Sharp Aquos LC52D64U 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
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List Price: $2,299.99
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Product Description
Once again, Sharp, a leader in LCD technology, establishes a new design standard for LCD TVs. With a screen size class of 52", the AQUOS LC-52D64U raises the bar by fitting large screen sizes into incredibly small footprints. By changing the layout of circuits inside the LCD panel and by reducing the number of parts, Sharp engineers developed the Slim-line design, which reduces depth by 25%, allowing placement of the LC-52D64U in virtually any setting. The LC-52D64U utilizes Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View / Black TFT Panel with multi-pixel technology, providing 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio with Enhanced Picture Contrast Technology and 4ms response time. The LC-52D64U features built-in ATSC/QAM/NTSC tuners and includes 3 HDMI (version 1.3) inputs, compatible with 1080p signals, a PC input and 2 HD component video inputs. Side terminals are included for wall-mounting convenience as well as RS-232C input for control.
Product Details
- 52" HDTV LCD-TV with Full HD 1080p resolution
- 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- 4ms Response Time
- RS-232C Input for control
Customer Reviews
 An amazing large LCD screen that's stellar when it's fed the right signals!!!! |
| Review Date: October 16, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Robert Sermeno, Whititer, CA |
| I purchased the Sharp LC52D64U via a direct promotion with Sharp USA. The deal I was offered was too good to pass up. I have never bought a large format TV in my life and always got by with a Sony CRT 27" in my bedroom running SD TV. I was just fine with that for many years and when I moved into a new apartment with a nice big (and empty) living room and ordered HD cable, I decided to consider purchasing a large HD panel TV.
When I did my research, I was overwhelmed at the number of choices, formats and connections types, such as LCD, plasma, projection, 720i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, Hdmi, HD channels recievers....argh!?!?!?! Well after I did enough research, this Sharp LCD has everything that I need for at least the next 5 years. I am running a Tivo Series 3 HD reciever pumping 1080i HD channels over digital cable into one of the 3 available HDMI ports. The image quality is, to say the least, MAGNIFICENT!!!! The deep blacks and rich colors really cut through exceptionally well. I have not yet played an HD DVD or Blu-Ray movie through it, but if the 1080i HD channels look this great, I can only expect the same from watching Spiderman 3 on Bluray at 1080P when it's available this late October. When I was researching large format panel TV's, my eye kept going to plasmas like Panasonics and the Elite series from Pioneer. Suffice it to say, these brands were very much out of my budget and consdered LCD's instead. So I did some research on the Aqous series and found alot of useful information. I also read many reports of the Sharp Aquos series suffering from a bad phenomenom known as "banding" and a recent review of the LC52D64U on cnet.com indicated that the problem was still present in this new model. This made me nervous about buying the TV, but then I reminded myself that those reviewers have eyes like a hawk and scrutinize every little detail that an average consumer (like me) probably wouldn't even notice until pointed out. Well I don't know if I can't see it, or if it is not present in my particular unit, but I have NOT experienced any "banding" issues that may appear as color bleed, ghosting effects or ongoing pixilation. Sharp does offer Aquos models that have a higher refresh rate as much at 120 hertz. This unit, I believe, operates at a 60 hertz refresh rate. The higher 120 refresh rate is supposed to handle fast moving images (such as football player running across a field) and improve the image so as to reduce any bluriness or undesireable pixilation. Well I do not watch alot of sports, so this is not a deal breaker for me. There were a few times I was watching a movie and saw some pixilation occurring due to fast moving images. But as long as you watch your 52" sharp LCD from a practical viewing distance and loose yourself in the entertainment and not scrutinize every single image that's on the screen, you probably won't notice it when it does occur, if at all. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the Sharp LC52D64U. Remember that to get the most out of this LCD panel, be prepared to spend some money and feed it a high resolution data feed for both audio and video. Everything I am sending it comes in at full 1080i/1080P, if not upscaled from 720/480. I plan to get the new X-Box 360 elite and it has an HDMI output port and many of the newer games run at 1080P, so I can only imagine that there's more visual pleasure to come my way. I hope this non-technical review was helpful. Now go out and buy this damn thing and be a happy couch potato!!! :-) |
| Excellent set! |
| Review Date: November 27, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Stephen Sarrica, |
| We didn't buy from Vanns, but have been enjoying this set at home for four days now. We haven't experienced the banding that others have complained about -- and I have been very vigilant looking for it. Set-up was fairly straightforward. The stand is gratifyingly solid. Connecting cables for inputs 1 & 2 was a little more difficult than I expected, the angle you hold the connectors is really important, much more so than on other sets -- although once done, everything is nice and tight. One nice surprise so far: the built-in speakers sound much better than I expected.
The picture is gorgeous. Even DVDs from an old non-progressive scan player are excellent (the progressive scan player I ordered arrives today). We watched Monday Night Football in 1080i and newscasts in 1080i, the image quality and detail were amazing. I didn't realize before what nice clothes the anchors wear! We're very happy so far. We'll see how we feel in a few months. |
| The Best LCD TV in its class, period. |
| Review Date: December 19, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Sudev Mukherjee, Newbury Park, CA United States |
| 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. |