Sharp LC60E77UN CYBER MONDAY

Sharp LC60E77UN CYBER MONDAY, The big screen that's hard to beat.
I agonized over which LCD tv to get for about 2 months before buying the Sharp 60". I hit the club stores, big yellow box stores and every online store I could find. I also checked out various online review sites such as consumer reports.I liked the LG, Samsung, Vizio and Sharp televisions. Mostly the 55" range LCD, LED and plasma were in my sights. I elimated the plasma after reading reports of there still being burn out problems, however slight, and they were not as bright as the LCD/LED sets. After seeing the larger Sharp next to the 55" LED televisions I noticed that it seem to hold it's own for less money. The Sharp was one of the brightest, as bright as any LED we looked at side by side. The only drawback to the LCDs/LEDs is the motion blur when the camera pans. Sorry, but all LCD/LED sets, even the 120hz amd 240hz have the issue in various degrees. Plasmas much less. I'm sure in the next year or so it they will improve the blurring. But I factored this in before purchasing. I have 5 french doors lining the room the tv is in and can testify that even in a sun lit room the Sharp is bright and sharp. As far as the contrast ratio, it does not have the 2,000,000 as the LEDs and Plasmas, but I honestly can't tell. The blacks look black enough to me and the side viewing angle is great. I grew up with fuzzy b&w televisions and was happy, then the color tubes came (nice). Now all of the sudden we are connesuirs of contrast ratios!

The sound was dissappointing at first. Then we got HD channels and blu ray, suddenly the sound livened up and sparkled. Our room is 20 X 20 and we have the sound about 1/3 the way up most of the time. There is not much bass response as I knew before purchasing. The flat panels are known for lacking bass. Maybe an audio system later, happy for now though.

Personally I like the gold bezel, which really is like a light bronze imbedded into the black frame at the bottom that gives the illusion of a reflection of wood, pretty ingenious. To me the exterior looks better than most, which was important to my wife. The remote is ok, not great. I also got the sharp blu ray player that is nice, but slow to load. I think a lot of blu rays may be slow, not sure. Over all this TV is huge, if you have to sit as close as 8ft, go smaller. We sit at the 10' to 14' range and it's sharp, super bright and very colorful. Also, we sit about 5' to the left and right of center and there is no noticable degradation. I had no need to adjust the colors or pay someone to tune it. It came great tuned right out of the box, just like it should. I turn the brightness down at night because it can hurt your eyes, which is great! You can always dim a bright tv, but not visa versa. There is a setting for auto adjustments that take care of all that. Fairly easy to navigate the menu settings. You do get some motion blur during panning as with all LCD/LEDs. Some people don't notice, some do and don't care and some are really bothered by it. I have no regrets, if it holds up, my family and I will be thrilled. 



Sharp LC60E77UN CYBER MONDAY, I love this TV.
I'm very pleased with this TV. The size is incredible and the picture quality is superb as long as it is getting a nice signal. Blu-rays look outstanding. Don't expect much when watching 480i content, but this TV really wasn't made for that anyway. The sound quality is passable for watching regular cable, but you'll want to use a good receiver/surround system for gaming and movies. Honestly, I love this unit and if you get it for under 2 grand as I did it is an amazing value. Black levels are pretty impressive with dimmed lighting but still glow a bit in total darkness. I recommend using the OPC for viewing in a dark room and experimenting with the range for the backlighting. I've set the minimum at the lowest value and get a pretty decent black level in a pitch black room. I love the finish on the screen itself. They've used a semi-gloss finish instead of the matte finish you usually see in LCD screens. It gives a huge boost to the contrast and black levels without making you look at your reflection in dark scenes like the old tube tvs used to. I love this TV and I've been going through my whole blu-ray collection all over again just to see them on this screen. Oh yeah, gamers. I use this for gaming as well and with the TV in game mode there is no perceivable lag at all. With a 1080p or even a 720p signal it seems as responsive as a crt.