Sharp - 42" Class - LCD - 1080p - 60Hz - HDTV

I just contacted Best Buy and they informed me that this TV DOES come with a remote. it also comes with a free extended warranty during the holidays thru Best Buy, as well as a 2yr manufacturers warranty for defects. Best Buy expects to sell Thousands of these sets on Friday, it would be marketing suicide to sell an intentional junk item for a quick profit on that day. Best Buy would have a logistical return nightmare on its hands. As well as a PR disaster that would not be worth the headache. it would also put the store in a horrible position for future Black Friday Deal competitions. The point of these offers is to bring customers in the store to purchase other holiday items besides the door buster offers. Selling junk as a door buster would have the opposite effect. I don't know wsup with these other reviews but I would contact Best Buy and take these anonymous reviews with a grain of salt. Cuz Im definitely going to get mine!! LOL

There are a few things every person should know before purchasing a TV. A. To each their own. One thing when it comes to T.Vs is that all are different and everyone likes different things some people LOVE their LEDs while others LOVE their LCDs one is not better than the other considering that's an opinion not a fact B. Not every single T.V. channel is broadcasted in HD or 1080p. For instance i have a 46" Samsung 1080p LCD T.V. and just because my T.V. has the capability to display at 1080p a lot of the channels i watch or even video games i play are only broadcasted in 720p. So, please don't mistake that as a mislabel on the manufacturers part. Just know that not everything will show up in 1080. C. Refresh rates are a funny thing. How would you be able to tell the difference in a 120hz and a 60hz if you've never owned a T.V. with a 120hz rating? D. It's a 200$ that's greater than 32" which makes it a great T.V. for a kids room or a first time college student or even a T.V. for a guest room. If you want a "Smart T.V." then why are you looking at anything under 700? If you want a great T.V for sports, or Action movies and plan on using that T.V. as your main T.V. for family guests, then you should definitely not be looking at a 200$ T.V. just saying. E. Every T.V. sold in the last 4 years by Best Buy has always had AT LEAST a remote and power cable (to my knowledge) so please don't be fooled it thinking it won't come without these minimum things. I mean that's just a little bit on the common sense side :) Lastly it really just comes down to you. I worked at Best Buy for over 3 years FT Customer Service and as a Supervisor and despite how mush research people did or how many "reviews" they read they still came back and returned the T.V.s they had purchased because they just didn't like the way it looked. While others have LOVED the ones they chose. So, really there's no true way to know how "good" a T.V. is till you buy it. Best thing about that is you have literally two months to figure out if you do like it since the return policy is till next year :) Hope this helped if not oh well at least i didn't sit here and trash talk an item i've never owned considering it was made for tomorrow :) Happy Holidays all P.S. Please always always always use a surge protector with your T.V.s and Computers nothing's worse then having a black out or a Brown out and it ruining your investments. Most are inexpensive and in the long run you could save yourself buying a new T.V./Computer

Obviously I don't have this TV since it's not been released yet, but I do have a 40" Sharp Aquos that I bought a few years ago that I've been very happy with. It's probably true that the picture quality on this TV will not be as good as a TV that has better specifications, but come on, $199 for a 42" TV, how can anyone go wrong with that. Also, I don't think Sharp actually manufactures the key parts for this TV. Most LCD screens on all brands are made by LG, tuner boards by Philips, and the rest from various third party vendors. Sharp just puts the parts together. Anyone who thinks this TV at $199 is a bad deal just doesn't know what they are talking about.

I'm not saying that every negative review for this tv is bogus. Some may have legitimate beefs with Sharp products. What I AM saying is: 1. Every negative review is from within three days of today. That strikes me as suspicious. Several claim " they've had this tv for months/years" really? And what? You just now became so disillusioned you had to post a negative review yesterday? Right. 2. Some of the more "legitimate" sounding reviews talk about the "bad" refresh rate of 60hz. Bogus as well, there is no video source you can currently use that sends information faster than 60hz and 1080p. Blu-ray? 60hz 1080p. Your HD cable/satellite/fiber provider? 60hz 1080p. Etc. 120hz tvs literally add information that isn't there to begin with. Do they look better? A little. Will you ever notice the difference? Unlikely. The blurring argument is also bogus. When LCD tv first appeared, this was indeed an issue. However, if your tv is two years old or newer, that issue is a non-issue.

It's funny reading all these negative reviews that were posted since it was advertised for $199 on Black Friday. These negative reviewers are just trying to shoo people away from this TV, if they had a not so positive experience with this, how come they didn't review it much earlier when they didn't know it was on super sale after Thanksgiving? The 60Hz refresh rate isn't a big deal on this one if you're just gonna use it for regular veiwing. I've seen the TV in person and it's definitely worth the $199 that you're going to invest on it. It's definitely better than the Elements, Westinghouses etc that Walmart or Target advertised. It's still a Sharp brand for all I care. Who needs a TV twice the price when money is hard to come by nowadays? Those who can't afford a 3D Smart TV, this one is for you.

You know why you cannot find reviews anywhere online for this TV? It was just released and is a generic model number specifically for Best Buy. All of the reviews you are reading below cannot be trusted. Also do your research...a lot of movies / shows look worse on 120Hz TVs. This is a new model Sharp TV with a model number specifically for Best Buy, this happens every year. The TV is probably most likely pretty decent but no one knows until tomorrow when the TV can actually be purchased. People cannot review a product that is not available anywhere, unless they work for some media outlet / website that provides reviews...highly doubt these people do.

OK...people who are saying they own this TV are not being totally honest. Sharp is making this TV exclusively for Best Buy for Black Friday. I sell TVs for a living so here is my opinion. This TV will not be the greatest TV ever. If it is being sold for $199 it will probably have a cheaper case, remote, etc. However, Sharp only uses one brand of board...the same go in a cheap TV and an expensive one. They also use one brand of screen. The parts of this TV that will really matter i.e. the guts of it...are going to be Sharp quality. It will be worth the money....you can't beat it.

I strongly recommend you wait until this actual model is sold before taking reviews into consideration. Seriously, how can somoene say this television is 1 star (bad) when this particular model has never been sold before? I repeat, ignore all obvious lies about this television until it is actually sold for the first time in the history of this model, on 11/25/2011. The reviewer that said it is horrible does not have this television.