Sharp Aquos LC32D43U 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

With screen sizes ranging from 26" to 52", the elegant AQUOS D43U Series easily enhances the decor of any family room, living room, or den. With a true 16:9 aspect ratio, HDTV resolution of 1366 x 768, Sharps Emmy award-winning LCD technology and breathtaking color purity, it is a next-generation TV to carry you into the high-definition future. The D43U Series utilizes Sharps proprietary Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel providing 6000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 6ms response time and wide viewing angles (176°H x 176°V). All models are HDTVs with built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC tuners and include 2 HDMI and HD component video inputs as well as a D-sub, 15-pin input for PC compatibility. The D43U Series features a black cabinet and the included table stand easily removes for wall mounting applications. Optional Wall Mount Brackets are also available: AN-37AG2 (Tilting) for 32" and 37" models, AN-52AG1 (Tilting) for 42", 46" and 52" models and AN-LCGWF (Flat) for 26", 32" and 37" models.

Feature List

• 16:9 ASV LCD Panel from Sharps state-of-the-art Kameyama factory producing 6000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio and 6ms response time.
• True 16:9 wide-screen aspect ratio with 1366 x 768 HDTV resolution.
• Wide Viewing Angles (176°H x 176°W) Sharp's AQUOS viewing angles are so wide, you can view the TV clearly from practically anywhere in the room.
• PC Input conveniently turns your TV into a PC monitor.
• Enhanced Color Filter uses finer points to achieve higher throughput, enabling deeper, more vivid colors and 150% higher contrast ratio.
• High Brightness (450 cd/m2) AQUOS LCD Televisions are very bright.You can put them virtually anywhere even near windows,doors or other light sources and the picture is still vivid.
• Built-in ATSC / QAM / NTSC Tuners provide access to DTV and analog TV channels.*2

Customer Review: Dead Pixel already
Just purchased this unit and have a blown pixel. I don't know if it came out of the box this way or if it just occured after 3 weeks of usage. In anycase, I looked this up on google and it seems to be a not so uncommon problem with some SHARP LCD's. I am a bit frustrated, but atleast the blown pixel is on the bottom right portion of the screen and not dead smack in the middle. I called SHARP customer service and was on hold for about ten minutes. The service rep was pleasant and responsive. She offered me a few options to fix my problem. We documented this problem and will request service if I see more dead pixels appear in the future. All in all, this television is good. Blow pixel seems to be the luck of the draw with LCDs. I also own a SAMSUNG 42inch plasma which I think is excellent.
Customer Review: "B+" LCD HDTV
I also have a Sharp 20 inch LCD HDTV (non-Aquos) which I have enjoyed for 6 months. I would give it an A-. The 20 inch was purchased to replace a 20 inch Sony Trinitron (analog tube TV). I really needed a bigger screen since I typically sit about 8-9 feet away from the screen. This new 32 inch LCD HDTV is just right. However, it seems to be MUCH darker than the 20 inch Sharp. I had to adjust the settings to get the screen where I wanted it. Now I feel the picture is just shy of a Samsung or Sony, but the Sharp price combined with the internal HDTV and QAM tuner pushed me to the Sharp. It is easy to use and the stand is quite strong (no wobbling). Overall I am very happy with my Sharp TVs.

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Matroska is an English word which is derived from the Russian word "matryoshka" which makes reference to an egg shaped doll within a doll, in the case of digital media this would represent media within the form of media which doesn't necessarily make much sense however, it is used to represent the flexibility and capability of this container.

When it comes to video transcoding the word "container" is best suited to describe what Matroska can do, this open-source project was developed in order to handle multiple video tracks which can have an amazingly high bit rate which can be compared to high-definition video and even Blu-ray quality.

The video extension used for Matroska projects is .MKV and audio projects use the .MKA extension which can handle MP3, OGG and Vorbis streams. The Matroska video streams usually carry the H.264 video compression method, it may also use ACC/AC3/DTS for audio streams.

Because of the many video and audio streams this particular container can handle there are not many players which can read and decode this format. Arcos is the brand of one of the first products which was able to read this form of digital media and due to its increasing popularity it is expected that more media players would be able to handle MKV.

This multimedia format is very popular among the anime community because it was originally used to rip video streams from DVDs which had subtitles and different audio tracks, the AVI extension is also heavily used to share such content but the only difference is that AVI extensions need hard coded or external subtitles. When it comes to software, many applications are able to read the format either, this race at the much popular Windows media player can't handle such extensions, in order to solve this problem several video players which can read MKV files have been created, some examples are: the VLC player, the Core, to BS player, media player classic, virtualDub MOD, the Xbox media Center, and many others.

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