| Sharp is a popular brand among LCD TV buyers, and | | | | sports on. |
| in recent months they have released a new Aquos | | | | - Price. This is the cheapest 46-inch full HD 1080p from |
| range that are capable of fully accepting and displaying | | | | a branded manufacturer available on the market right |
| 1080 signals. As a full-time reviewer, I have had the | | | | now. |
| pleasure of testing the Sharp LC-46 XD1E LCD TV, | | | | Bad Points |
| and will give a rundown on its good and not-so-good | | | | - Red push. Sharp implemented a 4-wave backlight |
| points in this article. | | | | (red, green, blue, crimson red) system to provide more |
| Good Points | | | | convincing skin tones to the picture, but unfortunately |
| - Very detailed and sharp picture when fed with high | | | | they only managed to introduce red push where the |
| definition source. A native resolution of 1920 x 1080 is | | | | colour of red is too prominent in scenes containing red. |
| not hype... it allows the Sharp to fully display incoming | | | | You can use the "Colour" control to desaturate all the |
| 1080 signals on the screen. As a result you see less | | | | colours to reduce red push, but this will also make |
| pixels and the image takes on a more realistic hue as | | | | other colours look dull. |
| if you're looking at an object in real-life without any | | | | - Uneven screen. The larger the screen, the harder it is |
| blocks to break up the lines. | | | | to maintain a uniform screen, so it is hardly surprising |
| - Very deep black level. LCDs generally are taken to | | | | that this 46-inch LCD TV displays vertical and |
| have an inferior black level because of their | | | | horizontal banding across the screen especially against |
| constantly-on backlight, but this Sharp exhibits one of | | | | a mid-grey background. Of course most people |
| the deepest black I have seen coming from an LCD | | | | wouldn't look at a grey background all day, but it's |
| TV thanks to its proprietary Super View Black panel. | | | | worth bearing in mind that these bands will be |
| This deep black allows the image to become more | | | | noticeable when the camera pans across a light |
| energetic and 3-dimensional rather than washed out, | | | | uniform colour such as blue sky. |
| therefore enhancing your viewing experience. | | | | - Electronic buzz and humming. Various owners have |
| - Minimal motion blurring. Again, motion rendering is | | | | complained about this, and unfortunately these problem |
| meant to be one of LCD TV's biggest flaw due to | | | | affected my review sample as well. At certain |
| "sample-and-hold" effect, so you may see quite a lot | | | | backlight levels, there would be a reasonably loud |
| of blurring or ghosting during fast action scenes. | | | | buzzing and a different character of humming ala |
| Sharp's scanning backlight appears to reduce this | | | | French horn. These unwanted noises are present |
| problem quite significantly: fast moving objects are | | | | even in standby, so the only way to silence the LCD |
| handled with fluidity and this is the first LCD TV that I | | | | TV would be to turn the power off totally. |
| could confidently say that I wouldn't mind watching | | | | |