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Sharp LC-26D7U 26-Inch AQUOS Liquid-Crystal TV with Integrated HDTV Tuner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sharp
Category: CE
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Rating:  2 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 26
Shipping Weight (lbs): 55.1
Dimensions (in): 26.5 x 22.3 x 10.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: LC-26D7U
Model: LC-26D7U
UPC: 074000362703
EAN: 0074000362703
ASIN: B0007UVYN0
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Product Description
Sharp's LC-26D7U AQUOS is an elegant statement for any room in the home. With a true 16:9 aspect ratio, HDTV resolution of 1366 x 768 and breathtaking color purity, it is a next-generation TV to carry you into the high-definition future. The LC-26D7U utilizes Sharp's Emmy Award-winning LCD technology, including the proprietary Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel, which provides high brightness (450 cd/m2), an 800:1 contrast ratio, and wide viewing angles (170? x 170?). The LC-26D7U is Digital Cable Ready with full CableCARD "Plug and Play" capability. It also features the new TV Guide On Screen electronic program guide for easy channel management and selection, and an elegant new titanium finish with detachable speakers. In addition, the included table stand can be easily removed for wall mounting applications.Other features that distinguish the LC-26D7U: HDMI, DVI-I and 2 HD component video inputs, and Sharp's proprietary Quick Shoot video circuit, which enables a fast response time 16 ms or below.
Amazon.com Product Description
Take your PC computing to new visual heights or simply treat your living room to a taste of high-definition class with Sharp's high-definition AQUOS LC-26D7U Advanced Super View LCD television. This stylish, 26-inch set is picture-frame thin yet still houses both standard NTSC and digital ATSC (HDTV) tuners, as well as all necessary inputs and output jacks for integrating a range of gear. The 1,366 x 768-resolution television requires no supplementary DTV receiver boxes, however; it's ready to go right out of the box. The LC-26D7U's widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio matches that of your favorite movies, and it's compatible with high-definition video sources up to full 1080i resolution. The set includes 2 detachable, high-aperture aluminum speakers powered by 10 watts per channel. At just 4.25 inches deep without its detachable stand, the TV's as unobtrusive as a TV can get, and it's versatile enough to handle wall or table placement. Sharp's proprietary Quick Shoot video circuit ensures a lightning-quick response time of less than 16 ms for smooth-as-silk video and gaming graphics. The set's authorized CableCARD ability means the set will also receive digital cable television systems services directly from the cable operator without requiring a bulky, external cable box. LCD screens offer a number of benefits over CRT monitors and televisions, including general ease of use, freedom from eye strain (no screen flickering or radiation emissions), quiet operation (no high-pitch "flyback" noise, an issue with CRT TVs), accurate image geometry (no curvature distortion or susceptibility to magnetic interference from, say, speakers), long screen life (no risk of image burn-in), space savings, and light weight/easy positioning. They also tend to be cheaper and, to some eyes, slightly more natural looking than their plasma flat-panel counterparts, which usually "spec" higher (higher brightness, higher contrast ratio). The LC-26D7U's Advanced Super View/black TFT (thin-film-transistor) screen offers exceptionally wide (170- by 170-degree) viewing angles and an extraordinary contrast ratio of 800:1 for super-black blacks. Its high brightness (450 cd/m2) ensures wide dynamic range for vivid colors, great depth, and realism. You can place it anywhere--near windows, doors, or other light sources--and its picture will remain vivid. And, with its 60,000-hour lamp life, the backlight life is long enough to give you viewing pleasure for many years. Connections consist of 2 high-definition component-video inputs, 1 DVI-I PC input (Digital Visual Interface-Integrated), 1 HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) input, 3 composite-video inputs, 1 S-video input, and 1 RF input (HDTV reception may require an antenna). An audio/video output (composite- and S-video with stereo analog audio) facilitates hookup with a surround receiver, DVR, VCR, or other destination. An optical digital-audio output lets you channel multichannel Dolby Digital surround audio for select DTV broadcasts to a compatible audio/video surround receiver and speaker system. DVI-I is a direct-digital DVI terminal capable of transmitting both analog and digital video data. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV or monitor. HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable. It transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports up to 8-channel digital audio, with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements. What's in the Box
LCD TV, detachable speakers, a table stand, and a user's manual.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great as a Monitor May 18, 2006
Roberto Martinez
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Most my review is on the DVI capablilities of this TV. I purchased a refurbished set.
I use this as mainly a monitor hooked up to my computer, but I also watch cable on it from time to time. TV Guide works fine for me; no extra box, strait from the cable; there is an initial setup though, probably where the other guy went wrong. Moving around in TV Guide is kind of slow--I guess that's inherent of TV Guide, though, and the preview channel isn't locked initially, but you can change that through the TV Guide settings. Being a wide aspect ratio TV, I usually watch cable TV letter boxed at the sides. But you can simply change the view mode with the press of the the view mode button; sometimes I switch to zoom mode. I don't find watching cable TV on LCD screens as good as with CRTs mainly because of the graininess of the cable signal that is usually blurred and not seen by the average CRT.
There are alot of settings to play with, and the menus are intuitive. Lots of inputs, my favorite being DVI-D dual layer. I usually watch movies played from my computer's dvd player. The picture is awsome. Although, there was alot of playing with settings but the menus give you control of all of them. I sync'd the display using the test pattern in the "Display Optimization Wizard" of nVidia properties for my video card(7800GT). I further tweeked the picture with an Avia DVD(not included) that I bought recently. It had alot of test patterns to play with. From the DVI input I was a little overwhelmed by the hue and saturation for each seperate color(R/Y/G/C/B/M). I ended up only having to adjust color values--this is the first time I saw a monitor that could change color values independently. Hue and saturation seem to be fine at default settings.
Setting are independent from input to input. The detachable speaker is a nice feature.
Through this experience, I realized how crappy my computer monitor(NEC MultiSync LCD1770NX--The contrast is adequet but the brightness at 100% is still lacking) was. Skin tones are very good on this TV, where as on my computer monitor, skin tones were more orangy.
Still out of the box I was blown away by the picture. But with some(or alot in my case) of adjustment the picture is imaculate. I enjoyed things that you can tinker with.
Some of my criteria for buying this set:
DVI-D or HDMI input (this has both--alot of similar products have one or the other)
Wide screen aspect ratio (1280X768 in DVI "mode"; my video card doesn't support 1366X768--don't think many do)
The detachable speaker was an added bonus.
The contrast ratio caught my eye when purchasing; now that I have it, I am very enthused by the picture reproduction.
Pros.
lots of inputs
great picture
easy setup TV Guide
lots of settings to play with
good interface
relitively lightweight
Cons.
By default in DVI mode the blue color value is noticeably low(didn't figure this out till I used Avia) but is easily corrected in the Advanced menu under the Picture menu in C.M.S.-Value, I had to adjust Blue to +16 whereas the other colors I adjustusted minutely. This might be a common theme with all the inputs; I haven't looked into it yet.
All the color adjustments, although the experience was pleasent since I learned a little something, and now I get great video reproduction.
Graininess of cable TV although better than alot of LCD TV I've seen. You can't really blame the TV for a crappy source.
You can't tilt the screen up or down(I guess that's a bit much).
Led lights in the bottom right corner can be distracting(nothing a little tape can't fix)
All in all this TV has exeeded my expectations
 Not impressed September 21, 2005
Mikelibra (Malibu, CA)
11 out of 31 found this review helpful
TV Guide shows incorrect cable listings, nil support from TV Guide, cable company can't help, Sharp blames cable company, cable company blames Sharp. On board clock shows incorrect time which is impossible to ajust. Only decent picture obtainable is on HD Cable. Sharp Support not impressive, overall a disappointment
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