Sharp AQUOS LC32LE700UN 32Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED

4 Comments

1. Nicholas Lindstrom says:

   October 14, 2009 at 6:04 pm

   No flashlighting, No banding. GREAT VALUE.
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   It’s been about a month now owning this TV and I am generally very happy with my purchase. In almost all aspects its just a wonderful TV and I think it’s certainly a no brainer in the current LED market. Here’s what I’ve found out about my new Sharp TV:

   Pros:
   
   It’s got the blacks you want. Plain and simple. Definitely impressive stuff compared to my other two LCD’s in the house.

   Nothing dead, nothing stuck, no flashlighting, and no banding. Another reviewer mentioned these problems but from what I have experienced and what I have heard from others this is a near non existent problem.

   Deep customization for adjusting hue, saturation, tint etc etc allowing for really fine tuning. Personally this has been more of a con but its only because I’m too cheap to pay for calibration.

   Great, vibrant colors in general with a picture that has “Pop”.

   Cons:
   
   The included remote really isn’t that great. I don’t enjoy the buttons themselves nor the layout. Of the Phillips, Sanyo, and Toshiba’s I have used recently I would say this isn’t the worst but not as nearly as good as the Toshiba’s. Whatever, not much of a con but it’s true. You can always use a universal.

   As good as the colors are…your gonna need some calibrating to get this one right. I am still trying to get what I want out of this guy but I’m positive it’ll work out in the long run. Mainly it’s an issue with flesh tones.

   The speakers are honestly pretty poor. Even compared to my Phillips and Sanyo LCD’s these speakers just have a bit of a tinny sound. Not a huge deal but this is where I have knock half a star off on my overall review.

   No matter what, this is a winning product. Highly recommended…especially in the 32″ market. GREAT VALUE. ~4.5 STARS / 5
2. G. Perry says:

   November 5, 2009 at 6:56 am

   Trend setter? LC32LE700UN LED Full-array TV
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   I’ve been on Amazon for years and seldom write reviews.

   However, I spent about 30 minutes watching and generally checking this set out at a local dealer, about a week ago.

   The image you see here is misleading. Misleading in that the set itself is surprising more beautiful than this image shows. And there is a blue light V-shaped symbol in the center of the bottom horizontal frame. That might strike some as tacky but in fact, it’s a rather nice understated touch. Another surprise is just how light it is. You can easily pick it up and move it with no strain. Try that win an old Trinitron CRT set.

   The picture stunned. I was completely surprised by how great it is. It has deep rich color, uniform brightness and as critical as I am (Only the Sony XBR8 RGB LED Sony has impressed me, until now) I have to say for the price, it tells me that full-array (LEDs completely cover the back, instead of just being around the edges) can be done well and at a price that will sell.

   Assuming the set proves reliable, with no negative surprises, it’s going to cause Sony and Samsung a real price headache. The 32″ Samsung edge-lighted (Not Full-Array either) is around twice the price of this set and I see no difference in picture quality.

   Check it out.
3. average joe says:

   November 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm

   a winner
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   got this about a week ago. the picture is amazing. very black blacks, extremely sharp color. paired with a sharp aquos blu-ray player, the aquos link system works very nicely. more than enough connections. menu/settings are pretty easy to access/understand. LED technology seems the way to go given the energy savings and life of the backlight, and sharp seems to have a winner here. interesting to me – if you upgrade to this from an old lcd hdtv, you’ll notice a huge difference in the heat coming from the tv.

   the only downside are the speakers – they are clear enough but tiny and hollow. but this holds for every lcd tv on the market as far as i am concerned, so i can’t really hold this against sharp.

   like the previous reviewer said, as long as it proves reliable sharp has produced a tv that gives the best sony, samsung, and other sets a run for their money – at a much lower price.
4. D. Tran says:

   November 11, 2009 at 7:05 pm

   Great value if you can ignore its flaws.
   Rating:3 out of 5 stars
   Considering the technologies packed into this tv, its one of the better value among its class, if you can live with some of its flaws.

   Positives: Very, very good picture quality after calibration. Blu-rays look especially stunning. Deep black, and very good black details.

   Neutral: Slow tuner, changing analog and digital channels takes at least a couple of seconds. Average input lag. Using Guitar Hero 3 lag calibration tool, I was able to get 48 milisec in Game mode, and between 90 – 130 milisec in other modes.

   Negative: Flashlighting. My tv came with 2 large spots, the size of my palm each. Reducing the backlight helps somewhat, but they’re clearly visible during dark scenes such as the cave scenes of Iron Man blu-ray.

   Some recent Sharp panels had banding issues. This Genx panel supposedly corrected this problem. However, I’m disappointed to find out that it is still present at least on my tv.
   
   I have an inch wide, faint verticle band on the left side of the screen. I didn’t detect this initially until watching the oil field burning scene in Baraka. Subsequently I noticed it came up during watching the US open, and Master and Commander. I can conclusively confirm that the banding is there with my tv when displaying a solid green jpeg. Again this banding is quite faint and very hard to detect, but once I did it’s very hard for me to ignore.