Sharp Aquos LC42D64U 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The Aquos D64U Series fits a large screen size into incredibly small footprints. The depth of the D64U series is reduced by 30% by changing the layout of the circuits inside the LCD panel. Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel is utilized to provide 10,000:1 Dynamic-Contrast Ratio with Enhanced Picture Contrast Technology and 4ms response time. Place the TV practically anywhere in the room with a 176 degrees wide viewing angle. Enhanced… Product details and pricing info |
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71 Customer Reviews Posted
- In the interest of balance
- I am writing this because I have seen some reviews trashing Sharp's customer service, and I felt the need to share my own experience to even things out.
I had originally ordered the LC-42D62U (not from Amazon - sorry!), but discovered some minor 'banding' issues with the set when I hooked it up. Overall, the picture was outstanding, but in dark or deep shadow areas slight variations in tone were evident as horizontal bands. If I'd only spent a couple hundred dollars on the set, I might have just let it go, but for over $1500, this wasn't acceptable. I was initially nervous because, although most customer reviews for Sharp's LCDs were positive, some of the negative ones were accompanied by customer service horror stories. So, with some trepidation, I called Sharp. It was a Wednesday afternoon. The representative I spoke to was courteous and friendly, and asked if I could take a digital photo of the problem and e-mail it to Sharp. That was reasonable to me, so I agreed. I didn't get a chance to send the pics until Friday around noon, from my office. By the time I got home from work I had received a reply thanking me for the pics and promising a prompt reply. By the time I woke up on Saturday, I had received another e-mail saying they had reviewed the pics, would exchange the set, and would contact me to make arrangements. Monday morning I got a call at my office from another courteous rep telling me that my new set would arrive in 7-10 days, and the trucking company would pick up the old set when they dropped off the new - AND that since the D62 line was no longer in production, they would be sending me one of their brand new (thinner, lighter, more feature-laden) D64's.
The exchange went off without a hitch, and the new set looks absolutely fantastic. Like all LCDs, some fine tuning was definitely required, as the out-of-box settings are overly bright and saturated (to make them pop on showroom floors), but once the set is properly tuned it looks amazing. Blu-ray is awesome!!
So, the product is a definite winner, and my initial problems were handled with speed, courtesy, and professionalism. All in all, I have to say that this turned out to be the best experience I've ever had with customer service from ANY company. - 2007-10-15, 17 of 17 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great picture
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Fantastic picture quality on this TV. One thing I never see people discuss, if you really want to see how "black" of an image an LCD can produce, compare the screen brightness to when the TV is powered off, to when it is powered on displaying a blank black image.
1080p HD material via HDMI is pure eye candy.
-troy - 2007-10-12, 3 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Tv
- So far no problems with the TV. TV really compliments High Def channels. I am addicted to HD TV.
- 2007-10-09, 3 of 8 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great TV
- After many hours of research I came to the conclusion that this TV would be the right one for me. I needed an LCD because the room that I have set it up in is very bright during the day and is in direct sunlight and LCD was the right choice. I have set it with PS3 as my DVD/Blue ray player using HDMI and the picture quality is fantastic. Overall I am extremely pleased with the build quality and picture quality of the TV. The remote control is not the best in the world but is sufficient. You will likely need a surround sound system since the speakers on TV's are not of the highest quality. I have used a Yamaha receiver coupled with Infinity speakers and this has worked great. One word of advise: If you buy from Amazon contact the seller after they have shipped the item so you can get the phone number for the shipping company so you can make sure someone is home when the TV is to be delivered. I had no problems whatesover. The TV arrived in great condition with no dead pixels. Overall I am extremely pleased with this TV and the price obtained at Amazon was great. I would highly rec. this TV to anyone.
- 2007-10-07, 19 of 19 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Beautiful!
- I bought this tv online from a large brick & mortar store with a great sale price. The picture on this tv is absolutely beautiful. I am actually using the Dynamic mode, which is the default, but have turned the color temperature to neutral. This has to be the brightest tv I've seen, though. I do not see any banding, and sure, I was afraid I was going to suffer the same issues that plagued its predecessor, the 62U.
Another plus for this tv is that it works wonderfully as a PC monitor! Colors are vivid and text is sharp! However, you really must use a DVI-HDMI cable to get it at the 1080p resolution. Now I need to go and buy a wireless keyboard so I can sit back on my couch and surf the web with 42 inches of vivid widescreen glory.
Connectivity is excellent. The only output it doesn't have is a headphone jack. But that's not important to me. Another plus is that the sound is dolby digital, and is a total of 30 watts, more than most tv's out there. I use a small home theater, and now have the tv acting as a center channel, and it sounds great!
Ok, let me go back and watch some tv!! - 2007-10-05, 12 of 12 people found this review helpful, Rated:
