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When it comes to LCD televisions, the Sharp LC40LE821E is above the curve. The televisions sleek design, rounded corners, and the glass finishing trim make the model visually attractive to those concerned with style and grace when furnishing a room. Besides style, the Sharp Quattron LC-40LE821E ventures beyond plain functionality with Quad Pixel technology, adding a fourth colour to the normal RGB (Red Green Blue) mix. Although Quad Pixel technology has created a slight backlighting issue at the edges of the picture, the added yellow has given the televisions picture an increased brightness and highly sharp look; the backlighting problem is hardly noticeable.
The Sharp LC-40LE821E boasts a ton of features: 1920 by 1080 resolution on a forty inch screen, a Nicam sound system, Freeview High Definition, Quad Pixel technology of course, four HDMI sockets along with several other inputs, and a digital tuner. Because of the added fourth colour, the colour range is greater than conventional RGB television models by a thousand percent. Harsh picture gradation and inaccurate picture colors have all been almost eradicated by the Quad Pixel technology.
The Sharp Quattron LC40LE821Es onscreen menu feature is both bold and impressive. When one begins to navigate through the menu functions, the picture on the screen becomes a bit smaller. However, the menu floats around the picture, allowing the user to continue to watch TV as he or she is using the menu system. This feature comes in quite handy, for example, when the person browsing the menu system is not the only viewer in the room, or viewer wants to set a recording time for another show, yet not miss any of the current programming.
Because the roll out of Freeview HD programming is currently underway in the UK, if the Freeview HD programming is available in your specific area, the Sharp LC40LE821E lets you pull in the HD through the aerial antenna. The Sharp LC-40LE821E also has the added bonus of an internal 8 Gigabyte hard drive. That menu feature allows one to record right to the hard drive for later viewing, though 8 Gigs holds only about forty-five minutes of high definition video. As opposed to HD storage capacity, the hard drive is capable of storing approximately two and half hours of standard definition recorded television.
LCD televisions made by Sharp have not in the recent past been known for excellent SD picture quality. Across all brand names, LCD television technology has made great strides today in being able to produce an excellent SD picture. And the LC-40LE821E is Sharps answer to an unstable SD picture. Because of the added sub-colour, Quad Pixel technology has effectively eliminated noisy SD picture quality.
The Sharp LC40LE821E is an excellent television buy. In general, LCD TVs have issues rendering darker filmed scenes, but the Quad Pixel technology has solved this problem, and the TVs elegant look gives the buyer an outstanding television watching experience. When tested and viewed along side other name brand TV models, the Sharp LC40LE821E is on the top.
