Buy the daikin . I got a daikin and a Hitachi ac recently , Hitachi is sub standard nothing premium or Japanese about it. The service horror is another story. Just by noticing small things you can tell that hitachi has poor manufacturing practises.
One more thing pcb of hitachi is around 16k...
after reading the whole thread and amarbeer's comment in the EP-630 thread ,all i can say he has a irresponsble attitude ,even if had made money on the ep-630 thread we dont mind - considering the petrol charges and running for courier,etc (he is not a prof dealer like you) .Infact we want him...