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Sharp LC-32BD60U: 32″ LCD HDTV Review

Up for review: Sharp LC-32BD60U LCD TV.  The new 32” LC-32BD60U is the lowest size of LCD from Sharp’s AQUOS BD Series. Just like Sharp’s earlier model, this LCD has minimized usage of hazardous chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. The new LC-32BD60U is also certified by US Govt’s Energy Star v3.0 compliance.

The primary highlight of the new AQUOS series LC-32BD60U is its built-in Blu-ray player. With the built-in player available in the side-slot of the LCD, you won’t require a separate player to play Blu-ray, DVD or audio discs.. This feature also saves space constraint problems. You won’t have to worry about the additional player and wires. As per Sharp’s claim, this built-in version is faster than most Blu-ray players. Just entering the Blu-ray disc will facilitate the LCD to turn on to the play mode.

Empowered with Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) native resolution, which is the highest available currently, the new Sharp LC-32BD60U HDTV is most likely to up scale the lower resolution and reformat it for a higher resolution display. The high dynamic contrast ratio adjusts the image quality according to the desired aspect ratio. Hence brightest of white and darkest of black is expected to be produced by the LC-32BD60U. It also has fine motion enhanced refresh rate of 120Hz which is most likely to take care of motion artifacts. The fast 6ms response time ensures faster transitions between scenes. As a result, flawless images appear scene after scene.

Sharp LC-32BD60U Features and Specifications Review:

• 32-inch LCD TV
• Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) Resolution
• Built-in Blu-ray Disc
• High Dynamic Contrast Ratio and 6ms response time
• 120Hz Fine Motion Enhanced
• Three HDMI™ Inputs and dual component inputs
• Wide Viewing Angles (176ºH x 176ºW)
• Enhanced Black Level
• High Brightness
• Built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC Tuners
• Super lucent ASV LCD panel technology
• OPC (Optical Picture Control)
• Energy Star v3.0 compliant
• 1 year parts and 1 year labor warranty

Apart from other image enhancing features, the LC-32BD60U has Sharp’s proprietary super lucent ASV LCD panel technology, which processes the low reflection video to make them appear with bright vivid colors and images. Sharp has also introduced another feature called OPC (Optical Picture Control), which will adjust the brightness automatically according to the room lighting.

This 32” LCD has 3 HDMI inputs, 2component inputs, and RS-232C which shows it has plenty of connectivity options. An additional PC input is also there which is likely to enable the LCD to function as a PC monitor. With the built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC tuners, the Sharp LC-32BD60U can be facilitated to access DTV and analog TV channels. There is so specification about the audio output by the manufacturer, but given the stunning video output, the audio quality also expected to be the same.

HDTVUniverse.com gives Sharp LC-32BD60U 9/10 stars!