Sharp LC-37BD60U Review – 37-inch LCD HDTV
Originally Reviewed on March 15th, 2009Sharp LC-37BD60U: 37″ LCD HDTV Review
Up for review: LC-37BD60U LCD TV. The Sharp AQUOS Series LC-37BD60U with built-in Blu-ray Player facilitates the user to take advantage of Full 1080p Blu-ray disc right on the LCD HDTV. Unlike most Blu-ray player, this built-in version takes just a few seconds to start up. The side-loading slot of the LCD offers easy operation to play Blu-ray disc. Just by entering the Blu-ray disc will make the LCD to turn on and play. The built-in Blu-ray slot is also backward compatible with DVD and CD titles.
The LC-37BD60U features Sharp’s proprietary new super lucent Advanced Super View LCD panel technology which reduces the reflection and reproduces most vivid and brightest colors. Full HD 1080p resolution up scales the lower resolution material and reformats it in a higher resolution display. Another innovative OPC (Optical Picture Control) technology adjusts the brightness to suit room lighting automatically.
The high dynamic contrast ratio of the Sharp LC-37BD60U HDTV adjusts the aspect ratio for image output. As a result, sharper and crisper images with enhanced black level are produced. And the 6ms fast response time takes care of flawless picture output carrying details without any visible image artifacts. With 176º wide viewing angle, every seat in the living room will be equally enjoyable.
Sharp LC-37BD60U Features and Specifications Review:
- 37-inch LCD TV
- Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) Resolution
- Built-in Blu-ray Disc
- High Dynamic Contrast Ratio and 6ms response time
- 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
- 1year Manufacturing Warranty
Sharp has always been famous for manufacturing environmentally friendly products. All the AQUOS series models are free of any hazardous chemicals like lead, mercury and cadmium. The new Sharp LC-37BD60U is also Energy Star v3.0 compliant.
With 3 HDMI terminals, 2 HD component inputs, and RS-232C, the new Sharp LC-37BD60U has plenty of connectivity options. An additional PC input facilitates the LCD to act as a PC monitor. For accessing DTV channels, the new LCD has a built-in ATSC and QAM tuner. Audio details haven’t been specified by the manufacturer. Even though Sharp has claimed the faster loading of Blu-ray disc, it’s not clear if the Blu-ray player is profile 2.0 or not which facilitates accessing BD-Live content. But all in all, the new Sharp LC-37BD60U has great features and will produce a great picture.
HDTVUniverse.com gives Sharp LC-37BD60U 9/10 stars!
Brian knovs's reviewJuly 13, 2010
Blue-Ray disk player does not load faster than others and plays less than half of the disks we get from Netflix so much so that they sent us new disks and they did not work.
Sharp customer service has been ZERO help other than helping me waste countless hours on hold and talking to “technicians”
Do not get this TV!!!!
screwed's reviewDecember 19, 2010
Total piece of crap, inner screen broken by 3 year old. now I own an expensive paper wieght
Jason's reviewJanuary 31, 2011
This tv sucks. Never plays the blue rays and Sharp has been no help. Tv only a yr old still no help.