Sharp 26" Aquos Widescreen LCD TV (LC26P50E) - £499 Delivered!!

npk2006

Play.com have this great Sharp Aquos 26" LCD for £499.99 delivered! :j

Here's a link to the product on Play.com

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=hp&page=title&r=ELEC&title=866370

digitalsafari

It's not HD, it's native res is 960x540.

So it does not carry the HD Ready tag which requires a minimum res of 1280x720.

http://www.sharp.co.uk/Product.aspx?ID=1001

Chris369

Looks well nice though! I would love one of them but i cant afford it lol.

npk2006

digitalsafari wrote:

It's not HD, it's native res is 960x540.

So it does not carry the HD Ready tag which requires a minimum res of 1280x720.

http://www.sharp.co.uk/Product.aspx?ID=1001

Thanks for letting me know. It's a bit confusing as they describe the TV as "HD Compatible" So I've removed the "HD" comments from the thread just incase someone buys one for HD purposes!

Cheers

seanparkin

Great spot - it is not 'HD Ready' but this sharp LCD is an absolute gem.

Its picture quality with standard definition feeds is way beyond anything else consumer, and rivals many HD sets with high def feeds.

A great LCD at a great price.

riker71

I also agree that these Sharp Aquos seem to be of a very high quality, bit confusing with the labelling though..also just read re HDTV:

The formats used in HDTV are:

720p - 1280x720 pixels progressive
1080i - 1920x1080 pixels interlaced
1080p - 1920x1080 pixels progressive

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv1.htm

and

WHAT DOES "HD READY" MEAN?

"HD Ready" is a labelling scheme that is being introduced by the European TV manufacturer's organisation EICTA in order to make clear to consumers what they are buying. The "HD Ready" logo will appear on an increasing number of TV's in shops over the coming months. Any TV that carries the "HD Ready" label will work with a HD service and will be capable of displaying an HD picture.

TVs that meet requirements of the HD Ready logo must:

Have a minimum native picture resolution of 720 lines in wide aspect ratio.

Support either 720p/50 or 1080i/25 picture formats.

Be capable of accepting HD input by DVI (with HDCP) or HDMI (with HDCP) and component inputs.

churchin

I bought one of these a month of so back from Empire Direct for £599. Reviewed in the latest issue of one of the new LCD and Plasma magazines, I think they gave it an editors award.

Connections:

HDMI, S-VIDEO, Component, Composite, and most important 2xRGB SCART (most have 2 SCARTs but only one is RGB)

I was amazed at the extra detail you can see from either Freeview or DVD over my old 4:3 Philips CRT (21")

This TV is not particularly good as a PC output (or apple I suppose), but for those of us that won't be getting Sky HD or one of the other carriers, this is a great television (especially for £499!).

The resolution is meant to be optimal for PAL output (there are wasted lines that can be discarded accounting for the slight discrepancy). The vertical resolution is 3/4 720p(i) and 1/2 1024p(i) meaning that there is very little processing of the picture required and therefore a very good picture.

If watched side-by-side with a decent HD-Ready set running HD output, you will see the difference, but the LCxxP50 range are supposed to be about as good as you can get for standard definition output.

Pop over to AV-Forums for reviews and recommended settings. Older models of the LC32P50 have a problem with progressive scan on component input that requires a Sharp engineer to replace the main board.

echelon_2

GREAT, i was looking to get this TV, and this is the cheapest price ive ever seen it at!!

Guess it's being reduced in antisipation of the new PAL optimised Sharps being released in March.

I believe there is a P55 model coming out, which is identical except for built in Freeview!

seanparkin

I think they're dropping the price and shifting them in order to make the new HD set look attractive.