Westwood, Mass – Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced the addition of a new high-performance, high-resolution monitor to its award-winning ErgoFlat Line of 19" flat-faced shadow mask monitors. Hitachi’s new CM772 CRT delivers high resolutions, high refresh rates, and high video clock speeds that will meet the needs of discerning users in graphics, engineering, research and other applications in which top image quality and precision are critical.

The Hitachi ErgoFlat technology delivers all the advantages of an Invar Shadow Mask tube on a flat-faced monitor, creating a realistic, vibrant image, with less distortion and glare than traditional monitors. In addition, Hitachi’s ErgoFlat technology changes the shape of the deflection yoke and eliminates 90% of the color purity uniformity issues and convergence problems that affect flat-faced aperture grill monitors. This new design makes the monitor user-friendly by eliminating the need for the frequent convergence adjustments that aperture grill flat-faced models require. Furthermore, the new yoke design combines with advanced coating to provide an image that is 10% brighter than the average flat-faced monitor.

The CM772 monitor extends Hitachi’s 19" ErgoFlat line to provide higher resolution up to 1600x1280 at a flicker-free 85 Hz., for users who require extended viewing and high resolution.

The CM772 uses Hitachi’s exclusive PrecisionFocus technology, which results in a super-fine dot pitch of .22mm horizontal and 0.14 mm vertical to form one of the crispest, brightest images available. Other ErgoFlat design innovations built into the CM772 are reduced depth of only 17.7-inches, which enables this 19" monitor to have the same depth as conventional 17-inch monitors; a modified deflection yoke, which improves image uniformity and simplifies adjustments; and a more efficient beam landing pattern, which enhances contrast, brightness and results in one of the lowest power consumption ratios for a 19" monitor.

CM772 features Hitachi’s EasyMenu on-screen controls with adjustments for color temperature, trapezoid, DMS, pincushion, moiré and more. The environmentally friendly monitor is TCO ’99 approved and available for immediate shipping from Hitachi distributors worldwide. MSRP is $499.

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 1999 (ended March 31, 2000) consolidated sales of 8,001 billion yen ($75.5 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://www.hitachi.co.jp.