Official 70"+ LCD thread - Page 12

Off to buy one I go

Thanks for the pics!!!! Full array or edge lit? Yo said it's "thin" .....

Nice pictures.

Edge lit or full array?

sorry I forgot to post that. It is Full Array.

Wow.......Sweet. that settles the debate. Thanks for taking the time out to post and please feel free to post more pics; we are jealous

I contacted SHARP USA regarding the Full Array and this panel and they were excited but could not confirm because I believe they have a target Announcement Date locked in but some panels are trickling onto the market before their announcement - here's their response:

"Hi Allen, we can't confirm any details right now, but stay tuned for some BIG news from Sharp!"
I think they will confirm the Full Array and perhaps some future announcements on the 3D version, but at these prices and PQ is 3D that important? Great News!

Thank you for the pics.
How is the 'glare' with that unit. I've seen the previous versions and the glare is pretty bad.
Does this unit have any type of anti-glare coating?

Good Luck with the set
Tony

Are you setting up an official owners thread? Given you are #1 owner in the world, so you should have the honors of setting the thread as well.

ok good luck suzook report back on your search.

its so refreshing to see a tv manufact. finally do what they say they are going to do .

Did they mention by chance when this announcement was coming?

$3000 for full array... How does this maths work for Sharp... Thanks for clarifying and enjoy!

Moku, what did you use to mount your set?

As far as I recall - Sharp's 935 is the only one with full array local dimming. The rest of their line up are either edge-lit with local dimming, or full array without local dimming

Thanks Everyone, I am glad I was able to help.

Yeah I am not sure how they are making a profit on these, thats why I jumped at the opportunity. My contact in CA, didn't believe it either. She said nobody on the West Coast has them yet. Knowing that the 72 LG was pulled from U.S. release and that nobody else was making this size will really make this a hard to get item. Last November I was in Korea and got my first look at the LG 72inch pure LED LEX 9. It was for sale in one of those silly electronics stores. They wanted some astronomical amount for it like 18k or something. I took a picture of it, let me see if I can find it I will post it. This is the one slated for release from LG, but not anymore. This info was received from a source close to LG.

My original mount from my 65 Panasonic plasma. Mounted easily, weighs about 50 pounds less too then the Panny.

Good idea

definately has some type of anti-glare panel. Much less then my Plasma's.

Definately no image retention at all with this unit. As for artifacting, nothing more then what I saw in my Kuro or Panny. There where some blown-out whites, but some adjusments fixed that. The black Levels are really where this LED shines. Simply amazing! The movie The Black Swan has some grain mixed with video noise, especially in high-contrast sequences, but it was probably just the film itself. Once I popped the Dark Knight in, it looked as good as I have seen a film on Blu-ray look. For example, some of the flesh-tones where pretty dismal at first with some color saturation, but some tweaks and I got it looking pretty good. This was from my VIP922 Dish box in 1080i. Sharpness gets distorted once and awhile with the constant changing camera scenes. All in all I would say its top notch. My only complaint is it still retains a little bit of the artificial look that most LED's portray. This one does it the least, but the picture is crystal clear and thats what matters to me.

I sure hope these show back up @ BB, as I have about a grand saved up in giftcards. Was quite nervous when they pulled them off the site.

For those in South Bay Area, Sunnyvale Fry's has a unit on display. Cars movie was being played.

Ordered one, will be delivered tomorrow morning

In store pq comments?

The brief time I spent with the TV, I felt the PQ was very good. Did not see any motion artifacts. Could not really judge the black levels, given the content being displayed.

I will post more detailed impressions tomorrow.

So I have already explained several times (and others have) that the Samung 75-inch is a myth, a zephyr, a bit of ephemera. It's not a product and therefore -- of course -- it's not shipping in 2011. The LG is barely a product and looked awful at CES anyway. It's almost like "who even cares if its a product, it's clearly not there yet".

I am pleased you like your Sharp. I personally am much more interested in the full-array model as I'd buy this for a half decade or more and the price delta seems small over that length of time. If it's as "better" as I think and your reports match what I'd experience on the less expensive model, I'm bullish.

That said, the Quattrons to date have had serious issues with dialing in reasonably accurate color. So I hope that's fixed. I may have to head down to Sunnyvale for at least a look-see @ Fry's.

It's a myth that Sound and Vision talked about in this months magazine. They also said this non existent tv will come out and the end of the year.