Customer Rating:
Summary: Sharp LC-45GD4U not a 1080p TV
Comment: Beware of any Sharp products! This TV was advertised and is still is claimed to be a full HD 1080p TV. It is not! It will actually only interlace a 720p signal and though the display is a 1080p, there is no way of accessing that resolution. I doubt that when 1080p broadcasting becomes available, that this (or any other Sharp TV) will be able to display full 1080p resolution. Furthermore, Sharp not responding to this cosumer issue in a fovorable way, proves their affirmed guilt in false advertising. I paid (much) more for this particular TV to have the advertised and proclaimed by my the salesperson, full 1080p resolution to find out I was cheated! Please fight this method of false advertising and don't buy Sharp.
Customer Rating:
Summary: High Definition Television at its Best
Comment: The picture on this television is outstanding. We have it attached to an antenae and receive network sports in high definition for free!! We also have it hooked to a satelite dish, but are not paying the extra monthly fees for high definition as there are few channels to make it worthwhile. It was well packed, came in 3 days, and was easy to hook up. The price was far less than local stores and it is very highly rated by Consumer Reports.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great television
Comment: I recently received this monitor about 10 days after ordering it from Amazon. The HD picture quality is excellent. Personally I can't see any compression artifacts, even in scenes with a lot of movement. Also I have not noticed any dead or stuck pixels. I have not tuned the setting yet, and it seems the reds are a little too much. But the positives are the tv is very bright, I also have not noticed the lack of very "black" blacks that I have heard plasma owners discuss on message boards. From a product standpoint the TV has lived up to my expectations.
At first I was nervous about buying such an expensive and fragile purchase online, fearing damage during shipping. And while the shipping charge of $249 was a lot, it was worth it. It was delivered to my door, I could have refused shipment if the product was damaged, and it worked straight out of the box. Only 4 stars because I could not track the order online at amazon.com. I had to contact customer service, but they sent me the URL for the shipping company within 1 day, at which point I was happy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unreal HD Quality
Comment: NOTE: Don't buy this TV if you don't have access to an HD signal.
When the right signal is pumped into this unit, the picture is far better than either Plasma or DLP sets. From the blades of grass on a football field to the things i wish i never saw so well(newscasters NEED all that makeup, trust me)this TV tops them all.
Styling is a plus as well and the stand it comes on is just fine if you decide not to hang it on your wall.
I paid close to double what they are selling it for now 1 year ago and am now coming back for a second unit!!!!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: I bought the next generation LC-445GD7U only available at Magnolia HIFI
Comment: The newer TV LC- 46GD7U, whick will probably be available at most big box stores soon, has a beautiful picture. However, there are problems with hooking it up to Comcast Cable if you use the cable card or cable box. There is NO documentation to tell you this in the manual so I spent more than 3 hours (with no help from the Sharp customer support) to figure it out. Most tvs require you to input the cable only to the "digital cable in" input, not with this tv. There is absolutely no documentation in the manual to help you out how to solve this problem. This TV requires a split cable cord output to the digital cable input and to the analog input. Then you must wait 24 hours for the TV to download the full digital system and, only then can you insert the cable card to the cable card slot. If you insert the cable card before then, you fry the cable card and have to get a new cable card. Sharp Corporation does nothing to help you! The manual is a joke and no where do they list a customer support telephone number in the manual or any of the documentation that comes with the TV. I had to find the customer support number on line. It is obvious that Sharp does not want you to call them or provide any customer support.
Don't buy this TV if you are not willing to put up with crappy service from Sharp. They have a long way to go in terms of manual documentation and customer support.
The reason I bought this tv was because it was not a plasma and supposedly does not have the problems with plasma tvs. But the price was twice higher than a plasma. Next time I will buy two plasmas and if one breaks, I will throw one away.
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