Customer Reviews
DON 
2008-07-30
4 years later it breaks and the part needed to repair it will be over $[...]! I called sharp and they say it's 4 years old and I say "It's ONLY 4 years old". I had to ditch it...huge loss. I am really upset at Sharp.
Awesome Television! 
2005-12-12
I love this television. The picture is un-believable and the apperance is very stylish also. It was very easy to hook up and it has multiple inputs for DVD players, digital recievers and your PC. Sharp really has a good product here.
Use 2 Cable Boxes HD AND NTSC for best results 2004-12-29
I am responding to the question from James Tepper
Sharp LC-37HV4U, April 4, 2004
Reviewer: James Tepper (Boonton Township, NJ United States)
Those of you that have purchased a HDTV, regardless of whether a Plasma or a LCD should strongly consider using 2 cable boxes. The first, a regular definition cable box for low def signals (also known as NTSC - broadcast for 95% of all channels) and another HDTV box for the HDTV signals (A.K.A. ATSC).
The difference is very very significant. The problem with viewing a regular definition signal through a HDTV cable box is that the HDTV cable box "up converts" the regular TV signal to a high definition signal. This up covert is being done by a very cheap $200 box, not a high end video processor (AKA "scaler" or Faroudja, etc. which costs at least $5,000).
Low definition signals look very good on your HDTV set through a standard defination box (AKA NTSC). High Def looks extraordinary.
I rented a second box through Cablevision for an extra $5 per month. It's well worth it. The Sony box is the best for low definition. For high def, they only offer the Scientific Atlanta 7200HD which works fine.
PC Mag's 5-star "editor's choice" 2004-11-02
PC Mag ranked this 37" LCD TV an "editor's choice." Their profesional reviewers liked the excellent image quality, the solid build, the styling, the generous number of inputs, and the ease of use. They also gave it 5 stars.
I've spent way too many hours staring at this screen at my local Best Buy, where it's selling for $1000 more than here on Amazon. The 37" size just looks so much BIGGER than my 30" LCD at home. When you watch sports on ESPN, you can see not only the sweat beads, but the reflections in the beads. The 37" size is best when you are 8-10 feet away from the screen. I highly recommend getting an HDI-capable DVD player, too, if you watch a lot of DVDs. (Recommended: Denon DVD-1910 for $250.) The Denon can significantly improve DVD image quality when you use the all-digital DVI connection between the the DVD player and the screen.
Sharp's Aquos line represents the best in LCD TV technology and the company's coming out with better panels as well as larger panels -- a 63" just came out in Japan. Their jaw-dropping image quality and styling make you the envy of your block (unless you live on Sunset Blvd. or next to Bill Gates).
Terrific TV 2004-08-31
This TV was easy and quick to install. It helped of course that it is so light. The picture is absolutely beautiful on HD or DVD sources. Brightness,contrast,colors are all excellent. Has the best HD picture I've seen. I've had the unit for about 7 months now, and I have absolutely no complaints. The side mounted speakers are excellent as well; you don't really need to connect to your sterio if you don't want to.
Highly recommended.
Not to be confused 
2004-08-19
The LC-37HV4U combines the elegance of Aquos Liquid Crystal Television design with a widescreen 37" Advanced Super View LCD panel that is HDTV-compatible (720p) and PC-compatible. The AVC System, a separate box that houses all terminal connections, minimizes clutter around the panel itself, preserving the clean look that is ideal for wall-mounting.
Still one of the best 2004-07-04
This discontinued model was one of the largest LCD TVs when it first came out last year. Now others have surpassed it in size, but Sharp's quality is still the best. The viewing angles are admirable, the colors from DVDs are vibrant and true, and pixelation, although still apparent at times as is with *all* LCD screens (due to liquid crystal response time -- do not believe the "below 16ms" hype from some non-Japanese Asian manufacturers), is quite acceptable. The images displayed on this are just breathtakingly beautiful. Since this model is discontinued, you can find it at bargain prices, or get one of the newer big Aquos LCD monitors.
7 months and still love it! 2004-06-18
I did a bit of research before buying a flat panel tv, and decided to go with LCD because of the reported lifespan (after all, it's still a LOT of cash to put out for the technology)and because LCD doesn't suffer from 'burn-in' like plasma (kids with video games). So, first stop was to Tweeter to see the sets side-by-side. I was completely impressed with the picture quality of the sharp LCD and my opinion has not changed 7 months later. My only complaint is there are not enough HDTV channels. I now find my viewing is almost completely controlled by which broadcasts are in HDTV (I am totally spoiled now). This set is great... now my husband wants them in every room.
Sharp LC-37HV6U 
2004-04-04
We've had our LC37 for about 2 months now. We are driving it with an HDTV cable box and a Sony progressive scan DVD -player. We looked at nearly every available plasma and LCD HDTV before settling on the Sharp which looked much better in the showroom than any of the plasma sets, even those that cost twice as much. However, after getting the set home and playing with it for a couple of months, while there is no doubt that the LC37 knocks the socks off of every conventional (non-HD) TV that I have every seen, it doesn't seem nearly as perfect as all the other reviews that I have seen.
It does have exceptional brightness, clarity, contrast and color. The on-screen menu set-up user interface is obvious and works well. The set is well-made and easy to use.
I have two major complaints, though. The first is that while still or slowly moving scenes of HDTV are spectacular, there is something not-quite-right about scenes involving motion, especially fast motion. I have heard rumors that this is due to the relatively slow refresh rates of LCD displays, but I am not sure if this is in fact the cause of the problem. All I know is that it is annoying, sometimes a lot, sometimes and little.
The second thing that bugs me is that non-HD TV, and some DVDs (even the best DVDs do not come close to HDTV programming in terms of picture quality) do not look so great, no matter how you adjust the monitor. Sometimes there is a display artifact that resembles what happens on a computer LCD monitor when you set the screen resolution to less than the value that the monitor was designed for. Text and some lines get sort of chalky looking as the display logic tries to interpolate down to the reduced resolution. I see something that looks a lot like this on my LC37 on some (but not all) regular low-def channels, especially in the background of scenes shot with a lot of depth of field.
It is possible that some or all of these artifacts are caused by the fact that neither my HDTV cable box nor my DVD player connect to the Sharp through the DVI port. Both are using component video inputs, because that is all that is available. This means that the originallly digital program source is digital to analog converted by each source, then sent to the TV which re-digitizes it. I am curious to know if there is anyone who has this TV and has compared the DVI and component inputs, and if this is the source of the problem.
Addendum 1/19/05: I tried to change the star rating to 5 but I couldn't (bug in Amazon's review entering software I guess). We are extremely happy with this HDTV. I don't know why, but the movement artifact no longer bothers me, or my wife at all. This is by far the best-looking home TV picture I have seen anywhere. I would buy another one in a second.
Dead Pixels Beware 2004-03-03
I bought the unit. I had exchange for three times and dead pixels
occur in the same area of the screen. Now they are refusing to exchange it and giving you a crap of within specs. Very defective
product. If you bought one look closely to your screen. I advise not to buy it. The cost is too much to give a "within specifications" crap of dead pixels.
