Awesome at first, but then....

I loved my 46" Aquos LC45D6xU. Doesn't matter when the TOSLINK audio out stopped working a month after I set it up. Sound is still decent even without digital out. Piano black case enhances the crisp viewing pleasure.

But be warned! Buy the extended warranty! Mine broke for no apparent reason less than 2 years from purchase (my kids were just watching their cartoons, then it blanked out). And since it's over the standard 1 year parts and labor, Sharp will do little to alleviate the upcoming repair costs.

Google this: power and opc lights blinking. Apparently, this is the more common 'error code' prevalent on this unit, after the problem shows (no display suddenly). It may require 2 boards to be replaced, to the tune of upwards of $600 (just for parts). Most complaints I've seen tells of lemon tvs. Those which are defective within the first few days or weeks of operation. But as I said, mine broke down before 2 years. I thought such "quality" tv would last longer than the repayment  more

Decent picture quality, but has problems overall

This TV has pretty good picture quality, a slick design, and intuitive menu, however all this is ruined by a major design flaw -- BANDING. Google "sharp acquos banding" is you don't know what I'm referring to. It's basically horizontal and vertical bands of uneven uniformity on the screen. Shows itself the most during panning shots (hockey games, wall pans on HGTV, etc., etc.) It's too bad, because I really liked this TV, but the banding ruined it and I ended up returning it. Bought the Samsung 46A550 instead and it is by far a much better set. (And cheaper too through Amazon.)

Very good - but only while it lasted

I had the Sharp Aquos LC46D64U 46" 1080p LCD HDTV since the Black Friday sale I was very impressed with it until the dreaded "Blinking Green Power Light Syndrome" struck. My TV powered off by itself and and will not power back on. I did a quick search on the internet and found out that I am not alone with this problem. The TV repair shop will take the TV for repair tomorrow and we'll see how long it last after the repairs.

UPDATE:

TV came back from the repair shop, worked for 2 minutes and then died again - blinking green light. I hope this thing can get fixed and stay fixed for the Superbowl. BTW, the repair shop replaced 3 inverters and the power supply.

MORE UPDATE:

The repair shop called and suggested that I reset the TV by:

1. Unplug the TV
2. Keep the Channel Down and Volume Up button pressed at the same time, then plug in the power cord.
3. If you hear a click when you plugged it in, chances are you had successfully re-set the TV.

Excellent TV!

I purchased this TV in early January 08' for $1750 w/free shipping. This TV looks gorgeous. It has tons of ports in the back as well for all your devices. I am very pleased with this purchase.

WONDERFUL HI DEF BIG SCREEN T V

I PURCHASED THIS TV A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET........ I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED..I THOUGHT IF SHARP COULD BE THE OFFICIAL HI DEF TV FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME...... I MUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE HIGH QUALITY OF SHARP IS JUST WONDERFUL........THE HOOK UP IS FAIRLY EASY USING HDMI CABLES......I ALSO HOOKED UP A SHARP BLUE RAY HI DEF DVD PLAYER TO MY SYSTEM AS WELL........... AND I MUST SAY THAT THE QUALITY OF PICTURE AND SOUND TRULY ARE MIND BLOWING. THROUGH MY SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM......IF YOUR CONSIDERING A HOME THEATER THESE ITEMS WILL MAKE YOU SMILE AS IT HAS DONE FOR ME......
GET THE POPCORN READY!!!!!!!!!

Great TV - extremely happy

I bought this TV almost a month ago. I got it via Amazon from Crutchfield for about $1575 including tax (in VA) and with free shipping.

The TV is beautiful. Easy to set up, gorgeous picture, and the unit is excellently finished. I have it connected to an Onkyo receiver via the HDMI port. DVDs look great when played on an inexpensive Sony player that up-converts the signal to 1080i - almost not worth bothering with Blu-Ray, at least until the players and discs drop in price.

I'm fairly picky but not a hard-core videophile. Perhaps there are other LCD TVs out there that look better, but I'll bet they cost significantly more. I rate this TV a definite "Buy".

Great first LCD!

I picked up this TV on black Friday for very cheap and I have been loving it ever since. Let me tell you how much research I did based on value and quality. Also, I was torn between the cost effective Samsung DLPs or this. I decided I wanted a slick thin TV with a superb picture and viewing angle. I hooked this up to my HD satellite and HD DVD player via HDMI. I messed around with different picture settings that I found on various forums and the picture looks great at 1920x1080p60. One thing to mention, if you purchase a Toshiba HD player, don't bother getting one that supports 1080p24 because this TV doesn't support the format. However, that isn't much of an issue because the processing on this TV is one of the best on the market. It will take a 1080i picture and make it look ALOMST every bit as good as 1080p24 but you need a really good eye to see the difference. Lastly, get a good 5.1 surround sound system and you will have a theater at home.

Great!

This is my 1st 46" lcd hdtv. I love it! it's a great tv. amazon delivered it within 1 wk. It was awesome service @ a great price. So far so good with the tv. The only 1 drawback it has is the volume. for an updated highly publisized aquos tv. The volume leaves alot to be desired. I have to go out & spend great money to get a speaker system to attach. Other than that. It's worth every penny.

Very Happy....

Purchased this tv @ 6th Ave last night. Origonally targeted the samsung 4665 but a friend alerted me to the Sharp price reduction. Talked to a bunch of verizon service techs and the general concensus was Sharp, Sony or Panasonic are worth the money. The others are iffy, and by reading all the reviews on the latest LCD's, they're right. Stayed up til 2am hooking it up, big difference from the old Pioneer rear proj I had. MAKE SURE your cable box is sending the 1080i signal out to tv or you will not get the picture you are looking for. Check the cable box manual for instructions, OR try this. (after you have hooked up your tv to cable box) Still in 480 mode? leave tv on, turn off cable box, push and hold menu button on cable box and the menu to change the res. should pop up. Do yourself a favor, go to Costco and get the fiber optic cables package for $75. Much cheaper than getting overpriced ones along with tv purchase. DEFINITELY purchase the longest extended warrantee with this, not a big  more

Awesome HDTV!

If you want a 46" HDTV, buy this one!
I had a Sharp LC42D62U and then upgraded to the LC46D64U recently; the original LCD was great but there are several improvements made to the new 64 series. The 64 series LCD's are incredibly slim and have a smaller bezel. They really look awesome wall-mounted due to the small profile. No other LCD is currently available that is this slim and has this picture quality. The 64 series TV's also add several tone and picture corrections, an analog PC input, a USB 2.0 port for firmware upgrades, an RS-232 control port and three HDMI 1.3 inputs. The picture quality actually seems to be slightly better which is amazing because the 62 series looked fantastic (specifications indicate a better backlight system).

I am a professional AV systems design engineer and part of my job is to keep up on new TVs. This unit is currently the best we've seen for a consumer model and we specify it all the time. I highly recommend this unit or any of the 64 series.

great LCD, Great Technology, Very Thin

Compared to Samsung 1080p with tons of reviews and which I returned simply because of lack of picture formats this TV rocks.
In short, Samsung provide you with great and bright LCD panels but with zero technology. so a letterbox directtv movie on a 32 inch Samsung will be actually 22" viewing area on the screen. Try to use the picture formats such as wide and zoom and you get blurry and distorted picture which is to me impossible to view. This is were Sharp step up with it's technology. Picture formats are all viewable so you can super stretch a 4:3 picture without almost any distortion. The only con is lack of brightness (450 nits compare to 500-550 in other popular LCDs) but the blacks are superior. You can increase the brightness by playing with the contrast to full but then it is not like the Samsung whites but less eye soaring. I found that the Samsung brightness is great but after a while watching it sores on your eyes and the Sharp auto dimming feature is great for movies and it  more