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Nov 13, 2011 TIM G.     My TV is 5 yrs. old and I went thru '4' engines which caused a bad blue tint in ...

May 1, 2011 Victor     After exactly 4 years my tv bulb finally went out. I really don´t know if I'm go...

Feb 23, 2010 scotty McJ     Bought in January of 2006, and it was very good for the 1st 3 years. Began seei...

Jan 31, 2010 carl     tv was great when new, great picture quality and size. I wish i would have looke...

Jan 3, 2010 Christina     This TV seemed like the best buy for a large TV. It was great for about 1 year, ...

Aug 23, 2009 wjesse     Bought in Dec '05. Blue blob appeared days after 3 year extended warranty expir...

Jul 20, 2009 Tricia     Its been a great TV however would like the bulb to last longer. I get this On an...

Apr 1, 2009 Disgruntled     We purchased this TV Jan'06 with a 2 yr warranty from Sears. The bulb went out w...

Sep 25, 2008 todd p     HAD IT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND IT DEVELOPED THE BLUE BLOB.1500.00 TO REPAIR.HITA...

Aug 17, 2008 Rick Houchens     Hitachi Customer service and support do not stand behind their product. I'll nev...

Jul 11, 2008 Richard Houches     TV Was great for about 18 Months....

Mar 8, 2008 jf734877     I have had this TV for almost 2 years now, and there have been no problems whats...

Jan 19, 2008 Jeff     I wish I had found this website prior to buying my 50v720! I guess I am a littl...

Jan 17, 2008 cholauj     bought a 50v720 1 year and 4 mns. ago and the lamp went out. Thought i had bough...

Sep 16, 2007 Rj     after owning for 1 year and 20 days, the screen developed a circular blotchy dis...

Aug 14, 2007 Victor     I purchased this tv 3 months ago and no problem so far. I was scared after readi...

Apr 21, 2007 Dave Mo     I purchased this TV after I returned from Iraq in Nov. 07. I got a display model...

Feb 28, 2007 KJ     We purchased this TV in December of 2005, and one year and a week later, the bul...

Jan 3, 2007 Malachi     I had purchased this tv as a xmas gift for my wife and I. I had it delivered som...

Dec 30, 2006 James     I just bought this television today in place of another Hitachi. I have research...

Nov 6, 2006 X2Z     I am very happy with everything, but the 1080P does not work right (slow image p...

Mar 1, 2006 Otis     Good so far. The HD picture is good. Satelite picture is grainy but to be expe...

My Experience: I had purchased this tv as a xmas gift for my wife and I. I had it delivered sometime in Demcember 2005 before Christmas. We thought we noticed some channels a little dark, about 10 months after using it. We thought that it was either the channel or maybe too much light in the room. (happened to be a really sunny day)

Problems: A few days after the year warranty was up, pop out goes the lamp. I called Hitachi, it wasn't under warranty because it was more than a year.
I tried to order a lamp through the service centers, I was told that the TV is very new and no-one had a lamp in stock, later i found out that 300 lamps were on back order from Hitachi and should be in by March 2007.
Before purchasing this TV ask yourself "Would you want a TV that required a $500.00 lamp once a year and have to wait 3 months for the lamp to come in ?"
My advice is keep walking, LCD is the only way to go! Stay away from any type of rear projection TV.