Sharp LC-46D82U 46" HDTV LED TV

I purchased this TV in July 2008 for about $1,200, which was well below what it was going for at Best Buy or Circuit City at the time. I have been extremely pleased with this TV, as it is hands-down my favorite of the 3 Flat-Panel LCD HDTVs I have purchased. Here are some of the reasons I love it:

1. There are 3 HDMI imputs on this TV, which allow you to hook up an HD source, such as a Digital Cable Box, PS3, or Blueray playe using only 1 cable.
2. The picture quality on this set is amazing. Most programs are broadcasted in 720P, which is decodable by most HD sets, but more programs are beginning to broadcast in 1080P, which makes 720P resolution look like standard definition programming in comparison.
If you do not watch Blueray discs however, you may want to consider a 720P set instead, because most programming is not 1080P.
3. the 120HZ and 4ms refresh rate make this TV great for watching sports and fast moving programs. The first LCD HDTV I purchased looked great until something would move quickly across the screen. When that happened, I would get a comet-like "ghosting" image. LCD TV's are known to have this issue, but Sharp seems to have solved that.
4. The Blacks are Black! Another gripe over LCD TV's is that they cannot create as rich a black color as plasma screens. Sharp comes close to solving this issue as well. The darks look very rich on this screen, and rarely "melt together" as they do on other LCD screens.
5. The remote and on-screen-display is easy to navigate, and very complete. There are a lot of Bells and Whistles that are adjustable on this television, from adjusting the decorative Blue LED Light, to deciding to name your inputs, to adjusting the feature that detects how much light is in your room and automatically adjusting the brightness of  the set to match.

A Few Drawbacks:
1. Instead of ghosting on fast motion, I see horizontal banding, which looks like little lines going across the screen. I find this much more tolerable than ghosting, and you really don't notice it unless you're looking for it, but I'd be lying if I said the image is perfect.
2. I was disappointed in the audio features. The attached sound bar is fine for regular TV watching, so if you are getting this for a room where less is more, don't worry. If you want to truly enjoy your movie or gaming experience, you need to hook this up to a digital surround system. The difference is huge, and even those of us who do not consider ourselves "audiophiles" would notice a big difference.
3. Audio Hook-ups: When I first set up my television, I ran everything to my set via HDMI cables, and then ran a single optical cable to my digital receiver. My receiver was able to produce sound just fine, however it was only decoding in Dolby Pro-Logic, not the 5.1 digital I had expected. I played with the settings of both the TV and the receiver for a while, but could not find anything that would effectively change this. I read on-line that some other owners had some similar issues. I don't know if my TV and receiver have some incompatibility issues or if it is a decoding problem with my particular TV. I solved the issue by running audio through my receiver and only video through my TV. This gets me the sound I want, but in order to hear ANY audio, I need to have the receiver on.
4. There is no VGA input, so if you are planning on hooking up your computer, my advice would be to get a video card with a DVI output, and then use a DVI to HDMI conversion cable and plug it into one of the HDMI ports on the TV. I tried this and it worked fine...just remember that you would need to run separate audio cables to your TV/Receiver because your PC video card won't produce audio.

All in all this is a great TV, and I would recommend it to anyone who is considering purchasing a large screen. The only companies I could see that matched to picture quality of the Sharp were Samsung and Sony. All three have their pros and cons, so choose the one that suits your needs best!

All in all, I am not disappointed