Customer Reviews

Hitachi 51UWX20B 51-Inch 16:9 Projection HDTV-Ready Monitor/TV

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I originally bought a Samsung 43" 16:9 which exploded after 18 days. Went back to get another and saw the Hitachi. The picture was great and with all the options it included it was my first choice. Price was higher than what I wanted to spend, but when the salesman knocked $400 off to keep my business, I couldn't pass it up. Once hooked up at home I popped in the Star Wars II DVD into my new Home Theater System, sat back and decided that I never need to go to a theater again. Now if I could only get one remote to do everything instead of having 5 remotes I would truly be in heaven.

Purchase from Amazon in Feb 2003, delivered by truck (took about a week) and they set it up for no additional charge...

Worked perfect for 6 months -- then suddently stopped working one night [~ 2:00 am when I had fallen asleep watching it :)]. Called Hitachi and they found someone who would service it (most I called did not want to come to my location as I'm 35 miles outside of Chicago). The service people contacted me - came out, diagnosed the problem ("jungle" chip) and left. 2 weeks later came back out, fixed it (no charge) and it's been fine ever since.

Picture is still fantastic, service is excellent and despite my angst over it not working for a bit has been an excellent TV. I would recommend an extended warranty however.

I had been looking at projection TVs for 3 years and never saw anything in the showrooms that I couldn't live without - until I wandered into Circuit City at the Holyoke Mall. There I saw the Hitachi 51UWX - the picture was spectacular. CC delivered it to me in Vermont (free delivery - with 3 ft of snow on the ground) and set it up. It's been 'Cinema Nirvana' ever since. The key feature is the ability to manually sharpen the image at 117 points on the screen - the result is a sharper image (from DVDs) than any first-run movie theater can provide. If you're a film afficianado - this is the machine.

This is my first purchase of an Hitachi product and I have to say I am very pleased. Sony was the first HDTV I looked at but two things changed my mind. First the 'flicker' problem associated with Sony projection TV's. Their tube televisions are peerless but over and over I came across comments about the development of flicker and a green cast on the picture after even 3 months of use. Then I saw the TV's side by side at Circuit City. That clinched it. The color and definition of the Hitachi were, to me, superior. One caveat...normal cable looks less than great on this TV. I have digital TV with HDTV channels and it's amazing. I cannot say how a picture from an antenna would look. But before the Cable company hooked up my HDTV box, the pic on the HItachi wasn't as good as the picture on my father's 3 year old Mitsubishi. However, with both tv's attached to HDTV cable, the HItachi is superior.

I've owned this TV for about 4.5 years and have not had any problems. I'm not sure where the power problems come from. I've always plugged it straight into the wall and have not had any problems. This set is not quite as good as what you can get now (January 2008), but it is still good enough that I'm not ready to spend the money to upgrade. The biggest downfall is the size. I've moved twice since I've owned it and it is a bear. Not extremely heavy, but quite bulky. I'm sure I'll be upgrading before I move again.

I bought this TV in 2001 and it worked great till Tropical Storm Ida had her way with the power. The picture was very good considering it is an early generation HDTV system. Satellite picture, DVD, and digital over the air signal were great. I just hated moving it when it was time to move.

Worst TV ever....
The set came highly recommended and for the first two years put out a beautiful picture... then, out of the blue we couldn't turn it on... It kept turning itself off. Tried to do a reset by unplugging it for the night to no avail. This unit cost us 2700 2.5 years ago and they want another $800 to repair it. It's just not worth it. I am very dissapointed in Hitachi and most likely will NOT purchase another Hitachi product. I work too hard for my money to be wasting $1000 a year for a TV that doesn't last. And, if you work hard for your money too, take my advise... Stay away from Hitachi.