Sharp Aquos LC52D64U 52-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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43 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great bang for the buck
- I can't describe the months of tortuous research I performed to prepare for this purchase. It boiled down to the Sharp Aquos 54 Series and Sony Bravia. They were both almost identical. The Bravia almost had me because they had the 120hz refresh rate and connectors all over the place. At the time of research, the aquos had the slower refresh and a disappointing lack of HDMI, PC connectors. Then out of no where, the 64 series Aquos released and had all if not more than the most current Bravia, and at $1,000 less. At this point it was a no brainer. Amazon delivered and set up the set in my living room and hauled away packing material at no extra charge...a nice treat. The set performed exactly at representated since. Colors are brilliant, black is black (and that is easy feat). I thought 52" was too big, but once set-up it is actually now the minimum size for my living room I would consider. Becareful not to buy too small, I almost made the mistake of getting the 48". I am very satisfied with this purchase.
- 2008-01-08, 7 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Best TV I've ever owned
- We ordered this TV on December 10th and it delivered and up and running on December 18th, we could have had it delivered earlier, but our HDTV connection wasn't ready until the 18th.
This was one of the easiest online transactions I've ever had, far better than Ebay. The price was easily $500 less than I expected to pay. Amazon is great!
We chose this TV because it was thinner than the other sets we looked at, Sony and Samsung, and the picture was comparable. The set is connected to a DISH VIP722 DVR via an HDMI cable. I've tried both composite and HDMI and there was no noticeable difference so we went with the single cable HDMI connection.
The default picture setting was way too bright for our environment, probably set for a retail store, so we had to play around with the setup. The first thing I would recommend is to flip up the cover on the remote and use the A/V Mode button to test out different picture modes to see if one meets your needs. If you don't like any of them you can set it to user mode and put in your own adjustments. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=11852269#post11852269
has some settings you might want to start with.
The sound is far better than I expected and is really fine for most news and drama shows, but with such a big screen and High Def picture, many shows deserve a better sound system which will be my next big purchase.
On the downside, a lot of shows are still not in High Def and when a video shot in Standard Def is shown on a program broadcast in High Def we get an annoying flickering white and black line at the top of the screen, this is known as under scan . I'm trying to get this resolved with Sharp or DISH.
Overall this has completely changed the way we watch TV, it's much more like being in a theater than the old 27 inch TV. - 2008-01-07, 5 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Sharp Aquos LC52D64U LCD HDTV
- Great TV! Bought on Amazon and everything went off without a hitch. This 52 inch seems like a perfect size for a living room. We view it about 10 ft away. Looks great even during the day. I used it with a TiVo Series 3 and a Toshiba HD DVD and a Sony AV system. HDTV from your provider, TiVo, an AV system and a player (DVD and/or Blu-Ray) is a lot of fun! It is a whole different experience from just watching a little box. For home entertainment, HD and TiVo have to be two of the best innovations for home entertainment, ever. Great TV.
- 2008-01-07, 4 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- LCD HD TV
- We could not be more pleased with the shipping and being able to track our order,the condition of the TV on delivery, the ease of installation and the picture quality.
We have recommended this to many of our friends. - 2007-12-29, 2 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The Best LCD TV in its class, period.
- I bought this TV on sale from Circuit City, on the black Friday, so I have the TV for almost a month now and I think this is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Some more details to help you.
Oh, yes, there's no banding on my set, and that's all I was worried about before buying this set.
1. Read all the reviews and see for yourself, this TV can handle dark scenes better than any other, and yes it handles different black tones way better than much costlier rivals. Just look for the dark hair in front of a dark background in different sets, or look for shadows in a night scene to make this comparison.
2. Secondary color adjustment are just great, for some movies you need to use it, but overall the defaults are great. Also this TV come with 3 HDMI and host of other inputs, very useful when you want to hook it up with various toys.
3. I use Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD player for watching movies, using the HDMI and I am convinced that you don't need a Blue-ray, at least for now. Because I watch the Pirates DVD and I have seen it on BR in Circuit City, and mine was very close.
4. This TV has fantastic sound out of the box, in my setup I use my Home theater speakers only while watching movies, for regular TV viewing the TV speakers are just great.
5. 60hz vs. 120hz, well unless you are willing to pay that extra dough I think you should be very happy with this TV with motion smoothing option that it comes with it. It artificially enhances the fast moving scenes to increase clarity, again it will not beat an 120hz set, but then the difference in most cases are hardly visible in naked eye.
IMHO this is a good buy for the money, we all know that you get better items when you pay more, but try to look for the optimum price-performance mix, and this TV hits the bullseye.
Go ahead and get it, check for the banding, if there is no banding you probably made a very good decision, if there is banding just return the damn thing and get another set. Btw, most newer sets manufactured after May'07 has lot less banding issues. - 2007-12-19, 16 of 18 people found this review helpful, Rated:
