Sharp Aquos Reviews
This TV is the best I've ever owned. Setup was painless and really there was very little tweaking of the colors out of the box. The picture is amazing. PS3 looks great, blueray movies even better and this TV has "5" HDMI inputs. The room it's in is very bright and the TV performs great, my previous TV was a HD CRT and would wash out in the day light. Not so with this TV and sports look amazing!!!! I love this TV and I'm very happy with the purchase. I would recommend it to anyone. It is simply the best TV I have ever viewed.
Shopped around for two months before pulling the trigger. Still not sure if the 120hz thing is really worth it. Some retail stores have displays that supposedly show the difference. What I can say is that the picture is excellent, the HDMI inputs are easy to locate and use. Sound quality if fine. Delivery was relatively quick and they set it up in your home. Price was right at $1700. My friends like the set and have been asking where I got it.
This set meets and exceeds my expectations. There is every type of input/output connection available. I use HDMI and optical audio. The number of HDMI inputs means no HDMI switching needed in a home theatre receiver. The internal speakers are not on par with a great HD TV. You need to use a 5.1 surround (or 7.1 if you wish) sound system and speakers.
The picture is excellant (no banding). I have it between a window and a door wall with no daylight viewing problems. No reflections (like a plasma would have) and great contrast. I use the stand that comes with it sitting on a 30" high entertainment center with glass front for four components (HD Sat receiver, ONKYO Home Theatre, DVD/VHS recorder with HDMI up convert, and 200 disk CD player). All those cords are neatly behind the cabinet. Too hard to get them out of a wall mount.
Also, the Amazon delivery was fast and they brought it into the living room for me.
So far, two months of excellant performance. I highly recomment this HDTV.
As an owner of 3 LCD TV's, ranging from 27" to 52" and i built a THX home theater in my basement i feel i know enough about TV/Audio to know what is good and what is bad. This is a remarkable TV once you get your settings up and running. Like all TV's in the stores they are all preset at their highest settings to get your attention (brightness, contrast, gamma, temp etc). Also, because of this the average American viewer is used to watching a TV at a too bright setting. So when they do actually do some research and calibrate at home or even pay a ISF certified calibrator to get into the hidden service menus they think the picture is now too dark. Rest assured viewers this TV will give you a fantastic picture. Remember though that the quality of the picture is limited to the quality of the input. Standard Def signals will NEVER look HD on any HD tv, i don't care what any drone at your best-circuit-shack tells you. Often times SD just doesn't look good on a HD TV. Now, if you can afford a new HD LCD or Plasma or OLED TV then you should be able to afford to pipe it to a HD signal from your cable/sat provider (yes i know you can get HD over the air but ONLY if you have a QUAM receiver built in to the TV otherwise you'll need a box to get HD signals). I have read the negative reviews (the few that there are) and most of them seem to be attributed to lack of calibration. You have to calibrate a TV out of the box....simple as that. As stated earlier the factory settings are simply there to get your attention on the floor from all the competitors. For the ones that have broken glass issues, this has nothing to do with the quality of the TV, that's the delivery method. Also, Sharp has a great warranty and as part if their warranty for this premium line of TVs they even offer a loaner if it does need servicing. Great TV, great service, great warranty...i cant complain...This TV replaced my Sony 52" LCD that (unfortunately as i did like it also) just quit on me.