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Mine works fine and was purchased from a reliable dealer....
This is the first LCD television I have purchased. Like most, my familiarity with LCD's has been with computer monitors (Apple, in our case). Our other televison, which I would describe as the primary viewing unit, is 42 inches with 1080i cable and 720 DVD. As such, it provides a good basis for comparison. BTW: this set will be used in a "media" room, where I keep the...
No picture at all, not resolved through sharp.
I bought this TV on 10/9/06 and in 5/08, with the warranty expired, the TV began to lose the picture completely, no menus no picture. It did this periodically for short periods of time at first and now it spends the majority of the time just black with sound. I guess I will have to try to get it repaired but am pretty sure that I am just screwed. I purposely purchased...
This review is from: Sharp Aquos LC32D41U 32-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner (Electronics)
This is the first LCD television I have purchased. Like most, my familiarity with LCD's has been with computer monitors (Apple, in our case). Our other televison, which I would describe as the primary viewing unit, is 42 inches with 1080i cable and 720 DVD. As such, it provides a good basis for comparison. BTW: this set will be used in a "media" room, where I keep the stereo gear; sort of a second TV.
First, with any relatively complex technology, purchase from a reputable dealer. While I did pay more (over 10%) than "mail order", the advice was top notch and there is a 30 day return policy; no questions asked.
Second, when you view (side by side) units in a store, make sure the source material is similar to what you will utilize. If you do not have 1080 digital and you make your selection with only that programing, you will be mightily disappointed. Take a DVD that you are familiar with and have the dealer play it. This will give you a good basis for evaluation.
In our case, it was appropriate to compare with 1080 and normal analog signal. As such my utterly subjective analysis is:
-The Sony Bravia (XBR) was, as it should be, excellent; however, there was no discernable difference meriting another $800.00;
-The Samsung was also quite nice; but, again, very similar to the Sharp and Toshiba; also, it was a few hundred dollars more.
-The Toshiba and Sharp were, based upon my observations (yours may differ) identical, with a negligible difference in image quality compared to the Sony and Samsung. All sets were the most recent models, some with build dates in July. (Curiously, the Panasonic was inferior to the other four.)
Why, then, purchase the Sharp? Glad you asked:
-It was the least expensive of the four I was considering. I usually do not look for bargains in electronic gear; however, if the quality is the same, money is still money.
-6 ms rate; this may be irrelevant, but to my PS2 (soon to be PS3) colleagues, it sure is a neat conversation piece ("What does your set do? Only 8 ms? You poor sloth").
-Excellent accessibility to component plugs and jacks, and a goodly number of them.
-The salesman, from whom I have purchased a number of toys, gave it his thumbs up (it is nice to know that Eric has thumbs).
My initial reactions are that this is a first rate piece of electronics that will do the job very nicely. It is quite likely that several other brands would have performed just as well. Much of the nuanced talk of subtle differences in LCD's (particularly the nature of the manufacturing process) is worthless jargon; trust your eyes and, if you are lucky to run into an intelligent and well meaning dealer/saleman, trust his/her opinion, as well. They do spend most of their waking hours ruining their retinas on these things.
One bit of advice: when in doubt, go larger. The 32, viewed from about 9-10 feet is very impressive. A 37 or 40 would be more impressive, still. If I was to do it over, that would be my only alteration. The $400-$600 difference is worth it. However, if you are on a budget, do not shy away from the 32; but, if you are able, spring for the larger unit.
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This review is from: Sharp Aquos LC32D41U 32-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner (Electronics)
The Sharp LC-32D41U is an impressive display for about a grand. Many LCDs in this price range exibit poor video processing (video noise & edge enhancements), and poor de-interlacing (picture softening during motion). The LC-32D41U does not have these problems. Feed it a high quality source (HD DVD, Blu-ray) and you'll be rewarded with a beautiful picture.
As with most TVs these days, the default video settings are a bit cartoon-ish (over-bright, over-saturated colors, and over-aggressive sharpness). The pleasant surprise is how accurate a picture this set can provide for folks who are willing to do a bit of picture tweaking. For those who don't wish to spend time experimenting with a calibration DVD, try the following settings in the Picture menu: OPC OFF, Backlight -16, Contrast +30, Brightness +8, Color -22, Tint 0, Sharpness -9. In the Advanced Picture sub-menu: Color Temp Mid-High, Black Off, Monochrome Off, Film Mode On. Feed this set a hi def (1080i) signal via HDMI if you can.
A drawback to this set is that the black-level cannot be adjusted to be completely black, even with the Backlight adjustment all the way down. (This is typical for LCDs.) Also, the sound quality from the built-in speakers is mediocre. A home theater surround sound system would be a welcome addition to this set. Aside from that, there's not much to complain about. Anyone looking for a reasonably priced flat panel TV should take a close look at Sharp's D41 series sets.
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I bought this TV on 10/9/06 and in 5/08, with the warranty expired, the TV began to lose the picture completely, no menus no picture. It did this periodically for short periods of time at first and now it spends the majority of the time just black with sound. I guess I will have to try to get it repaired but am pretty sure that I am just screwed. I purposely purchased this TV (which was more expensive than comparable sets) because of the superior picture quality and the EXPECTATION that it was of better quality than them, in other words as an investment. I am extremely disappointed and the company has pretty much responded to my call to them by saying, "Tough break, try to fix it." They have not responded to emails.
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This review is from: Sharp Aquos LC32D41U 32-Inch LCD HDTV with Integrated ATSC Tuner (Electronics)
I've had this TV for a few months now, and it's performance has been flawless. The picture is gorgeous. (NB: Change the "mode" to standard instead of dynamic, which is the garish factory setting.) The 6ms response time means no blurring. Not a single bad pixel.
My usual picture, which I receive through Dish Network satellite, is very good, but I got an extra bonus that I didn't expect. I stuck an old rabbit ears and bow tie antenna to the antenna jack just for laughs, and lo and behold, I now receive fabulous High Definition broadcasts from all the local stations. This was totally unexpected, because I barely got standard TV signals (thus, the satellite). Caution: Most of the source material isn't recorded in high-def, even though it's a "high-def broadcast". But when you have a real high-def picture, believe me, you'll notice the difference! Watching sports in high-def is a revelation.
Final advantage: HDMI jacks for the best possible connection to your DVD player, etc. Highly recommended.
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Worked great for 10 months. Many stations over the air with old rabbit ears, even those 50 miles away. Then started losing signals for local stations and getting sound without picure. Got repairs[new tuning board]under warrany which took 8 weeks for parts. Repairman said a long wait for parts is the norm for Sharp. A week after repair it happened again. Repairman came and did a rescan for stations and told me Sharp has this problem all the time and needs constant rescanning every couple of weeks. Before he left the picture went out again. He turned TV off and on and there was picture for a few seconds and then just sound, like before. He tried several times to get picture to stay on but it lasted a few minute at best. He said problem was with ballast which can't be replaced. Repair company contacted Sharp. By the time they got back it was out of warranty and they wanted $328 to replace it. Have a long term repair deal so didn't pay. Problem got worse- now down to 5 stations and missing local one. Waiting 3 months for another tuner due to high demand.
Have to whack side [gently] to get picture to come back on. Sometimes picture goes off within seconds, sometimes stays on a while. probably a defective connection.
So basically I have a radio.
My old Toshiba worked flawlessly for 22 years and took another year for picture to shrink to tiny.
Lousy product, lousy customer service, lousy parts supply. Not worth the grief. Go Sony or Toshiba even if more expensive.
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We ordered this TV on November 18th. Out of the box it displayed nothing but brightly colored lights. We tried to resolve the issue, calling customer service and checking on-line help etc. After days and days of frustration with customer service, they insisted we send them digital photos of what the TV display looked like, I guess they didnt believe what we were telling them. We sent pictures, and after we nagged them relentlessly for several MORE days they agreed to have the TV serviced. Several days after that a local TV repair shop called to make an appointment, and we assumed they would actually fix the TV since we were also told a board would be sent to them. All they did was take the TV back to their shop, they'll be in touch in a "few days". Here it is a month later and we still dont have a working TV. What a disappointment all the way around.
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This is nice sized LCD for my smaller living room. Great picture quality, High definition broadcast over cable comes in great. DVDs play well. Big improvement of my previous analog tv set.
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Color, sound, looks all fine. Found the manual to be overly complicated. Still dont know if stereo sound is working as the indicator keeps changing from mono to stereo. Also, cant tell if HD is working as the regular picture is so much better than the set it replaced. This could be a provider problem.
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I bought a sharp lcd tv from j& r in new york last Jan, after a year and half, when powering on the tv, sometimes works, sometimes not. after unplug in, wait for a while and plug back, worked for a couple months. Send it to service center to checkup, was told that the lcd control board needs to be replaced. when request to get back the replaced lcd control board, was told that sharp does not give back the replaced board, it has to be shipped back, otherwise, you have to pay additional fee to get back the replaced board.. it's rather strange to hear such a lousy policy from any vendor..
But, if you do want to get a sharp, better get a long long warranty..
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