Review By Hometheatermag

Do you need 1080p in a 42-inch flat panel? This is an important question, especially for plasma manufacturers that fear losing customers to the LCD camp at this highly coveted screen size. Up until now, plasma technology’s cell structure has made it difficult to fit 1,920 by 1,080 pixels into a 42-inch screen size, which seems to have put them at a competitive disadvantage. As I write this, the first true 1080p 42-inch plasma (a Panasonic) is about to hit the shelves at a price of $2,500, but the market is already littered with 42-inch 1080p LCDs priced under $2,000. If consumers believe that they must have 1080p right now, it’s fairly obvious which route they’ll go.

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Review By Pcworld

The P50X902 features the TV Guide On Screen System. Press the remote’s Guide button, and up comes a full-screen menu bearing the TV Guide logo and looking nothing like Hitachi’s own on-screen controls. Using this pleasant-looking, easy-to-navigate environment, you can browse local and cable channels and search for programs using various criteria. If you select a future show that you want to watch, the software will remind you when it’s coming up (if you’re watching TV at the time). Think of it as a DVR that doesn’t record. Of course, if you have satellite or a cable box and don’t use the TV’s tuner, the TV Guide On Screen System won’t do you any good.

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Review By Soundandvisionmag

The P50X902 has a solid mix of inputs, including three HDMI ports with Deep Color support (one in the left-side jack pack), an RS-232C control connection, and a slot for an SD card that can be loaded with photos and accessed from the input menu. It also has an IR output to be used with the built-in TV Guide On Screen program listings or as an IR pass-through to operate other components.

When you first turn on the set, you get an unusual Energy Saver menu that asks you to select a power mode depending on whether the TV is being used at home or in a retail store. The Retail setting is a “torch mode,” intended to make the set stand out on a crowded sales floor, while the Home option sets the brightness to a more natural level.

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Review By Youreviewelectronics

With the 16:9 aspect ratio including a bit-for-bit mode with no overscan and 4:3 zoom modes, the new Hitachi P50X902 offers a wider image position setup options. And the Color Management option allows you to adjust the brightness of all the primary and secondary colors through an onscreen honeycomb grid. There is even a Color Decoding menu which lets you adjust the red and green balance as per DVD’s color-decoder pattern.

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Review By Networkworld

The P50X902 sounds a lot better than it looks. With the volume turned all the way up, the speakers strained a bit to hit the louder organ notes and higher frequencies on a movie soundtrack, but not badly. Turning the volume down a little bit fixed the problem, though it also diminished the organ’s full oomph effect. Quiet sounds were great at both volumes, with a reasonably good surround effect.

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Review By Crunchgear

While the image scaler does an amazing job upscaling lower resolution video, there is a strangle anomaly where strong horizontal lines continue through the picture. Check the pic. See how the blinds leave lines on Pam’s shirt? It’s strange and sometimes distracting. It happens on all sources and I can’t figure it out. Interestingly though, my wife has never once noticed or seen what I am talking about.

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