Sharp LC42XD1E LCD TV impresses us with its beautiful piano black, glossy frame, superb picture quality and attractive price adding great value for our money. Its excellent specs, HDTV compatibility and nice sound quality are quite amazing, and most importantly the stunning picture details and good black levels make it one of the best LCD TVs among the 42 inches LCD display. Whether it is DVD or Blue ray disc or HDTV broadcast, this LCD TV presents faultless display with as much HDTV features as possible.
Main Features:
- Screen size 42”
- Native resolution 1920 x 1080
- Aspect ratio 16:9
- IDTV Freeview DVB tuner
- Response time 6 ms
- Brightness 450 cd/m2
- Contrast ratio: 1200:1
- Viewing angle 176 degrees
- Picture-in-Picture feature
- Two SCARTS inputs
- Two HDMI sockets
- One AV input
- One PC input
- Two speakers with 15 W output
- Nicam A2 digital surround sound system
This LCD TV offers the best possible picture when you wish to view High Definition sources as it has a native resolution of 1920x1080 resolution. The display is faultless with pictures looking crisp, clear and sharp. It is a good idea to tweak the various picture settings provided in this LCD like brightness, contrast and colour temperature settings to get the optimum picture quality from this LCD. In addition, there is also a provision for controlling the backlight to reduce the noise levels.
Usually the great specs ensure the optimum picture quality. The contrast ratio of this TV which is 1200:1, offers good black levels. The shadow details while this LCD displayed dark scenes are impressive and there is no sign of graying to our surprise.
Of course, this LCD TV has the best possible response time (6 ms) among the high end LCD TVs. Indeed, there is no blurring to fast moving objects. A very quick response time ensures that fast movements as in sports broadcast look natural.
Again like typical high end LCD TV, Sharp LC42XD1E LCD TV offers you a variety of input options. There are two HDMI sockets for viewing HDTV content either from DVD or HDTV broadcast. You may also use two SCARTS, AV input and component inputs for accessing standard television sources, but the picture quality is not so impressive as that of HDTV. The computer input, though it not RGB enabled, is useful and you can view multimedia content on the wide aspect format.
The Nicam A2 digital surround sound system produces some awesome, admirable sound quality. To enhance the sound effects, you are provided with an audio output which can be connected to your home theatre speakers.
