HDTV Sharp LC-70LE857 70-inch Deals & Reviews

Robbin Merritt (Houston, TX): Like all edge lit sets, the center of the screen isn't as bright as the edges. However, it takes a long exposure photo to see this issue.
The Color Management has some issues. It's been impossible for me to get the blue primary calibrated correctly and still maintain the correct blue luminance.
The Motion Enhancement settings above 120 High seem to affect color and gamma in ways that I find unacceptable. 240Hz in particular should be avoided
Moving contrast higher than 32 is going to start effecting colors. The set runs out of red at that point and your luminance balance will be off.

Ronald D. Ross (Memphis, TN): I purchased this TV about a month ago and so far I am loving just about everything about the set. The split screen feature where you can watch TV and surf the internet is much more useful than I expected. The 3D with bluetooth glasses is also amazing. The picture of this set is far superior to my XBR2 Sony Bravia and I am having no lip sync issues what so ever. I also checked the AVSForum to see if anyone else is having this issue and couldn't find anyone reporting this. I think the previous reviewer reporting this may have a bad HDMI board and should get his TV replaced.

Moviefan (USA): Love this TV so far. This version just came out in March and has the latest technology in parts. One thing to consider if you are a moviephile like me, though. Any letterbox movie Bluray or broadcast will have an irritating white line imbedded around the picture in dot by dot viewing mode. The only way to to correct this is to switch to zoom mode, taking half of the movie away with it . It has to do with what pixels are being displayed and what the TV detects. Sharps says it is in within the specs and that all letterbox movies should be displayed in full screen mode to remove the white lines. This sucks. If the movie is in letterbox , it's for a reason. Zoom up Ben-Hur? Chariot scene is lost. My Samsung DLP TV never had this problem. Be warned, fellow moviephiles. Other than that, love the TV so far.

Splitmix (Parts Unknown): I must say that returning a defective 70" Vizio was a blessing in disguise so I could get this 80" Sharp. Great viewing angles and ample settings to dial in the color to the best possible. I bought the extended warranty from Sharp directly - which was the best price I could find anywhere. If this thing does break, you dont want to have to move it anywhere.
I did notice sight bowing of the screen if you look down the top edge side to side. I can only assume it has to do with engineering a plate of glass this size and holding it all in place. It hasn't affected my picture at all (it is a minor bow - never would be noticed while looking head on at all).