—Hitachi is a World Leader in Bringing High-definition TV Products with High Precision Screens in Convenient Sizes to the Market—
| Kosuke Ozeki | Marketing and Products Planning Dept., Digital Media Div., |
| Masahiko Umeda | PDP Engineering Dept., Digital Media Div., |
| Mitsuo Okimoto | Display Mechanical Engineering Dept., Digital Media Div., |
| Akira Omachi | Second Product Design Dept., Design Div., |
The 20th century, which is often referred to as the video era, has come to a close. The driving force in that era was the TV broadcasting industry, which is about to change significantly in the 21st century with the emergence of digital broadcasting. The market for flat-panel displays using plasma panels and liquid crystal panels is rapidly expanding. In addition to CRTs and digital devices that have been the heart of imaging devices, plasma TVs are expected to be leading next-generation display devices: they are thin, lightweight, and have a wide viewing angle. Working towards the wide-spread availability of plasma TVs, Hitachi first introduced a 32-inch plasma TV on the market in April 2001. The 32-inch plasma display panel of this TV employs the alternate lighting of surfaces (ALIS) method to support high-definition digital broadcasting. The display has 1,024 pixels vertically and it is 82 centimeters in diagonal (which corresponds to a 34-inch CRT TV set). Hitachi has thus become a world leader in high-definition, high-resolution HDTV displays with a size that was previously difficult to obtain. In addition, in September 2001, by having introduced two new models of its digital broadcasting satellite (BS) high-definition plasma TV, with 37- and 42-inch displays, Hitachi has brought a total of five models of plasma TV onto the Japanese market.
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Hitachi Home Electronics Asia |
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Hitachi Home Electronics (Europe) |
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PLASMA WORLD (Japanese Only) |
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
plasma TV, high-definition, ALIS panel, digital broadcasting, image processing
