Sharp LC-42DH77E Reviews: Aquos, 42" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

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Score: 8.5/10

84 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This television has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on sound quality. “Being able to power off instead of leaving in stand-by.” Wayne, Norwich View all 84 real customer reviews

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84 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
89% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (83)
Design9.0
Ease of use8.7
Image quality8.6
Sound quality7.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.9
Overall rating8.5
Multi-purpose viewer (21)
Film and documentary lover (6)
Occasional TV watcher (5)
Sports and games fan (4)
High spec fanatic (2)
Other (45)
 

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Score 10.0/10

Wayne, Norwich

+ Being able to power off instead of leaving in stand-by.

- Reviewer left no comment

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Ambrose, Colyford , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ The Auto set up was easy, the technical info in the manual well put together.

- The need to select the "input" channel to select a Blue Ray Player

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ picture and looks

- sound quaulity sounds like a very cheap stereo

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent performance for price point.

- Screen takes a lot of setting up to get the best picture, although they all might be like that, its my first LCD TV.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

andre, hartlepool

+ after look to buy a new tv for three months. and looking through loads of reviews. and tv specs. i bought this tv. the pictures amazing the sound quality is good. set up easy. looks great mounted on the wall.

- none

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

DAVID, TAMWORTH , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ An all round excellent television. Very easy to install and set up and comes with a remote handset that you dont need a degree in nuclear fission to work. A very attractive set with electronic programme guide further adding to the excellent value for money.

- None

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

sue, manchester

+ really nice design, high polish finish, the picture is excellent over all very pleased with it.

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

caroline, watford

+ excellent picture quality and sound

- none

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Craig, Droitwich , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Beautiful design, great picture with lots of clarity and crystal clear images and colours all for a very competitive price. Something of this size and this range of options costs at least 30% more from other manufacturers.

- Not convinced by how fast the screen refreshes. Some motion blur and odd effects when things move quickly across the screen. To be honest, I can't tell if this is me not knowing how to set the TV up properly (in which case the instructions aren't clear!) or it just doesn't refresh at the high rate it claims to, which I'm sure can't be the case either. So, great picture most of the time but not great all of the time. Good enough for me, to be fair.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Rajendra, Hayes

+ It's easy use, picture quality is good and its good value for money.

- The sound quality is poor as you have to put volume setting very high to get sound

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

GORDON, BRISTOL ENGLAND

+ electronic programme guide excellent fills up the full screen easy to see and read

- chrome piece at bottom of screen but not important

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

David, Cornwall , “Occasional TV watcher” More like this »

+ Easy set up including links to old recorders etc. Simple and up and running in minutes. Great picture and sound and for everyday TV great buy.

- Some of the instructions for special adjustments/features written in gobledeegook. Still cannot get photos to show from a USB. Some of the menus need a degree in 'Sharpology' to understand but if you just want to watch TV you do not need them. Attracts dust to high gloss finishes and seems impossible to clean screen without smearing. Needs a good antistatic cleaner but have not found one yet.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Good looking, good value for money, easy to set up.

- Shadowing on picture images in some programmes, but I think this will improve as digital transmission improves.

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Ipswich

+ Really good quality picture, HD is incredible

- Souns could be better

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ A good product with excellent picture/sound quality

- Takes a while to switch on first thing in the morning!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Rosemary, Mold.North Wales

+ Does everything it say's on the box,an excellent buy.

- The picture is a bit slow coming onto the screen when you switch on.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

patrick, cranwell lincolnshire

+ all the connections on the back and side are easy to acsess

- the screen smiers easily when trying to clean it

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

Peter, Barrow in Furness , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Sharp TV's were recommended to me by a friend in the business, ans the one we purchased is very good and everything I was told to expect.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Overall excellent value for money,has a similar performance as sets twice the price,sound and picture quality way above average

- Have not found any yet!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

Kassim, Leeds, United Kingdom , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Picture and sound quality

- Over-riding default settings. I amstill struggling to permanently set the screen size to full.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Ian, Bridlington,East yorkshire

+ Very Sleek design and was eay to set up as well as having a eco award for its energy saving device. Has a Aquos surround sound system which is compatable with the Samsung HT-Z220. Xbox plays fantastic on this system

- Poor sound quality but this is overcome with a samsung HT-Z220 surround sound system.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

theresa, glasgow

+ its good if you leave it on and you can have the sleep timer on and if you dont touch it it switches off after three hours to save power

- my tv broke down after three weeks and the enginer cant fix it it has to go back and get a new one

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Allan, Bedford

+ really good picure quality

- takes too long to warm up when first switched on

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Owen, Clacton-on-sea , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ It's good looking,much lighter than it's predecessor, comes with 100 hertz, user friendly and superb HD picture
quality. Also ample connections and easily accessible.

- Poor sound quality!!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Mar 2009

Score 2.0/10

john, walsall , “Occasional TV watcher” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The picture is extremely dark whatever I do with the settings whenever it is showing indoor events the picture is fine on outdoor events where there is plenty of light.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

David, Cardiff , “Occasional TV watcher” More like this »

+ Design and stability of stand

- Very "thin" sound quality to integral speakers
Remote too small and unclear

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

tajul, UK , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ Overall, its a great product

- soind isn't that great, had diffculties to find the right wall mount

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

Joe , London , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Good Value

- Sound not great

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Excellent design and picture quality

- The sound

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Andrew George, Warrington

+ great high definition picture and sound

- notice motion blurr in background when camera is panning and people are moving next to image..Digital
transmission does not transmit every frame and only sends parts of image thats changing..Noticable more on
ordinary transmission than HD.

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purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Warrington , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Picture quality is very good and seems to improve with use.
The set is very well designed and certainly looks the part, the menu's are well laid out and are easy to navigate and the remote is easy to use.
Overall quite pleased with this purchase and at very competetive price too.

- The sound quality although clear lacks bass and is a bit tinny, but sorted that with a 2.1 speaker system.
Has gone out of sync on a few occasions especially when using headphones, but that could just be a minor teething problem.

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purchased 30 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Rav, Bristol

+ Excellent quality , and brilliant design

- Weak LCD screen

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purchased 09 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Melvyn, Sheffiled , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ HD compatible at a reasonable price

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 01 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ everything, good with fast moving images.

- needs a surround system for really good audio.

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purchased 26 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Chris, Southampton

+ Easy to set up.Detailed manual.Slim line design which fits into corner of lounge but would equally be fine installed on a wall.

- Dust a factor but this is common for all such tvs.
Colour not as good as Panasonic but overall great value.
Slight delay on channel changes compared to our old tv.

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purchased 13 Mar 2009

Score 7.0/10

Andy, Halesowen, West Mids

+ Design

- Picture disappeared and set turned off (through overheating?) - although not particularly hot in room
Image quality poor when moving people on screen

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purchased 04 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Scott, East Malling

+ Awesome product that works well with my current set up. The picture is so good that i have to check whether i am watching HD or not!!!

- Built in speakers are a bit naff. But its not a concern for me as i have linked it in with my AV Amp.

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Russ, Worcs , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ Excellent picture quality (finally able to appreciate my ps3 properly). Sound quality ok but with a big tv you've gotta have home cinema too so not an issue for me. Loads of ports to connect everything easily. Looked around for ages finally bit the bullet and ordered the sharp tv, great purchase recommended to friends and family already before it sells out!

- None, just buy it!

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Found this to be a very good TV at a competative price

- None, I have read the sound quality is suppose to be poor but I use an AV amp so the speakers on the TV are turned off.

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Kenneth, Huntingdon , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ lots of ways of using it
very clear picture
clever feature for allowing for ambient light

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Derek, Livingston , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Fantastic pictues on HD and very easy to setup and use

- Not found any yet ;-)

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Steve, Manchester , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Easy to set up and install

- none

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

John, Bristol , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ easy to set up if you have already used Sharp TV products.
Very nice stylling - screen has a very slim border around it so you are mainly looking at the screen and not a big black frame.
It swivels a little bit so you can get the best viewing angle.
HD picture using HDMI is stunning.
Great price for this set from Sharp Affinity scheme.
Excellent 5 year warranty on big TVs.

- speakers aren't great. Needs a bit more bass and not very clear if you use low volume levels.
SD picture is not as good as I thought it would be from reading reviews (although it is pretty good).
AV settings need to be tweaked a bit, especially "optimum picture control" which adjusts screen brightness according to ambient lighting. Ended up switching it off.

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purchased 18 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Ajay, Reading

+ Has everything you need

- Just lacks random multimedia things you may get on other TV's e.g. Internet on TV, USB Movie Player
The TV sound is not the best compared to some other tv's out there,

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Colin, Wishaw, Scotland

+ Easy set up

- None

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

David, Liverpool

+ easy to us and good picture

- none yet

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purchased 21 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Steve, Bramley, Hants , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Top notch t.v

- none

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Phil, Consett , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ Excellent value for money .£599 at 1.11.09 .
Very easy set up .

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 22 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Malcolm, Rugby

+ Superb picture and quality .
Nice design.

- Disappointed with the product until I had help in setting it up correctly , then very satisfied .

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purchased 17 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Raymond, GLOUCESTER , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Quality of picture

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

gary, london , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ great picture

- sound quality could be better

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purchased 19 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Allan, Airdrie

+ claity sound presentaton and price

- instructions and guides hard to understand.

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purchased 27 Oct 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ the tv has a good picture,is easy to set up,

- the picture does not tune in with the sound,its like watching a bad film,

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Stu, Buckinghamshire

+ Good tv at a great price.

- The sound from the tv is rubbish - very tinny and disappointing. I've ended buying an amp and surround speakers so I don't have to hear the onboard speakers.

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Apr 2009

alan, swadlincote , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ easy to assemble and easy to set up looks great picture quality is fantastic love the aqous link

- Reviewer left no comment

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 3.0/10

D , se london , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- very disapointed in picture not happy at all

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0 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jun 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 42
Type of Screen LCD
HD TV Full HD 1080p
Freeview or Freesat Tuner Freeview
Built-in Disc Player No
HDMI Interface 3
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Frequency (Hz) 100
Contrast Ratio (X:1) 50000
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1080p
Response Time in ms 4
Reflection Angle 176
Screen Format 16:9
Brightness in Candela per square metre 450
PC Interface Yes
USB Port Yes
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Yes
Picture in Picture (PIP) No
Energy Savings Trust Feature Yes
Weight (kg) 16
Height in mm 658.9
Width in mm 1019.4
Depth in mm 103.3
Freeview Yes
FreeSat Tuner No
Sound System ST Omni Surround
Colour Black

Also known as: Sharp LC42DH77E, Sharp LC 42DH77E

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