of that Hitachi is claiming [...]

Honeywell announced the licensing of LCD patents related to increasing the brightness and image quality to Hitachi and Hitachi Displays.  There are two patents involed: one is #5280371 “Directional Diffuser for a Liquid Crystal Display” and #5041823 “Flicker-Free Liquid Crystal Display Driver System”. These patents can be applied to increase LCD brightness and flicker-free operations in [...]