For this short article on types and makes of Flat Panel Televisions we will take a brief look at the Hitachi 55PMA550E.

The 55PMA550E is a 55in Plasma TV and the prices for these are around 3500 pounds sterling or 7000 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD ready the answer is yes. The Hitachi has 1 (1 RGB) scarts and the type and number of multimedia interfaces the Hitachi 55PMA550E uses are DVI and 1.

The type of tuner for this TV is Analogue and the Hitachi 55PMA550E is available from a wide variety of outlets.

So how would we rate the Hitachi 55PMA550E?

Well it is a TV after all and as such the logical place to start would be the picture and our score here would be 10 out of 10 as the other half of the “Sound and Vision” double act our opinion of the sound quality would be 8 out of 10.

Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 10 out of 10.

As far as overall features are concerned we would give it 10 out of 10 and with regards to ease of use and overall value for money our opinion and score would be 8 and 10 out of 10 respectively.

So the final opinion of the Hitachi 55PMA550E is?

Having taken all things into consideration our overall opinion would be as follows that this Plasma TV has we feel got performance, style and sophistication oozing out of every connection but this has to be balanced by the fact that it is not the cheapest Plasma screen available..