Hitachi takes skinny HDTVs on the road, your LCD wants to purge

Flat panel manufacturer's disgusting obsession with being thin is coming to a high-end location near you, thanks to Hitachi's "Thin is in Motion" campaign. Focused on its 1.5-inch thick ultra-thin family of LCDs, the company is sending four trucks around the country equipped with 32- and 37-inch display models on rotating pedestals (because who doesn't watch their HDTV from the back or side angle?) to show off how thin they are. We wouldn't advise showing these to impressionable "fat" panels, for fear of psychological damage.

[maty Posted Mar 4th 2008 9:55AM]

As you so nicely pointed out:
"because who doesn't watch their HDTV from the back or side angle?"

So where's the necessity for it to be so thin? I'd rather pay a few extra bucks for a slighter thicker set if had a better picture quality. Let's face it, when its all on its stand or mounted up, its physical depth isn't a massive problem.

Update me when they're like a sheet of glass =].

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM]

i suppose its good for wall-mounting. It wouldn't be good for my setup (mounted to a steel spine attached to my A/V shelves. sexy) And it DEFINATELY wouldn't be stable/heavy enough for non-mounted standing. Especially if you have dogs/cats/kids.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 12:38PM]

They're pretty thin, but Sharp already beats them out by .15 inches, not to mention much larger screen sizes, and the "World's Thinnest" title.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/24/sharps-46-42-37-inch-aquos-x-series-grabs-worlds-thinnest-titl/