Sharp Aquos LC46D65U 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 at
11:54 am
- 46″ HDTV LCD-TV with Full HD 1080p resolution
- 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- 5 HDMI¿ inputs (v1.3 with Deep Color)
- PC Input for better viewing experience
- RS-232C Input for control
Product Description
The AQUOS LC46D65U sets a new standard for large-screen flat panel TVs. With Full HD 1080p resolution and an elegant new design, it produces a breathtaking picture quality that is second to none. The LC46D65U utilizes Sharp’s proprietary Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel with Spectral Contrast Engine, providing high Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 6ms response time and wide viewing angles (176¿H x 176¿V). The LC46D65U is HDTV with built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC tuners and i… More >>
Sharp Aquos LC46D65U 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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I bought this TV because I had another Sharp aquos HD LCD TV before and was very happy with it. Unfortunately this one had a defective screen. When you turn on the TV, the screen looks like a chest XRAY! not a black TV screen. Amazon suggested to replace it but I decided to buy another brand. To be fair the one star rating apply to this specific unit, not to Amazon.com nor to this sharp model.
Rating: 1 / 5
although i must say that tech for less service is great, the sharp aquous or should i say both tvs didnt work properly. i choose another brand after both tv failers
Rating: 2 / 5
We bought this Sharp Aquos at the same time as the Samsung PN50A550 50-inch plasma.
The difference is night and day in favor of the Samsung.
Dark shots are horrible with the Aquos, and the general picture quality is not in the same league. When you get glare (anytime overhead lights are on) the Sharp becomes almost unusable.
If this is due solely to the lcd vs. plasma, then the plasma gets both of our thumbs up. We had an older 32″ Sony CRT and I keep kicking myself for replacing it with this Sharp (the only real benefit here is it looks cooler when it’s off).
Also, the Sharp Aquos pumps out heat from the front of the screen. You can feel it radiating from a couple of feet out like a heater. I can only imagine what it’s doing to our energy bill and it’s hot enough to make it uncomfortable.
The only positive thing I can say is it has a very small border so if you want to maximize your screen size for a small spot this is the best we saw (which is mainly why we bought it since it squeezes perfectly in a nook of our living room.
Rating: 1 / 5
We had purchased a Sharp 42″, which looked great right out of the box. Thinking that bigger would be better, we took it back to the store and upgraded to the 46″. What a mistake.
First off, the factory default settings looked similar to the “solarize” setting you might find on older video cameras. There was far too much contrast, and reducing the contrast from the menu settings left a flat, dull picture on the screen. In other words, there was no way to adjust the contrast to a pleasing image. The skin tones either looked too pink (higher contrast) or gray (lower contrast); there was no happy medium.
In addition, we’d reset the image to factory defaults and for a few minutes, would get a mildly acceptable image (and I use the word “mildly” generously.) Within a few minutes, though, the solarize/contrast problem would show up. The TV didn’t seem to be able to hold its color.
There was a LOT of digital noise, and selecting High noise reduction made no difference. (In fact, it was difficult to determine if the Noise Reduction setting had any effect whatsoever because we couldn’t see a difference between Low, Medium, High and None.)
We put in a phone call to Costco “concierge” technical support (which is where we purchased the TV), and we went through steps to reduce any static buildup which may have been in the TV. It didn’t help. We were advised to call Sharp Tech Support.
We called Sharp Tech Support and received a technician who liked to talk but not to listen, as he insisted that we needed to subscribe to HD service (”This TV was designed for HDef service”)from cable to get an average image. It didn’t matter that one day earlier we had a Sharp 42″ which look great; the technician insisted that even that 4″ difference would great emphasize imperfections of the image (increased noise, increased contrast, etc.). Now, this may or may not be true, but we had a hard time believing that Sharp would put out a product that was so far inferior to the one a “step” below it. We ended up going back to a 42″, because I don’t care to pay lots-o-$$$ for Hdef service; I just want a large TV which displays a decent image.
My final review is this: If you would like a 46″ or larger and subscribe to only digital service, Sharp probably isn’t the brand for you. The 42″ Sharp looks great and appears to be the largest/maximum set for Sharp engineering before degradation sets in.
Rating: 1 / 5
We just returned our 2nd one of these and will now be going with a Samsung for the same price. We receive over-the-air programming and the T.V. would turn off (green light was still on though) randomly for about 1 to 2 minutes and then turn back on. During this time you just have to wait. You can not change channels or switch inputs..nothing..dead. This would only happen when the T.V. was doing the digital tuning. We ran the antenna through a separate digital converter box and had no issues. Also, never had this issue with any of the other inputs that we connected to with the DVD player, game systems etc.
Sharp denies knowing about this issue and their only resolution was to have someone come out and pull the motherboard for an “undetermined” amount of time. I assumed that we had just received a bad unit, so Amazon exchanged it for us, but the second was even worse, happening up to 3 times in 30 minutes. Sorry Sharp, but after spending $1000+ we are not waiting around an “undetermined” amount of time for our first HDTV to work correctly.
I agree with the other positive reviewers of this T.V. and had we not had this issue we would be very happy with the Sharp. I think that most owners of this model are not aware of this issue because they are using cable or satellite boxes that perform the digital conversion.
The Samsung 550 cannot come fast enough, as we have a 13″ CRT T.V. (yes 13″ & yes you can laugh) where our Sharp 46″ HDTV should be.
I have been thoroughly impressed with the Amazon customer support. Despite all the negativity towards CEVA shipping that I read in reviews, my experience with them has been great as well.
Rating: 2 / 5