I originaly started my search for a LCD TV Black Friday with a top end Samsung in mind. I’ve had many friends with samsung’s and they all spoke highly of them. However, owning a Sharp bought back in 2006 that is still going strong, made the sharp brand an obvious 2nd pick. I was looking for something thin, great picture, 120hz and internet(smarTV) connectivity. I went to best buy to begin my search and was really only looking for a 32″ (for the 32″ price range). It wasn’t until I came to Amazon to do a review search that I filtered for top reviews that I came across the sharp quattron. At first I was hesitant, not that I didn’t believe that sharp was a good brand, considering I already owned/own one, I was just flooded with positive reviews about the samsung’s. But when I found that the Sharp Quattron had the highest reviews in best buy AND Amazon and to top it all off best buy had a sale for $500 for the 40″ I jumped on it. I have not at all been disappointed.
First off, Picture quality is phenomenal. Netflix streamed flawlessly. VUDU has several apps (pandora, NETFLIX, CNN, etc) that are very useful and work perfectly.
Sound quality is “iffy”. I will say it is being used for a master bedroom (15′X18′)and at 1/3 volume it is” enough to be almost loud. It is plenty for a medium or even large bedroom. But if this is going to be your main Living or entertainment room LCD TV Black Friday then I suggest you get a seperate sound system. Im not even the least bit upset about the sound quality however. Even mentioning sound quality on a LCD TV Black Friday that is literally 1.3″ deep is almost picky. Considering most of these new super thin LCD TV Black Friday’s have speakers probably no bigger than 2-3″ Im surprised it is as loud as it is. If you even have a LCD TV Black Friday for a common room that doesn’t not have even a cheap sound system you are an idiot if you complain. One little feature that it does have that I like is an analog audio out (3.5mm). I connected a cheap logitec speaker system to it and I can have a whole complete range of sound, however you can’t control the volume from the remote….whatever. Eventually I will get a cheap sound system for the bedroom until then I will take the cheap route.
Long story short, this LCD TV Black Friday is outstanding. I’ve only had it roughly a month and I haven’t found anything I dislike about it. I even bought a cheap “picture hanger” style wall hanger for it on ebay ($29) that works perfectly. All the research paid off. Again Awesome TV!!!