Sharp LC26DV20U 26-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner and DVD Player

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 4.6 x 22.3 inches ; 35.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 46 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000F744LY
• Item model number: LC26DV20U
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,961 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Get a complete entertainment solution for your living room or bedroom with the 26-inch LC26DV20U LCD HDTV, which includes a side-loading slot DVD player. This powerful, all-in-one component offers a streamlined design that saves space and enables you to easily enjoy your favorite DVDs without the clutter of an additional unit. It also features Sharp's latest innovative LCD screen, as well as an integrated HDTV tuner, bottom-mounted speakers, included stand, and pure digital audio/video connectivity via an HDMI input.

It has a built-in ATSC tuner that pulls HD signals right from the airwaves (via an optional antenna), and its QAM tuner is fully compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception. A standard analog NTSC tuner receives standard-definition (SD) programming. This set features Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View (ASV) LCD panel technology, which uses an enhanced color filter that permits more light throughput. The screen also offers a low-reflection coating to reduce the effect of sunlight and interior lighting to provide vivid large-screen pictures wherever you install your LCD television.

The LC26DV20U delivers a true 1366 x 768-pixel HDTV resolution (capable of displaying 1080i and 720p high-definition signals), and it also features a wide 170-degree viewing angle, 450 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating--perfect for viewing colorful details in even direct sunlight--12ms (millisecond) response time, and 800:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.)

It has two bottom-mounted stereo speakers that produce 10 watts of total audio power (5 watts per channel) and can provide SRS WOW virtual surround sound for an enveloping movie night experience. Other connection options include:

• Composite AV (RCA): 2 in
• S-Video: 1 in
• Component Video: 1 in
• HDMI: 1 in
• RF: 1 in
• PC: 1 analog RGB in

Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

What's in the Box
LCD TV, remote control (with batteries), stand, AC cord, printed operating instructions

Product Description

Sharp LC26DV20U 26" LCD TV with Integrated DVD Player

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great TV except for two things, November 9, 2006

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Ricky D. Gordon "Attorney at Law" (Parkland, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp LC26DV20U 26-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner and DVD Player (Electronics)

This TV has a clear crisp picture and great sound quality. Good value for the money too! BUT, there is a 3-5 second delay waiting for channels to change. That may not sound like a lot of time but when you want to channel surf, it is a real pain. There is also no button on the remote for switching back to the last channel viewed. Had I know about these inconveniences, I would have purchased a different brand.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Picture, Great Combo TV, Can't Channel Surf!, December 13, 2006

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D. Ek "dano222001" (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp LC26DV20U 26-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner and DVD Player (Electronics)

I love the picture this TV gives. Great deal for the money you pay. Unfortunately when you want to channel surf, it takes forever to change channels. I tried using the automatic channel programming mode, but it did not make channel surfing any faster. Overall I really like this TV for the fact that we mounted it on the wall and the dvd player is already connected. If you want a spacesaver at a good price this TV is definately worth it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DVD Player failed, July 7, 2007

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Eric Hubler (Denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp LC26DV20U 26-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner and DVD Player (Electronics)

I would have given this TV 4 stars until a few days ago, when the DVD player failed, 10 months after purchase. Sharp will pay for replacement parts but I will have to pay for labor -- basically a blank check. It is really rare to find an electronic product nowadays that fails so quickly, and consumer magazines always say to reject extended warranties. I thought I could rely on that famous Japanese quality but now that everything is made in China, I guess not. I think all-in-ones are great space savers and clutter avoiders, but if you get one you sort of have to live in fear of taking the entire thing in for one component failure, and that is what has now happened.

I agree with everyone who said the delay between switching channels is annoying. Also, sometimes when switching channels the TV goes completely black, and I have to turn it off and turn it on again. These are not HUGE problems but over time they do make the TV less fun to have around.