 Completely satisified |
| Review Date: May 31, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Weso, |
| I bought this sharp about two weeks ago after many weeks of shopping around and debating between different brands, plasma, LCD, etc... This TV cost a little on the high-side of what I was looking to spend, but once I got it home I was not disappointed! The picture is great, even from a side angle. Fast motion sports don't suffer from any trail effect (4ms response!), and the OPC setting works well in my somewhat bright daytime living room. Plus full 1080p is nice! The over the air ATSC tuner picks up all of the local HD channels even without an amplified antenna. My one (insignificant) complaint is that the gloss black frame shows fingerprints too well. A flat/matte black would have been nicer. |
Good time to buy
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| Review Date: November 19, 2006 |
| Reviewer: J. Leigh, chicago |
Pros:
- Contrast levels and refresh rates are excellent
Compare to the competitors (Samsung and Sony):
Sharp: 100000:1 contrast ratio with 4ms refresh
Samsung: 6000:1 contrast with 8ms refresh
Sony: 7000:1
This is always one main weakness of LCDs vs plasmas vs DLP and regular tube monitors. But Sharp's new technology marks a breakthrough.
Cons:
- There have been reports of "banding" on avsforum. Ie some displays have irregular bands of darkness. I have not experienced this on my display. The community has been trying to track this down. So you might consider ordering this from a place that will take returns without heavy restock fees just in case.
- Default factory settings are a little too red. I changed my settings to tone down the red.
Final comments:
In general this Fall season is a good time to buy:
- 1080p is finally here and content is emerging in the form of HD-DVD, BluRay and next gen game platforms like Xbox 360 and PS3.
- Competition is intense and prices are dropping wildly for the holiday season. I received mine on Nov 6. It is now Nov 19 and in that time the price has dropped by $500. Fortunately I orered mine from ABT and they refunded me the difference even after the sale. The 37" 720p Sharp was at this price last year. So my guess is the price will stay at about this level till Christmas. If there ends up being a shortage after Christmas, prices may rise a little and then drop about mid 2007 when another generation of the products begin to emerge. The next product cycle for the Sharp may fix the banding issues. So if you are really concerned wait 1 more year. They will only get cheaper and there will only be more content to view. But if you just can't wait any longer, now is indeed a good time to buy this or one of its competitors. |
A high quality television at a great price
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| Review Date: February 23, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Mark, San Francisco, CA |
| Even though the television cost my friend $2100, this 46" LCD 1080p televison is tops in every way. The televsion is beautiful to just look at when its off with the piano black finish and narrow frams making it look like a frame with a pedestal. Standard Definition looks incredibly well as well as DVDs watched from PS3 thru an HDMI cable. The picture is much better than my Plasma, which you can see reviewed in my products. PS3 games are incredible and photos on the PS3 look beautiful. HD is even better. The colors, brightness and uniformity are all very good. Banding is really a no issue here unlike my plasma. Blacks are the best (according to Cnet) on this series of Televisions. Sony's televisions are excellent too but can cost another $1000 for the same size, which is close to 50% more than the AQUOS. Definitely a keeper! |
Very satisfied customer
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| Review Date: July 29, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Gus A. Nelson, |
| The Sharp Aquos LC46D62U is a very impressive LCD TV. Consumer Reports rates the LC46D62U right at the top of TV's over 40 inches. It was easy to install, and works perfectly. I am very satisfied with it. |
Excellent out of the box
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| Review Date: March 8, 2007 |
| Reviewer: D. Maples, Evans, GA United States |
Just got this guy home last night and I was a little concerned that I'd see banding as stated in the other reviews - but alas - no banding!! Hooked up to my Comcast DVR HD box with component cables that Comcast provided at no charge. Super picture and sound. It's heavy though - use two people to move it. The manual looks very "thick" until you learn it contains several other languages than english - easy to use and operate. The HD picture is amazing - as I saw it in the store at HH Gregg, Augusta, GA.
We were going to get the 42" inch version, but apparently HH Gregg didn't receive their shipment from Sharp so we upgraded and I'm glad we did. |
I CAN deal with those so called "cons"
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| Review Date: July 5, 2007 |
| Reviewer: ---- N. Miller, Vermont, United States |
I read a previous review that listed a number of cons. I give the reviewer a 5 for their efforts, but I can tell you I don't agree with the cons. Some of the cons to me, were just suggestions, perhaps good ones, but they do not at all detract from the quality of this unit for me.
One of the pros they missed is the backlit buttons on the remote. We installed this unit in our spare bedroom, and often times sleep there while watching movies with the lights out. With this remote, the only button you have to remember it's location, is the backlit button. Press that and all the buttons illuminate nicely. My only con on the remote was that the sleep button (and some other useful ones) are hidden behind a flip down cover. I spent the first 2 months with this TV complaining there was no sleep button, but by chance I stumbled across the flip down cover and viola, there it was!
I previously thought bigger was better, and was looking at a DLP model that had a larger viewing screen and cost about the same. My fiancé talked me into the smaller screen, and I am so glad she did. The quality of this LCD screen is absolutely amazing. I have not yet ordered HD TV, but the Blu-Ray movies via my Sony Playstation are out of this world. You can even see the film grain in some scenes. Not a plus, but not the fault of the LCD screen either.
Look, I am no expert here, though we did spend about 2 years looking and researching before taking the dive, but I can say without question, that I think this is a steal. 46" LCD screen for under $2,000, with a picture quality that surpasses all others we looked at, at least in this range, and many costing more too. Perhaps they cut some corners with the cabling in the back, and the black was perhaps cheaper for them to make then silver (I prefer the black anyway), and perhaps they cut a corner by not providing a handle (one person shouldn't reasonably be moving it anyway, plus it's very easy to grab onto - not like a queen mattress or anything), so I give kudos to Sharp for making this very fine piece of technology and equipment outstanding and at a price point that didn't put me longer into debt then the device lifespan. However, if I only get 5 years out of this, I will be p.o.'ed.
We are very happy with this unit, as is everyone we have shown it to (some with critical eyes), and we think you will be too. If you can afford more then we could, I would suggest the 52" version of this model. Besides, if you wait 3 to 6 months, the 52" version will probably be under $2k. |
100% Satisfied
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| Review Date: March 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Amazon Fan, Florida |
| Beautiful picture (no banding issues). Easy set up. Good price and fast shipping from Amazon. Connected via HDMI to Comcast Digital Cable set top box and digital audio output to existing receiver. Powered up and voila! Also purchased the LC32D42U for another room and connected direct to cable (no set top box). QAM tuner found all the non-scrambled channels and again, beautiful picture. |
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