Hitachi 42" Wide Screen Plasma HDTV
couch surfin
Very happy with this HDTV :)  After looking at the consumer reports I went shopping for the top rated Panasonic, soon to find out that the Hitachi's have higher resolution, 1024i x 1024i. The Panasonic set are 720p.  From what I was told, this puts Hitachi and others like Pioneer in a true HD classification and were not reviewed this year as in the previous year report where they were at the top of the list.  Value priced, picture in a picture, 60,000 hour lamp rating made this set the choice for me. The over the air signals from PBS and 13 other Seattle area digital channels are incredible and free with a set top Terk TV5 antenna. I have a surround receiver so the sound quality is not a factor for me.