Sharp Aquos LC-20B8US 20'' HD-Ready LCD Flat Panel TV

Sharp Aquos LC-20B8US 20'' HD-Ready LCD Flat Panel TV

Product Description
Product Description
The AQUOS LC-20B8U-S is less than 4" deep with an elegant design and features HDTV compatibility and PC compatibility. With Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View LCD panel, the LC-20B8U-S delivers superior picture quality. In addition to a 500:1 contrast ratio and 480 cd/m2 high brightness, it is truly "TV where you want it," for any room in the house!

Product Description:
AQUOS LC-20B8U-S is less than 4" deep (without its tablr stand) with an elegant design and features HDTV compatibility and PC compatibility. With Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View LCD panel, the LC-20B8U-S delivers superior picture quality. In addition to a 500:1 contrast ratio and 480 cd/m2 high brightness, it is truly "TV where you want it," for any room in the house! It comes with an analog NTSC TV tuner but can display HDTV when purchasing a separate optional HDTV tuner or connecting to available HD Digital-CableTV service in your area. 60,000-Hour Lamp Life - Sharps LCD backlight life is long enough to give you viewing pleasure for many years and its replaceable Up to 500 - 1 Contrast Ratio provides incredible images whether youre watching dark or bright scenes Panel Type - 20 Active Matrix (a-si TFT) LCD with 4 - 3 Aspect Ratio Pixel Resolution - XGA (H 1024 x RGB x V 768) maximum resolution Video System - NTSC Brightness - Up to 480 cd/m2 Lamp Life - 60,000 hours (may vary under certain conditions) Audio System - 2.1W + 2.1W through sidemount speakers. For true Dolby Digital Surround, we recommend connection to a home-theater sound system HD Component Input - Y/PB/PR x 2 / PC Input - Analog RGB x 1 / S-Video Input - 4-pin DIN x 1 / Composite Video Input - RCA x 2 Cabinet Color - Silver Top and Bottom with Black Side Speakers Table Stand - Included May be mounted on wall with optional wall bracket (not included) Complies with ENERGYSTAR for efficient power consumption Dimensions (w x h x d) - 25 1/8 x 17 29/64 x 9 17/32 (with stand); 25 1/8 x 15 21/64 x 3 5/8 (without stand) / Weight 19.4 lbs. (with stand); 15.5 lbs. (without stand

Sharp Aquos LC-20B8US 20" HD-Ready LCD Flat Panel TV
Average customer rating:

Great little HDTV

Picture great, sound mediocre, backlight flicker at lower brigthness

Poor quality, poor service

Good TV set

sound quality : not the best

Sharp Aquos LC-20B8US 20" HD-Ready LCD Flat Panel TV

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Product Features:

Capable of displaying High Definition TV (HDTV) resolution with separately sold DTV decoder

4:3 aspect ratio; 170-degree viewing angles

60,000-hour lamp life

500:1 contrast ratio

Table stand included

ASIN: B0009L4H90

Product Description

AQUOS LC-20B8U-S is less than 4" deep (without its tablr stand) with an elegant design and features HDTV compatibility and PC compatibility. With Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View LCD panel, the LC-20B8U-S delivers superior picture quality. In addition to a 500:1 contrast ratio and 480 cd/m2 high brightness, it is truly "TV where you want it," for any room in the house! It comes with an analog NTSC TV tuner but can display HDTV when purchasing a separate optional HDTV tuner or connecting to available HD Digital-CableTV service in your area. 60,000-Hour Lamp Life - Sharps LCD backlight life is long enough to give you viewing pleasure for many years and its replaceable Up to 500 - 1 Contrast Ratio provides incredible images whether youre watching dark or bright scenes Panel Type - 20 Active Matrix (a-si TFT) LCD with 4 - 3 Aspect Ratio Pixel Resolution - XGA (H 1024 x RGB x V 768) maximum resolution Video System - NTSC Brightness - Up to 480 cd/m2 Lamp Life - 60,000 hours (may vary under certain conditions) Audio System - 2.1W + 2.1W through sidemount speakers. For true Dolby Digital Surround, we recommend connection to a home-theater sound system HD Component Input - Y/PB/PR x 2 / PC Input - Analog RGB x 1 / S-Video Input - 4-pin DIN x 1 / Composite Video Input - RCA x 2 Cabinet Color - Silver Top and Bottom with Black Side Speakers Table Stand - Included May be mounted on wall with optional wall bracket (not included) Complies with ENERGYSTAR for efficient power consumption Dimensions (w x h x d) - 25 1/8 x 17 29/64 x 9 17/32 (with stand); 25 1/8 x 15 21/64 x 3 5/8 (without stand) / Weight 19.4 lbs. (with stand); 15.5 lbs. (without stand

Customer Reviews:

Great little HDTV.......2007-05-15

This is a wonderful little set. I was leary of getting a factory refurbished set, but it's running great after several months and no problems at all. The non-HD channels come in a bit blurry in comparison, but that's to be expected. There are so many HD channels now--including all my favorite shows--so I am really enjoying it. The speakers are really nice, too. I have an efficiency condo so the small size and compact speakers included are perfect.

Picture great, sound mediocre, backlight flicker at lower brigthness.......2007-01-12

I have had my Aquos for one week and agree that color, white balance and sharpness with standard cable is great. (I never realized how far off the white balance was on my old Sony Trinitron until I compared it side by side with the new Sharp).
Sound is a problem though, and it's not just because the speakers are small. Even when using external speakers or feeding the sound from the TV to my stereo, the TV's pre amp tends to boost the very high frequencies way up even with the treble adjustment on the TV turned all the way down. This defect in the sound reproduction is bad enough to make the TV fatiguing to listen to after a while. My workaround is to use my Sony VCR as the tuner and sound source, use the Sharp as a picture only "monitor" and use my stereo for the sound amplification. Only problem is I now have to fuss with 3 remotes!
And as far using the Sharp as a PC monitor (it does support XGA resolution) sharpness is good after tweaking the "phase" setting, and lowering the Red and Blue signal setting were needed to get good white balance. But the biggest issue using the TV as a PC monitor is backlight flicker. With the backlight turned all the way up there is no noticeable flicker, but at a setting of 6 or below (1= darkest, 15= brightest) flicker starts to become noticeable when viewing anything with a light uniform background (like a text window). Therefore I could not recommend this as a primary PC monitor but perhaps as a secondary monitor for viewing pictures or videos. The flicker is there in TV mode, too, but it is not noticeable because typically you would turn up the backlight higher when watching TV as compared to using it as a desktop monitor.

Poor quality, poor service.......2006-09-30

I bought a sharp lcd tv from j& r in new york last Jan, after a year and half, when powering on the tv, sometimes works, sometimes not. after unplug in, wait for a while and plug back, worked for a couple months. Send it to service center to checkup, was told that the lcd control board needs to be replaced. when request to get back the replaced lcd control board, was told that sharp does not give back the replaced board, it has to be shipped back, otherwise, you have to pay additional fee to get back the replaced board.. it's rather strange to hear such a lousy policy from any vendor..

But, if you do want to get a sharp, better get a long long warranty, it would help down the road.

Good TV set.......2006-04-30

This is my first LCD TV so you might take my opinions with a grain of salt. It has a very bright display with rich, saturated colors. I am very pleased with the picture quality, even though I don't have an HDTV setup. I have it in my bedroom so the size, while not huge, is appropriate for the room. I deliberatly chose the 4:3 aspect ratio because I am fond of watching old movie serials and old TV DVD's and it is perfect for that. Otherwise I might have gone for a widescreen. Should I ever be in the market for a larger screen TV, Sharp would be at the top of my list of considerations.
Edit: Now that some time has elapsed, I have found one thing about this TV which I find particularly annoying, and that is the Closed Captions. You cannot turn them off and keep them off. That is, when you select OFF for the closed captions it might stay off for a little while. Then if you change the channel the things are back on again making it necessary to go back to the menu and turn them off all over again. Except sometimes it still is off but the CC's are on anyway. I use the mute button because I don't want to hear commercials and I don't want to read on screen the dialogue either. But I can't get rid of the closed captions. I was watching some of the World Cup on a Spanish station and I muted the audio because I cannot speak Spanish, but here come the closed captions pasted right on the screen in Spanish!! I find this so annoying that I changed my mind about buying another Sharp TV set. I don't care how nice the picture is. My mother has a new Panasonic TV and never has problems with the closed captions.

sound quality : not the best .......2006-04-30

just bought this tv. I should have spend a little more for the panasonic or sony .I shopped this tv every where . Best place to buy circiut city $526.00 . new in box .You have to ask for this t.v Not on display I don't why they do that , maybe to get the internet shoppers in the store .

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