sekarkrish
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Congrats on your new purchase. Enjoy it and do post a review.
Faith No More : Samsung led ua40c5000
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heliumflight
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Thanks Rupam, l think the Japan element made me biased towards Sharp. Also I'm a Sharp man
Fridge, microwave and now Tv are all Sharp.
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heliumflight
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Oh, good then I can switch between the HDMI ports and save the cost of monitor
Thanks for that informative thread on warranty extension for all of us unlucky people. As of now my marathon of music is on...
heliumflight
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I'm really dull in regards to TV review but will give it a shot. My wife and son said that they liked the picture quality of Samsung better. I think I know the reason why? Samsung's colours are more vivid but the human mind likes change, so it commands the eyes to tell it is better as it is different. Sharp is true to the rendition of colours hence I like it.
heliumflight
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Sir, I was just about to answer your query. I bought it at Navrang Electronics in Laxmi Nagar for net 32k (Minus 5k for defective TV)
heliumflight
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I think you made the right choice by going for Sharp Aquos, they make excellent displays and price is very reasonable compared to other brands. I've seen Sharp Aquos sell like hot cakes at BestBuy, Dallas.
And you can use the TV as display for your PC and you won't have any issues. I've been using HDTVs for past 10-years as monitor. No issues till date.
Congrats on your purchase, Enjoy !!!
I know Sharp is not spoken much on HFV. Sharp does not treat India as a big market. But you are correct in the U.S, Sharp is a name to reckon with. Most of my relatives there have 80" Sharp TV's.
royalanalog
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Thank you all for your guidance.
I finally purchased a new LED Sharp Aquos 39 Inch LC-39LE440M. The defective Samsung TV (Rs 5,000) was adjusted in the purchase and the final price I paid was 32k. The Sharp has a 3 year warranty and a panel made in Japan. I hope this time I'm not the unlucky oneand it lasts many years like my vintage audio HiFi.!
I saw LC-39LE440M in a store hanging just next to a Samsung and SONY LEDs. From my observation, it had the most neutral and beautiful picture of the three.
IMHO, Sony as usual had 'high-brightness and high-contrast' picture with 'illuminated whites' (exactly like my WEGA) and ultra-beautiful colors, which seemed extremely unnatural and artificial. Also its price was 10K INR more than SHARP's. Samsung's pic quality was excellent, but I somehow did not like it. SHARP's picture was really good with accurate colors, perfect sharpness and contrast/brightness. It was probably the most natural picture of the three. SHARP's own fabricated Japanese panel really proves its quality. My friend purchased the 29" counterpart of the same series and is extremely happy with its cool set of features and great pic quality for the price he paid.
Can you confirm whether 39LE440M has an 8-bit panel or a 10-bit panel? (Sharp website does not provide this particular information)
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hello helium ji..hope ur tv is running very smoothly..pls describe hows ur experience on it..even i had been to navrang..they r quoting me 33.5..with exchange of my 32 samy lcd tv..wats ur advise on it..
also had few doubts..i) its refresh rate is 50hz..will playing games (ps3) be disadvantageous..ii) can it play all video formats ..iii) does it have a jack to connect to external speakers..
Req to pls help and share ur experience on it...
Thanks in advance..
heliumflight
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I saw LC-39LE440M in a store hanging just next to a Samsung and SONY LEDs. From my observation, it had the most neutral and beautiful picture of the three.
IMHO, Sony as usual had 'high-brightness and high-contrast' picture with 'illuminated whites' (exactly like my WEGA) and ultra-beautiful colors, which seemed extremely unnatural and artificial. Also its price was 10K INR more than SHARP's. Samsung's pic quality was excellent, but I somehow did not like it. SHARP's picture was really good with accurate colors, perfect sharpness and contrast/brightness. It was probably the most natural picture of the three. SHARP's own fabricated Japanese panel really proves its quality. My friend purchased the 29" counterpart of the same series and is extremely happy with its cool set of features and great pic quality for the price he paid.
Can you confirm whether 39LE440M has an 8-bit panel or a 10-bit panel? (Sharp website does not provide this particular information)
Yes, you are bang on in your observations, it has a dead neutral colour picture hence it may not be everyones cups of tea as our eyes what to relish something different as well as extravagant. Sony has always been expensive and if I had a budget, I would have purchased it. Sorry, I have no ides on the whether Sharp uses 8-bit or 10-bit panel.
A confession- My Wife and son are not happy with Sharp and liked Samsung better.
heliumflight
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Sir,
I was contented with listening to music but was forced to purchase TV as my HiFi rig is connected with it. Nowdays Tv's are not a luxury but a necessity, that another reason my wife made me purchase the idiot box.
1. 50hz- For critical viewing such as Football, I would suggest 100+hz refresh rate but then you need to pay more for that.
PS3- Don't have it, hence can't comment.
2. Video formats- I haven't tried...I will get back to you on this.
3. External speakers- I guess it does not have it, or I don't know how to use it. But it does have surround sound built it.
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royalanalog
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I cannot comment on its performance for video games. But i observed that the USB port of the 29" model of the LE440M series reads all video formats even from NTFS drives
(most USB ports read only FAT32 USB drives, in which can store only upto 4.4 GB). Which means you can play even a 10 GB file from a thumb drive. About its jacks, it has both Analog Audio-Out and Headphone port. Also, note that only while playing files from USB, Analog-Audio-Out jack does not work.
Yes, you are bang on in your observations, it has a dead neutral colour picture hence it may not be everyones cups of tea as our eyes what to relish something different as well as extravagant.....
...A confession- My Wife and son are not happy with Sharp and liked Samsung better.
It is always the vivid picture that draws everyone's attention. Because people go only by looks and fail to understand the reality behind it. Which is why wonderful models made by Philips, Panasonic and SHARP are never considered by consumers. Just like yours, my family thinks Sony has the best picture quality.
Last but not least, congratulations on the purchase of your Japanese TV
A review on the same will be helpful for HFV-ians.
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royalanalog
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Are you saying Samsung uses SHARP's panels in its LED TVs ? Why'd Samsung use SHARP's panels when Samsung owns its own LCD-panel plant ?
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