Hitachi says "We're smarter than SMART"

SMART Technologies are certainly proud to be the inventors of the interactive whiteboard, as they should be. They debuted their first model in 1991, one of the first steps in the "touch" technology direction a teenage-lifetime before the iPhone. Now HP has a new computer out with a touch screen as the primary user interface, everyone's getting all touchy feely all of a sudden. But I digress. SMART has had a lock on the segment for a long time, and that means they also have a huge bullseye on their backs. And so Hitachi is firing off rounds with its own interactive whiteboards which it marketed heavily at InfoComm a month ago, the FX Duo 77, hoping to make a dent in the 50+ percent of the market SMART commands at present. They're offering it in a complete package with their CP-A100 projector and a custom built mount for $3,995. One big thing Hitachi has going for them is that they can manufacture all the components and create such a one-stop package. Have one? Have a SMART board and love it? Have some gripes to unload? Comment here and tell us about it!