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 Great Value! January 7, 2009
K. Carr
I love this TV. Everyone is trying to get the best TV for the lowest price, and this is it. I love the sleek look of it. The viewing angle is fantastic. Picture and sound are great. I don't have a bad thing to say about it. You can buy this TV confidently.
Amazing HDTV January 2, 2009
E. Cortes (Bronx, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I baught this HDTV from PC Richards, and its the best I've seen so far. The reviews about the Poor AV is bogus. I have my xbox 360 hooked up to this with 1080P HDMI and it simply looks amazing. The fact that its 1080P compared to Sharp Aquos 1080i poor quality TV's says it all. My uncle has a Sharp Aquos (1080i) made in 2008 and the quality isnt even close to this on. This is a great buy and it is VERY THIN..Maybe 4 inches tops.
Great TV for the price December 9, 2008
Benjamin Eavey (Kentwood, MI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I picked this TV up on Black Friday at an amazing price, and I'm very satisfied with it. I'm using both of the HDMI inputs (digital cable & Blu-ray player), one component video input (Nintendo Wii), and an RCA input (for a VCR). I've also hooked up my laptop to the PC input, just to see what it was like, and it looked great. I have the optical output going from the TV into my surround sound system, which also works well.
One great thing about this TV is that it remembers the video settings separately for each input, so I can fine-tune each device for the best experience. Another thing that surprised me was that when I hooked up my Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Player to the HDMI input, the TV allowed the audio to pass through the optical out on the TV and into my surround sound receiver. From what I've seen on the Internet, and from a call to Sharp tech support, that isn't supposed to be possible. But it works! Maybe it's just this particular combination, but it was a pleasant surprise. No such luck with the digital cable box, though. It needs to use a separate audio cable -- the sound plays fine through the TV speakers, but it won't pass through the optical out. My understanding is that this is a limitation imposed by Hollywood and/or the music companies, and it only affects the HDMI inputs. Not sure on the details, though.
The picture on this TV has been better than expected, with GREAT color. It's much thinner and lighter than I expected, which would be good for someone who wants to wall-mount it. The built-in speakers actually sound quite good, which is a nice surprise, although I bypass them most of the time and use my surround receiver instead. The built-in tuner works, although it's a bit slow to change channels -- if you use digital cable, satellite, U-verse, FiOS, or whatever else, you won't be using the built-in tuner anyway, so it won't matter. My only minor gripe with the TV is that it only has 2 HDMI inputs, whereas the newer Sharp AQUOS line comes with 4. You can get around the limitation, of course, but it would've been nice to see more. There's also no picture-in-picture support, which doesn't matter at all to me, but it might be a downer for some people. The television runs at 60Hz instead of 120Hz, but so far I haven't seen anything that makes me wish it were at the faster speed. Everything looks great.
All-in-all, for the price I paid, I'm extremely happy with this television. It does a great job with everything I currently have hooked up to it, it looks fantastic, and it's probably the best I've seen in a value set. I'm very satisfied with the product, and I'd recommend it to anyone out there looking for an inexpensive television.
 Great Picture, poor A/V processing December 3, 2008
reviewer from StChas (St. Charles, MO)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This TV has a great picture and good sound. It is considerably cheaper than the AQUOS brand TV's, probably because they use cheaper components. Specifically, the audio/video processor which converts your RCA/Coax antenna input is troublesome. 2 problems:
1. Audio/video sync isn't always correct. When watching a program, you may begin to notice lip movements do not coincide with the voice. I have noticed that some stations appear to be just fine, and others are almost always off sync. No this isn't a signal problem, as my tube TV does not suffer here.
2. Input/output delay. If you play video games, you may have a problem here. This TV will introduce a delay between when it receives a signal and when it is output. From what I can gather, it's due to a conversion from the input format to a format the TV can display. Playing games using the RCA or Coax input is really annoying. The bright side here is that the PC VGA, and HD component inputs are free from this problem. I'm guessing the HDMI input is OK, but I don't have anything to test it out. Luckily Wii/PS3/360 all have ways of outputting component or HDMI. So this may not affect you.
I called Sharp and got no help except an offer to send out service to inspect the problem and a threat that it would cost me major $$$ if they determined there's nothing wrong.
Overall, this TV may work well for you, and it is a good buy -- if you can get around these problems.
Great HDTV for a reasonable price November 21, 2008
alfafemme (CA United States)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Our requirements for an HDTV are that it have a GREAT picture (check!), good sound (check,) eye-popping colors (check,) and be user friendly (check.)
This is a great HDTV for regular folks who don't have a list of high tech requirements. It might stand up to the high tech test, I have no idea. Consumer reports rated this a very good HDTV, I bought it, and we're very happy with it. We don't play video games on it. We watch Tivo'd movies and programs and watch DVDs.
Picture quality, in my very humble opinion, is breathtaking. We found it to be a reasonably priced television that meets and exceeds all of our family's requirements.
We were surprised to find that the sound quality is very good, too. Complex sound and you can raise the levels quite loud.
We've had it for a few months and are still very happy with it.
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