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By: Richard Del Cazzo
Web site: http://www.hdtv-hdtv.com
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, far and away the
leader in high definition home theater systems, today introduced
27 wide screen displays and televisions, along with the consumer
electronics industry's most advanced HDTV receiver/controller,
at its annual dealer line show here.
Heralding its theme, More Than Just Television(TM)...Mitsubishi
Television, the company unveiled 12 HD and HD-upgradeable
rear-projection televisions, six wide screen televisions featuring
micro display technology, three new plasma displays, five
LCD monitors, and its standard-bearing 82-inch, three-chip
LCoS HDTV.
Mitsubishi also displayed its HD-6000 high definition receiver/controller,
which includes a PVR (personal video recorder) that can record
in high definition onto its 120-gigabyte hard drive.
"Never before have consumers had such a wide selection
of digital home theater products from one manufacturer,"
said Max Wasinger, senior vice president of sales and marketing
for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. "Now anyone
can experience Mitsubishi's performance, quality and ease-of-use,
regardless of their space limitations or viewing needs."
Indeed, this year's product line includes LCD monitors ranging
from 22 to 55 inches; rear-projection TVs measuring 42 to
65 inches; 42-inch to 61-inch plasma monitors; and seven models
with micro display technology spanning 52 to 82 inches in
size.
Five of Mitsubishi's new televisions integrate HD PVRs with
120-gigagbyte hard drives, which in addition to its digital
recording capabilities (12 hours of HD, 72 hours of non-HD
recording) includes MPEG SD encoders. The most compact HD
receiver/controller Mitsubishi has ever built, the HD-6000
can be discretely added to any display, eliminating the need
for set-top boxes, cables and PVR subscription fees.
Most of the new Mitsubishi, Medallion and Diamond home theater
systems series televisions feature an integrated Digital Cable
Ready HDTV receiver; a CableCARD(R) slot; TV Guide On Screen(R)
electronic program guide; FireWire(R) (IEEE 1394) digital
home networking ports and Mitsubishi's NetCommand(TM) 4.0
system control. Models without the integrated HD receiver
are upgradeable. Many of the new TVs also are equipped with
PC inputs, AMVP2(TM)-- Mitsubishi's second-generation Advanced
Multimedia Video Processor -- and PerfectColor(TM) 6-way color
adjustment.
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