Hitachi 42HDF52 Television

By Tripeee  May 15, 2006

Excellent TV

By NONE  Mar 7, 2006

Pros: Price, Picture Quality and ease of setup

Cons: Menu Controls, Sound

I bought this TV on 03/06/06 aat Circuit City for 1,377.00, which is the cheapest that ive ever seen a 42" plasma TV.
The picture quality is awesome and Xbox games look very good and DVD's are crystal clear.
The sound could be better but it really isnt a factor for me becuase i have surround speakers hooked up.

My second Hitachi

By Erik L  Oct 26, 2005 | 2 out of 2 found this Hitachi 42HDF52 review helpful

Pros: Price

Cons: Remote Quality / Inputs

I finally purchase my second HD set for what was initally built to be my home office. After we go it in the house and mounted it on the wall (which was set up just to hold a Flat panel screen) we fell in love. My newly built office quickly became a movie room. The black frame really makes it look nice in a dark room. The inputs are upsetting (so few component inputs) but if you purchase a good receiver that can change the signal to the set you'll be fine. This is my second Hitachi HD set. The first is a projection model with a pretty cool remote. This remote leaves a lot to be desired but for the price over all I'd do it again. One last note. When we purchased this set, the fisrt one we brought home didn't work. We had to take it back. That concerned us.

Good Plasma for quality and price

By xiaodongs  Sep 15, 2005 | 1 out of 3 found this Hitachi 42HDF52 review helpful

Pros: Pros

Cons: You can't change the screen size from 16:9 to 4:3 while watching DVD movies.

I bought this one right after Circuit city reduced the price to $2399 before Labor Day in LA. I have been very picky on buying a HD TV, and I think I made a good decision this time. It's a 1024X1024 TV for the total price of $2600 including tax. This is about the same price you can get from an online seller of the same TV these days and I can still return it within 30 days if I don't like it, with no shipping cost and restocking charge. The only 1024X1024 TV with lower price I can get is Viore made in Taiwan but I don't trust that brand name. So I will keep this Hitachi. I guess one of the reasons Hitachi reduce the price on this one is that this 42HDF52, doesn't have HDMI but DVI, unlike its 42HDS52, although "AutraVision" is another feature of 42HDS52 but I don't see real value of the later with extra $600 for the price. As to DVI issue, I can easily buy a HDMI-to-DVI cable for about $50 or adaptor for about $30 in stores like Fry's in my area; and

Worth biting the bullet

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 11, 2005 | 5 out of 5 found this Hitachi 42HDF52 review helpful

Pros: Good shadows & shades; better than expected speakers

Cons: Cheesey remote; Hitachi service proably OK, but store where sold was mediocre

I hemmed and hawed about getting a, HDTV, and though $2399 was a lot for me, I think this HDTV is the best value out there. Great detail in shadows. The lower-end EDTVs (Maxent; Zenith; Sylvania) were tempting because of the price, but that's because in a year all signals will likley be HD and nobody will want an EDTV. I bit the bullet and spent the extra cash. I was concerned about plasmas not having much of a life span, but the factory gives this thing 60k hours of viewing (about 20 yrs). I'm not crazy about circuit city, but the factory warranty should obviate the need for circuit city to get involved in any service needs (I hope). Best Buy does not carry this set; they did not have an HDTV this good for this price. This set is HEAVY at 103 lbs, so online sellers will nail you with shipping charges. Use a platinum card to buy it and avoid expensive warranty upgrades.

By Go Deep  Aug 29, 2005