Hitachi 32UX01S 32" Dual Tuner PiP Stereo Color TV

Rating:
Summary: HDTV good, this TV not
Review: This TV has a pretty good picture. However, if you use the Time-Warner HDTV cable box, there appears to be an incompatibility. The picture breaks up badly (like a mal-functioning vertical hold) when any channel is switched using the hi def cable box. It stabilizes then breaks up again while watching. Does not matter if you are watching regular or HDTV channels.

Also, HDTV cable boxes apparently require inputs to the TV via the component inputs. No problem. But when you do this, the TV disables the audio volume level. It disables the output of RF signal back to the cable box when component video watched. It disables PIP also. Wow!

Check the online users manual before buying, since they warn users in the manual of what will not work when using component video input. The owners manual is pretty good at laying out your options and how to connect.

The TV has only one set of component inputs, so be careful to figure out if this is enough for your setup.

The Panasonic appears to avoid all these problems, and has a better picture to boot.