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 Absolutely no regrets July 17, 2008
M. D. Wilson (Dallas, TX)
After doing a lot of research, budgeting and sweating for several months last year I picked up one of these from Amazon in October or so. The only part that sucked was waiting for it to arrive, though it only took a few weeks. Ever since then we have loved everything about it. The picture is great, the sound is surprisingly decent for a TV, and the piano black cabinet is pretty. I'm not an audio or videophile but I'm fairly discriminating, and pretty well educated on these things due to my line of work. I work with a lot of high end displays that I could never possibly afford, but ever since getting this Aquos I haven't felt like I've been missing anything. br / br /I calibrated the picture using a special DVD, twice, when it was brand new. I haven't touched any of the settings since and everything looks fantastic. The viewing angles are wide enough so that it looks just as good from any of the places in our living room where you'd watch it. We use it mostly for HDTV (Verizon FiOS) but I also have a 1080i upscaling DVD player and all of our movies look so much better on this TV that it's nearly like seeing them again for the first time. Video games from 1080p sources look fantastic too. The case doesn't get as dusty as I thought it would, and the screen almost never picks up any dust at all. I can't think of a single complaint I could personally make about this TV, although if I had a lot of devices to plug into it, the lack of more HDMI inputs would be a concern. br / br /I noticed that six people tagged this with "120 hz refresh rate." I don't know where that came from because I am fairly sure this is a 60 HZ display.
Banding at low def February 12, 2008
Allen (boston)
First the Sharp Aquos lc4d72u is a great TV. I do not see the the triple football that my friends have on there samsung sets (with 120 refreash rate on). The picture is so bright it is like starring into a flashlight. br /I actually turned my back light down from the ~90 % factory setting. br / br /The only problem is banding at low def. I do see a band down the middle in certain scenes in low def (many people don't notice it till I point it out). When I switch between the HD and Normal channel running the same program the band dissappears at HD. br / br /Also I have an DVD player that upscales to HD and I have never seen a band. br / br /I would by this TV again. I have had it ~4 months.
Great HDTV! January 4, 2008
awesome-o
Just received my product without any issues via Eagle. Took about a week and a half. I've been looking for a new HDTV for some time and considered Samsung, Sony and Sharp. Sharp seemed to be right balance between cost and performance. I was concerned with reviews that said that many Sharp models have banding issues. However it seems that some banding is detectable in certain modes and if you are really looking for it. I decided that unless it was detectable in normal viewing, I won't worry about. I did check for any clouding or dead pixels and didn't see any during initial inspection. I didn't see any noticeable banding. br / br /Like others have stated, the factory settings are terrible so play around with the menu a bit to get the image closer to what you are comfortable with. The initial settings tend to be too red for my taste. You can set each input individually, via the "AV Mode User" selection. br / br /While I don't have the best A/V setup, I am very pleased with even the standard digital video. DVD, even a non-upconverted one is a big improvement over my old CRT. As for sound, sure it's not great but more than adequate for my needs and an improvement over the tinny sound of my old Sony. All in all, very pleased with this purchase. If you can get this on sale it's well worth it.
Thanks Sharp and Amazon December 20, 2007
Kelly Combs
I just received my Aquos LC42D72U model TV and it works great. Arrived early and the moving staff help me set it up. Great job. Tickled to be your customer.
Great TV, esp. for the price December 7, 2007
T. Arnold (Houston, TX)
Great TV. Had their 26" LCD/DVR combo unit and really liked the picture. Couldn't find a better set in the 42" size than Sharp. Works perfectly. Agree with other reviews that extensive picture tweaking is required. Very easy to do, however. Looks great now. Have always had good luck with other Sharp products. br / br /Best price was from Beach Audio. Excellent communication and customer service. Highly recommended.
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