Sharp Sharp 70

It takes time, November 20, 2011

I previously owned a SAMSUNG 55″ LED and replaced it with this TV. I was apprehensive about the quality of the picture since you can not tune or adjust them properly while in the store. I am a SAMSUNG fanatic. I get the TV home and set it up in minutes, but concerned about the picture. The mistake made was using the picture settings I normally selected with my Samsung. I used the following settings for the STANDARD picture setting and I AM BLOWN AWAY at the quality and depth of this picture. It actually, I thought I would never say this, has a picture quality better than the Samsung. Those of you that don’t agree, that’s OK, I am pleased beyond expectation with my new Sharp 70″ led. Blu-ray is breathtaking and the VUDU Apps delivered incredible picture quality via the internet.
This set is HUGE so make sure you can sit back at least 10 feet from the screen. Some of the menu items and APPS are confusing, but take the time to experiment with this TV, you will be pleased. I am in TV heaven!

Standard Picture setting:
OPC – off
Backlight +8
Contrast +25
Brightness -8
Color +2
Tint 0
Sharpness +5
CMS Hue – no adjust
CMS Sat – no adjust
Color Temp – High
Mortion Enhancement – OFF
Quad Pixel – on
Active Contrast – On
Gamma +2

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Big is Big, but this 70″ Sharp is Big and Beauitful!, December 23, 2011

I have been drooling over 70″ TV’s since they were $12,000, and was blown away with the value of this particular GIANT 70″ thin and beautiful TV. I am so satisfied with this purchase!

You really cannot appreciate the picture until you set it up at home,on 1080I/P and have time to “tweak” it.

Having installed some 250 TV’s this year, that’s part of my job, I have seen all brands, types, claims and trust me, this TV is vastly superior to anything I have ever had the pleasure of setting my eyes on. (Don’t be swayed by the 120hz, you cannot tell the difference over 240hz unless you create a test picture, don’t spend a lot of extra money for 240hz, it is media hype.)

Settings are a bit tricky, but well worth the fiddling time. To get the best picture, you should raise the “contrast” while watching the brighter parts of the image, and the “brightness” while watching the black areas. The trick is to bring up the blacks using the brightness verrrrry slowly, a touch at a time, just a little brightness to the “brighter blacks”, yes, brighter blacks,a result of the 8,000,000/1 contrast ratio. Example, I was able to see the lunar eclipse, faint black on black, while the announcer appologized for the screen looking totally black! Imagine shades of black, it is a trip, for sure. If you don’t set up the contrast and brightness correctly, night scenes will turn brownish, but just keep slowly adding brightness till it becomes rock solid. The picture is utterly amazing, I am not kidding.

We have our’s mounted on a swivel pin floor stand, and we easly swing the direction of the TV over a 40 degree range, only because it is so lightweight for it’s huge size.

Also, SIZE MATTERS, when you sit 10′ away, you get the giant theater experience, yet, when watching from an adjacent room 20′ away you can still read all of the fine print. Since owning this 70″ TV, I have decided that my favorite actor’s head should be AT LEAST 20 inches TALL, 3x real life.

I have always believed that unless you have to move your head to watch TV, the viewing screen is too small!

Go Ahead, buy this one, TV will never be the same!

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