Westwood, Mass – Jan 16, 2001 – Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced that it has added a 21" (20" viewable) monitor to its ErgoFlat line of Invar Shadow Mask monitors. Hitachi’s new CM823F delivers all the performance benefits of Hitachi award-winning ErgoFlat technology on a 21" monitor. ErgoFlat technology provides vibrant, realistic images with significantly reduced glare and a space-saving depth of only 18.7". This new monitor will meet the performance needs of even the most demanding imaging, CAD/CAM and business professionals.

Hitachi ErgoFlat technology was among the first flat-faced Invar Shadow Mask monitors in the world. ErgoFlat monitors increase brightness and clarity by 10% with significantly better convergence than comparable aperture grill models. The ErgoFlat technology accomplishes this by changing the shape of the deflection yoke enabling Hitachi’s ErgoFlat monitors to achieve better focus and accuracy in the corners and edges. Furthermore, ErgoFlat monitors achieve brighter colors and images by combining new highly pigmented phosphors with a new inner filter coating enabling vibrant colors and crisper text.

The CM823F monitor extends ErgoFlat resolutions up to 2048x1536 at a flicker-free 75 Hz., for users who require extended viewing and high resolutions. The monitor provides a super-fine dot pitch of .21-.24 mm horizontal and 0.14 mm vertical to form one of the crispest, brightest images available. In addition, due to the strength of Hitachi’s new Invar Shadow Mask, it does not face the heat expansion and doming problems that degrade aperture grill images.

CM823F features Hitachi’s EasyMenu on-screen controls with adjustments for color temperature, trapezoid, DMS, pincushion, moiré and more. The environmentally friendly monitor reduced energy consumption by up to 20% over traditional 21" monitors and requires no added circuitry to achieve TCO ’99 compliance. The CM823F is available for immediate shipping from Hitachi distributors worldwide with an MSRP of $999.

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.