To: CPAMarty who wrote (27615 ) 1/7/1998 1:40:00 PM From: BillyG Respond to of 50808
"Digital ready" TV with progressive scan.................. Hitachi Brings 36 Inch Digital-Ready TV to Winter CES Show LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1998 -- Digital-Ready TV Enables Easy Connectivity of Digital Peripherals Fresh off the phenomenal reception of its 27" MMVision PC-Ready TV in recent months, Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. announced today that it will unveil its 36" Digital-Ready TV at the 1998 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Display Room N-203). Scheduled to ship during the third quarter of 1998, this new Digital-Ready TV offers enormous picture quality through its industry-leading UltraBlack Invar picture tube with a fine .78mm dot pitch, all time progressive scanning (a full 60 frames per second) which eliminates flicker, dynamic focus, digital comb filter, complete BBE and SRS stereo surround sound and the advanced on-screen features that are common among Hitachi's high quality TV product lines. Designed for consumer enjoyment, Hitachi's Digital-Ready TV is ready for out-of-the-box connection to DTV set-top boxes, DVD or DSS, laptop or desktop computer systems, PC or game systems, and other presentation hardware through a VGA/SVGA input. "Demand for our 27" MMVision has greatly exceeded our forecasts," said Gary Bennett, executive vice president. "We are shipping them as fast as they come off the manufacturing line. As the industry moves more and more to digital sources, our customers have been asking about additional convergence products for consumers. We have designed our 36" digital ready set with a host of advanced features, including a fine pitch picture tube, all time progressive scanning, and SVGA capability. This set has unequaled picture quality and can truly take advantage of the high quality of digital sources." Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., develops and markets a variety of consumer electronics and commercial multimedia products, including handheld computers and products for image capture and information access/multimedia. Hitachi America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan, markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 1996 consolidated sales (ending March 31, 1997) of $68.7 billion. The company markets and manufactures a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. CONTACT: Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. Lee Woodring, 770/279-5617 lee.woodring@halny.hitachi.com or Crescent Communications Andrew Dod, 404/287-2000 x 129 adod@crescomm.com