Sharp LC-42SD1E

My Panasonic Plasma 42" had developed a fault thus I was supplied with this Sharp model brand new out of the box. If I had bought this as a replacement and paid the sort of money (£1000 plus) I would have been very disappointed; not a happy bunny at all. Some of the differences might be attributable to the LCD versus Plasma debate and I would say, for this size of screen, Plasma wins hands down. This set just didn't have what it takes; colour, definition, contrast whatever it was a long way below par compared to the fantastic Panasonic. OK, my ecperience of this TV was a short one of about 2 weeks while the Panasonic was being repaired but the only good ...  Read the complete review

I have owned a SHARP LC-42SD!E for just under 2 YEARS, costing£899. My first fault was at 13 months when there appeared a green hue around all the subject matters, after phoneing SHARP UK direct and wading through the phone lines i finally spoke to an engineer who informed me it was a software problem and needed to be updated, costing £150, i was livid and after MANY arguements with them finally got them to repair on a goodwill policy. The engineer turned up connected it to his laptop and did a soft repair, also confirming i was exteremly lucky to get a goodwill repair. Within 2 months at startup the tv would start to flicker and would need to be turned off ...  Read the complete review