Hitachi a few days ago announced its new line of 2008 Plasma HDTV’s, which showcase elegant new designs, advanced technologies and robust, industry-leading features. Hitachi’s new HDTV’s respond perfectly to today’s new breed of home electronics consumer, who is extremely discerning and demands innovation, high-style, performance and prestige from every electronics product they bring into their home.

The new Hitachi HDTV’s come in high gloss Japan black and high gloss crystal frames with manual swivel stands or unique remote controlled power swivel stands. All of Hitachi’s 2008 plasmas are Energy Star-certified, have an ambient light sensor, deep black stripe filters, an anti-reflective panel, game mode, and a TV Guide On Screen interactive program guide. Check out the pricing and availability below:

• 42-inch A-Series (model P42A402): $1,399 in July
• 50-inch A-Series (model P50A202): $1,799 currently available
• 50-inch A-Series (model P50A402): $1,899 currently available
• 50-inch S-Series (model P50S602): $2,699 currently available
• 50-inch V-Series (model P50V702): $3,199 in August
• 50-inch X-Series (model P50X902): $3,699 in August

Remember back to CES 2008 back in January and you’re sure to have a particular 150-inch Panasonic plasma monster somewhere in the forefront of your memories. Panasonic has completed a test run of the Neo Plasma at its P5 plant currently being built in Amagasaki, Japan and is rumored to be hitting shelves as early June 2009. Of course by shelves, we mean ones in Japan.

The lineup includes a petite 24.7mm-thick 50-incher and its life-size 150-inch sibling. The latter also offers four times better image details over standard full-HD TVs with a native 4,096 x 2,160-pixel resolution. Size and picture quality aside, there is the FX or Double Efficiency technology. This eco-friendly feature delivers the same level of screen brightness at only half the power required by current flat panels.

Samsung’s HPT5054 is the choice of value conscious plasma HDTV enthusiasts. Whether you’re in a dark room or in broad daylight, the picture remains amazingly crisp and vibrant, thanks to Samsung’s FilterBright anti-reflection technology.

Even in moonlit scenes, the HPT5054’s 15,000:1 contrast ratio and 18-bit technology let you see every shadowy detail and natural, rich color. Advanced Samsung plasma picture technology delivers sharper screen text, while eliminating noise.

Samsung also introduces an innovative auto-pixelshift technology that makes picture burn-in a thing of the past. Experience robust, 3-dimensional TruSurround XT sound. Connect all your digital devices and peripherals courtesy of 3 HDMI ports and a full complement of audio and video inputs. Control all your CEC-compliant digital devices through the one HPT5054 remote. And it’s ENERGY STAR Compliant, so you’ll use less energy.more

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its full HD LCD TV ‘PAVV Bordeaux 550(model: LN40/46A550P1F)’ that consists of 40- and 46-inch models.

Supporting 30,000:1 contrast ratio, the PAVV Bordeaux 550 adopts Samsung’s latest technologies including an advanced black panel, ‘Speed Backlight’, ‘DNIe+’, an upgraded Digital Natural Image engine, and ‘Wide Color ControlPro’.

Other features included 2.2 channel sound with two woofers and three entertainment modes; sports, movie and game.

It is expected to be available for around 2,400,000(KRW) and 4,000,000(KRW) respectively. According to the company, the PAVV Bordeaux 550 will be released in global market in 1Q 2008, and Samsung is also going to launch the 32-inch model in the end of February.

Sharp invited us(akihabaranews.com) to the launch of their new line-up of LCD TV with the AQUOS X Series, E Series and D Series.

While the E and D series are somehow common we will focus our attention to the stunning X Series which is available in 37, 42 and 47” and has a thickness of only 3.44cm !

All X Series TV are of course Full HD (1920×1080), has a Double-Speed LCD (120Hz), offer an amazing contrast ratio of 15000:1 and 12-bit BDE color value rendering, a 1Bit Digital amplifier and 3 1.3a HDMI input.

The FPT5884 delivers full 1080p high-definition resolution. Its Ultra FilterBright anti-reflection display filter helps ensure you’ll see a bright, vibrant picture even in brightly lit conditions.

The FPT5884 is powered by 18-bit processing, which helps the set show deep blacks, clean whites, and stunning detail no matter the color in-between.Audio is another area where the FPT5884 shines. The set features SRS TruSurround XT, a technology that simulates a movie theater experience in your own living room.Conventional Plasma HDTVs use 10-bit color processing that produces up to 1.07 billion colors. But Samsung has taken HDTV Plasma to the next level with sets that have 18-bit color processing. These technologically advanced color processing methods can produce astonishing natural, true-to-life colors. It also aids in the video signal processing of analog sources to ensure a more natural and vivid picture.

A 10-watt per channel built-in audio amplifier powers the FPT5884’s integrated stereo speakers. This TV also features SRS TruSurround XT. TruSurround is a patented SRS technology that solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over two speakers. TruSurround delivers a compelling, virtual surround sound experience through the two-speaker internal playback system.