Hitachi 51F59 - 51" Rear Projection TV

Great TV for the Money

I recently bought a Hitachi 51F59 - 51" rear projection TV and I couldn't be happier with my new big screen TV. You get a huge viewing area, great picture, and lots of inputs with many different types of connection to choose from. This is the best TV for the money on the market.

I bought my Hitachi 51F59 - 51" rear projection TV for $550 at Bestbuy when they were having a sale and trying to unload their stock before they got the new version of the TV in. I got one hell of a deal but even at regular price which is $899 I would still suggest this TV to anyone who wants a large HDTV for their living room. With a 51" vivid screen you wont be sorry with your purchase, it is well worth the money and you get a reliable brand in Hitachi.

The TV display is great, nice sharp picture with great color and very little defects. However at some sharp angles the display does seem a little darker than normal but that is to be expected with a rear projection TV. If you do buy the TV I suggest getting some good quality S-video cables, Component cables, or even HDMI cables. I got the S-Video Monster Cables and they are working great and made the picture even better than before.

I also suggest you refocus your TV when you get it home, do this by using the Automatic (Magic Focus) button let it run through its process and then do the 9 point and 117 point manual focus programs. I set my TV to 16:9 formats since my cable box supports it and so does the TV, after focusing the TV it looked amazing. Using the manual focus option helps a lot but it is time consuming and tedious. Going through the processes will make your display a lot sharper though.

The TV has a wide variety of settings that you can change and plenty of inputs for all of your audio/visual devices. I have two DVD players, my cable box, my Wii, and my surround sound all hooked into the TV, and all work flawlessly. I don't like that you have to manually scroll through each of the 6 inputs and click the select button to change between them, I wish it was just click a button and it switched sources. The settings menus are intuitive and easy to, the TV is easy to setup and works great.