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Jan 8, 2013 Milt     This TV is bulletproof. Replaced a couple of bulbs over the years but that's the...

Apr 9, 2011 Dan M     I purchased this new at the Circuit City (obviously no longer there), although I...

Jun 7, 2010 HackBenjamin      I purchased this TV as a floor model at Circuit City in late 2005. It is a ...

Mar 24, 2010 mrpiano     Bought this set about 4 years ago from Circuit City (it's now March, 2010). Rec...

Feb 3, 2010 Van     I purchased this in June 2006, it is now Feb 2010. I dont even use this tv very...

Aug 26, 2009 dana     bought in febuary of 06 then in march of o7 the bulb went out. called hitachi th...

Aug 22, 2008 DENNIS     I bought this new from circuit city march 2006. The picture has never really bee...

Aug 7, 2008 Chris Leon     This TV is one of my best investments. I've owned my set for a little over 2 yea...

Feb 19, 2008 Steve     I bought my 55 VF 820 Hitachi at a going out of business sale.It was a demonstra...

May 19, 2007 Nick     So far so good. I bought this TV 5 months ago and for the price, I couldn't at ...

Apr 17, 2007 BL117     Have owned it for a year now. Not a single complaint since the firmware upgrade...

Mar 8, 2006 Dan      I have owned this TV for 4 months now and have to encounter a problem (knock o...

Feb 5, 2006 Boostfed     Purchased the 50VF820 and took it back for the 55VF820 since the price differenc...

My Experience: bought in febuary of 06 then in march of o7 the bulb went out. called hitachi they said they had had one on display in the office that hadnt been turned of in two years. how can their bulbs last 2 years an the general public last only 5000 hours. so i bought a new bulb at $300. since then ive had to buy 2 more bulbs. an weve had blue rings around the screen for 2 years and its only getting worse. called hitachi they said carry it to our service centers to get looked at. said it had a bad light engine an it would be over $1200 to. called them back they said to bad we apologize theres nouthing we can do. if i would have know how much money this would have cost me i would have never bought this. not only did i buy a unreliable tv at $2500 plus $1000 for bulbs hitachi knows theres a problem with the light engine on this set an wont help. i feel ripped off.

Problems: the light engine
the bulbs
theres blue an yellow rings around the tv
no help from hitachi