UV2A LCDs

Considering it's made by Sharp, I doubt we will see it in anything but televisions anytime soon, if at all.
 
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From what I read about this tech. Better viewing angles, 5000:1 contrast ratio, refresh rates in microseconds.
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I have read all the info on these for some time now, but I have been waiting for a couple of reviews to see if it is even competitive. Reports from CES were that it was merely comparable to other LCD TVs.

When I was looking for a panel in stores, Sharp had by far the worse LCDs on the shelf. Poor contrast and terrible viewing angles. This just looks like they may be catching up. I never found anything that leads me to believe there is a real breakthrough here. Response time is in 4ms, again probably catching up. I believe Samsungs top panels have been doing 5000:1 for a while now and I read nothing about superior viewing angles on UV2A.

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Also if you click here:
http://www.hdtvreview.com/Sharp-LC-60LX1-hdtv.html
http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/090929.html

There have been no improvement in the (usually meaningless) viewing angle specs. Sharp claims 176 degrees on old and new sets, samsung claims 178. Samsungs are still pretty bad, but sharp was worse. I expect no change in the pecking order.
 
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Well 5000:1 doesn't exist, cause in reality most panels only block enough light to maybe reach 1000:1. But if this is the case then the tech was just hyped. I'll keep hanging on to my CRT till LCD matches CRT quality or OLED becomes available.

Viewing angles has always been a turn off. I tried a 24" S-IPS 2 years ago and the first thing i noticed was the the sides looked different than the middle and that's the viewing angles.
 
yet another baited CRT/LCD rant thread

regarding the new Sharp thing, I agree with Snowdog, I've never really been impressed with Sharp products, I doubt this will be much different

oh, and OLED is available, just isn't all that cheap
 
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