Sharp LC40LE700E TV reviews

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Score 8.7/10 Read 152
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Sharp LC40LE700E with 40" Full HD 1080p LED screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.7
Image quality	9.1
Sound quality	6.8
Design	8.5
Value for money	8.9
Overall rating	8.7

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Chris, Saffron Walden Occasional TV watcher

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Connectivity. It has sockets for everything on the back which meant we don't have to throw away the old VHS player just yet, or upgrade the DVD player yet.
I have yet to try out most of the functionality of the TV, but it does the simply thing well, I'm happy with my purchase.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 30 Dec 2010

steve, woking Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: picture quality good , bright colours. a lot of people complained about the sound quality ,but i have no real issues with it ...its clear and i can here it fine .design is plain which to me is a good thing. for the price this is a bargin led tv .
Bad points:: small amount of motion blur .

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 May 2010

Andy, Portsmouth Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Fantastic picture
Bad points:: Poor sound quality (External system recommended)

Unable to expand 4:3 into a wide/cinema size

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Mar 2010

Mick, Hampshire Film and documentary lover

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Nice design, good grey scale, deep blacks and vibrant colour
Bad points:: Takes a bit of time and understanding to set up the colour balance to acheive very good results.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Mar 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Aquos picture quality is excellent
Bad points:: Response to channel change is a bit slow
It would have been nice to be able to access programme scheduling information while still being able to hear the channel being watched and see at least some of the picture

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 May 2010

Tracey, Ashford Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: fantastic tv. crystal clear picture. everyone that comes into the room comments on it. sleek modern look and easy to use.
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Feb 2010

Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: TV completely silent when switched on, apart from the normal TV programme sound of course, which is great (no extraneous noise)
Eco settings available so you save on energy. Clear picture on normal TV and HD when I have it is great.
Plenty of HDMI slots (4 I think)
Bad points:: If sound is really important to you, you might want to get some separate speakers but the speakers are fine on the TV and they do for me.
Very rarely I switch the standby button to switch TV on and it sticks and the TV doesn't come on straight away. I wait a few seconds and switch it on again and it works - only has happened maybe a handful of times.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Jan 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	40
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LED
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	4
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	4

Type of LED screen	Edge-lit
LED-backlit screens can either be ‘edge-lit’ or ‘local dimming’. Local dimming means that diodes in different areas of the screen can be independently switched on and off, allowing better contrast and black levels. Edge-lit screens lack the deep blacks and extreme contrast of local dimming, but can be even thinner.
Screen aspect ratio	16:09
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	2000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	176
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	450
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	No
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	16.2

Release date	2009/10/13
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sharp LC40LE700, Sharp LC 40LE700E, Sharp Aquos LC-40LE700E

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Manufacturer's Description

Sharp Full Screen LED backlight TVs have hundreds of LEDs arranged in rows to cover the entire screen, from corner to corner. The colours are brighter and more vibrant whilst the blacks are deeper resulting in more fine details in darker pictures. The new X-GEN panel with its wider pixel aperture design allows for visually brighter images whilst the Brilliant Colour Processor helps the precise expression of colours. The LE700 range also feature 100Hz technology and a high-speed 4 millisecond response rate to reduce blur and recreate natural flowing images. Complete with USB input for JPEG or MP3 playback and 4 HDMI inputs for easy multimedia connectivity.

All this is contained within an environmentally conscious design with an ECO button, Low Power Consumption, Mercury free and an intelligent ECO Picture Control built in.

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