Sharp Aquos LC40E77U or Panasonic Viera TC-L37G1 for Viewing Sports?

Don't know anything about those specific models, but I've been enjoying two Aquos (64U) lcd's, the 65" and the 46" for a year or more and they are both great sets.

I'm also a sports fanatic and even though these lcd's are just 60Hz there is just a small amount of motion-blurring, probably due to the 4ms refresh (imho, a little bit of blurring makes the action more realistic).

So I can only believe that the 120Hz/4ms LC40E77U would be terrific, not to mention that all things being equal, I'd go for the larger screen (there's something about a larger image that lends to more sports excitement)!

Hth

LOL, it's just that those two LCDs have only been on the scene for a couple of months, so there aren't too many of us out there who know much about them (i.e., more than what can be found by googling).

Which one did you prefer Picture Quality wise?

Its all about your own thoughts

From 8' - 10' back on a 40" TV, it won't matter.

You should look into 720p from that distance.

Hope you enjoy your purchase

We're still waiting for our E77 to come -_-"

Tim I hope you report in on your new sharp tv once you get. I saw the model below this one the E67U and can saw I was impressed with its picture. I was at bb and they had the outdoor channel on, for days they ran those stupid film reels over and over. I hope most agree that they do not give a honest viewing of the tv. Also the guy at bb caught me changing channels and asked what i was doing, and I replied judging TV's don't call the cops on me.
lol.

Meant to say the 52" model but hey, similar everything =P

Still paid a bit more than in the states [we're in Canada]

I have a question for both of you who recently got the e77u. Did you consider the sony 40S5100 or the 40V5100 now that they have a fix for the dimming problem? How do you thing the e77u matches up in blacks, I think they are close but can't decide. Again what made you pick the sharp against the almighty samsung or sony, if you don't mind me asking, also not a sony fanboy. So do not be afraid.

Kinda irrelevant for us since we got a different size but it ultimately came down to price, value and manufacturing quality.

PQ was similar [they had more 46 and 42" models on the floor than 52"]

I sort of posted this same message elsewhere. I went back the other day to look at the 77u. It's sad when store do not hook up all tv's to the same connection. The 77u disappointed me in that all I could compare was ota and ota against the sony 40s5100. The sony came out on top. The sharp was so fuzzy it was horrible. I will have to go to a different store to compare them.
I belive stores do this on purpose to get customers to buy one brand over the other. Also I did not feel like buying it and then finding out it was still horrible. Since last month I got a tv from sears and had to take it back cause it would not work at all, ugh!

Yes, I have finally seen this tv with a HD channel from last night hockey game and yes it was very good picture. Better than the sears hook up and I reported fuzzy connection. But here is my rub against all these retail store. I was standing in front of this bank of TV's next to the 77u. It took another customer who was ready to buy a tv to yell out that he was not buying anything until they turned off the dvd movie and put on a HD TV channel. Well they put on the hockey game and it has a really nice picture. Yea!

i think so ..Skipping/stuttering DTS audio issue through digital optical out about every 10 seconds in many .MKV container video filess.
(remuxing to .M2TS container temporary solves the issue)



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Movie mode on Sharp has completely judder-free picture.... brilliant.

I have high respects for Panasonic as brand. However, to me even the most expensive plasmas (Kuros) flicker if there's a lot of white area displayed in the picture - quite unbelievable...

I checked Viera plasma screens and Sharp had better blacks, was much sharper and clearer with better energy ratings as well...

In fact, I searched long and hard for my CRT replacement... compared Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Sharp and was seriously considering Kuro plasma model as well... to me the Sharp looked really good overall and reminded me a lot of my CRT.

I suggest you to compare, compare, compare... find the shop with friendly staff and try different sources as well. Check their signal distribution and feeds - sometimes they have stock that needs clearing - so they feed them HDMI source where other TV's receive inferior feeds.

Boky

this new Sharp Aquos may be the sleeper of the year, i saw it at costco, and the picture is so sharp and sharp color, compared it to the samsung 610 lcd they have there and it looks better, can anybody relate.

do any of you play video games on the sharp e77u?
im really curious as to how much input lag it has with game mode on.

Hi apptzer

Can you tell me if the Panasonic TC-L37G1 had a matte or glossy screen? Thanks.

Thanks appzter.
I was hoping the Panasonic would be better with motion. According to the .pdf of the owner's manual on the Panasonic website, the 'Motion Picture Pro 3' feature is adjustable to 'Off' or 'Weak' or 'Strong'. Did you happen to check or adjust this setting when you compared the Panasonic and Sharp? Thanks again.

I would like to go with Panasonic Viera TC-L37G1. Good picture quality, easy to install. Highly recommeded.

Ok what about the 46d85u over the 40e77u? I saw that I can get it(if any left in stock) at local store the 46d85u, the difference in cost is very alittle. Is this a no brainer, get 85u right, bigger screen size for one reason and price? I think the local store is trying to get rid of them there was only two left last week, and did not give it much thought. Since i was after a different brand and model.