Sharp 32 720p LCD HDTV

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After four weeks of good use my Aquos locked up and became inoperable. The buttons on the TV and on the remote didn't work and I received no picture. Since the Sharp help line is not available at night and the manual had no suggestions to deal with this problem I had to unplug the TV to turn the unit off.
The next day we contacted the help line who referred us to a local authorized repair shop that was not too interested in our problem. When I called Sharp again my complaint was "escalated" to someone who walked us through a complicated reset procedure. Sharp advised that the problem was with the cable provider and a signal problem the provider was having with several digital channels. The cable provider has categorically denied they had anything to do with this issue so I called Sharp to try to get an idea of whether I had a defective unit. Again Sharp blamed it on the cable provider, stating they had received "several hundred calls" on this issue and were currently "in negotiations"

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great style, pleasing image... a good bang for buck HDTV

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In terms of fundamental specs, the LC32D43U looks modest on paper compared to the 46" 1080p 120 khz monsters that the big box electronics companies want us to aspire to, but in the real world, this set provides a pleasingly vivid image that does serious justice to good sources. True, 32" looks deficient next to the monster sets on the Best Buy wall, but I was surprised at the great level of detail that this size gets you without squinting - as long as you're at an ideal distance (5-8 feet) you won't need to strain your eyes to see every whisker and wrinkle on a newscaster's face, every football player's number. Also, for those new to the HDTV shopping game, the 720p resolution is really indistinguishable from the more impressive sounding 1080p until you reach much larger sizes (and you have your hands on the rare media that actually takes advantage of such resolution). So while the basic specs don't impress, they should be more than adequate for 5 - 10 years of viewing without being

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leapfrogged by the Joneses... especially given the pleasing quality of this set's image.

Given high quality sources like a Blu Ray movie or fast-paced, high-res videogame like Burnout: Paradise City, I was impressed with how well the LC32D43U handled some of the more vexing issues LCDs face. With the fast pixel response time, fast action scenes didn't seem to cause any detectable blur. Black areas of the screen, while at times not quite as revealingly detailed as some of the most high-end sets, displayed a pleasingly deep shade of black. If you change the settings to the most mild color temperature, the color is impressively accurate, never begging the picky viewer to mess with the color settings... All in all, I have found it much more of a struggle to find images that do justice to my TV than the other way around.

There are a few minor let-downs. The speakers are useless for anything but low volume watching when you don't want to wake up spouses/kids/roommates. I plugged this TV's audio output into the line input of an unused Klipsch iPod dock and thought they made a nice match, doing justice to the image quality. As I mentioned, black levels are nice and dark, but the detail in those dark areas of the screen can fall somewhat short of the highest end Sonys at times (not nearly enough to be worth nearly double the price, at least for me). The remote is solid and functional (I especially like the customizable "favorites" buttons that let you quickly access 16 of your favorite channels), but not as intuitive as, say, your Tivo remote - common functions are spread out all over the 10-12" remote, forcing you to do a little bit more hunting and pecking to operate than would be ideal.

All in all, this is an excellent and attractively designed TV at a great price, producing vivid images, yet compact enough to not dominate a room. If you're not trying to be the neighborhood Superbowl destination (I'm sure there's someone on your block with a wall-filling Sony competing for that prize), you can't go wrong with this great set.

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5 price(s) | 136 days ago at

Very nice, stylish TV!

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This arrived very rapidly (about 10days). I regret not to have been called by the carrier to be present at delivery time, fortunately, my neighbour signed for me.
It's very easy to install and looks very stylish, flat and discreet. No appearent button or control on the facade of the TV, very sleek.
So far, we are very happy with the image quality on regular channels (don't have HD yet). The 32 inches look quite big in our small living-room.
The sound from the TV speakers is a little strange, "hollow" and resonates when turned up. We prefer to use our home theatre sound and turn the TV speakers way down when watching movies.
Overall, we are extremely happy with this purchase and, having shopped around for a TV quite a bit, feel this was a great deal for a true 1080 HD TV!

leapfrogged by the Joneses... especially given the pleasing quality of this set's image.

Given high quality sources like a Blu Ray movie or fast-paced, high-res videogame like Burnout: Paradise City, I was impressed with how well the LC32D43U handled some of the more vexing issues LCDs face. With the fast pixel response time, fast action scenes didn't seem to cause any detectable blur. Black areas of the screen, while at times not quite as revealingly detailed as some of the most high-end sets, displayed a pleasingly deep shade of black. If you change the settings to the most mild color temperature, the color is impressively accurate, never begging the picky viewer to mess with the color settings... All in all, I have found it much more of a struggle to find images that do justice to my TV than the other way around.

There are a few minor let-downs. The speakers are useless for anything but low volume watching when you don't want to wake up spouses/kids/roommates. I plugged this TV's audio output into the line input of an unused Klipsch iPod dock and thought they made a nice match, doing justice to the image quality. As I mentioned, black levels are nice and dark, but the detail in those dark areas of the screen can fall somewhat short of the highest end Sonys at times (not nearly enough to be worth nearly double the price, at least for me). The remote is solid and functional (I especially like the customizable "favorites" buttons that let you quickly access 16 of your favorite channels), but not as intuitive as, say, your Tivo remote - common functions are spread out all over the 10-12" remote, forcing you to do a little bit more hunting and pecking to operate than would be ideal.

All in all, this is an excellent and attractively designed TV at a great price, producing vivid images, yet compact enough to not dominate a room. If you're not trying to be the neighborhood Superbowl destination (I'm sure there's someone on your block with a wall-filling Sony competing for that prize), you can't go wrong with this great set.

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