Westwood, Mass.- June 5, 2001- Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced a value-priced, 17-inch monitor (16-inch viewable) that brings the performance benefits of flat-faced monitor technology to the home, general business and SOHO user. Hitachi’s new CMF621F monitor delivers reduced glare, realistic images, high brightness and a tight dot pitch for less than $239. 
Offering resolution up to 1280 x 1024, Hitachi’s CM621F monitor delivers flicker-free performance at the most popular resolutions for general business, home office and personal computer user. Dot pitch is 0.22 mm horizontal, 0.13 mm vertical and the viewable image area is 325 mm x 244 mm.

“The CM621F has one of the tightest dot pitches available on a 17-inch monitor. The sharp text and images combined with the flat face for reduced glare, enables users to acquire Hitachi’s high quality display at a value price for home or business users,” said Leslie Bishop, marketing communications manager for Hitachi America, Ltd’s monitor group.

The CM621F uses EasyMenu on screen controls with adjustments for color temperature, trapezoid, parallelogram, pincushion, and more. It also features reduced power consumption of 75W for power savings, without sacrificing quality or brightness. 

The CM621F is available for immediate shipping from Hitachi’s worldwide distributors. MSRP is $239. 

About Hitachi
Hitachi America, Ltd, monitor sales group is a leading supplier of display technology in the U.S. With numerous product awards for excellence, Hitachi displays provide superior quality at value prices to business, education, government and professional markets. For more information please contact Hitachi America Display Customer Relations at 1-800-441-4832, or via email to [email protected] Information is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.hitachidisplays.com

Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, consumer electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. For more information, visit www.hitachi.com

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world’s leading global 
electronics companies, with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9 billion*). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site at http://global.hitachi.com.

*At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.