Sharp is getting ready to ship a new category of LED LCD HDTVs that it calls Quattron+ (Q+). The technology is very interesting. Q+ displays use four horizontal (red, green, blue and yellow) and and extra row of vertical sub-pixels for every main pixel, thus upping the sub-pixel count to 16.588 million. A regular 1080p-resolution plasma or LCD HDTV, in contrast, consists of 1920 horizontal and 1080 vertical pixels made up of red, blue and green sub-pixels (6.22 million total).
Learn more about Q+ after the break
Along with providing double the vertical resolution of regular HDTVs, Q+ sets accept up to 30 fps Ultra HD signals (3840 x 2160) via HDMI 1.4 . One of the four HDMI inputs is compatible with HDCP 2.2. The Q+ line does not include HEVC (H.265) decoding, however, which means these sets won’t be compatible with forthcoming native 4K Netflix content.
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Dad’s Sharp Aquos LC-46D62U lasted less than 5 years before it had severe banding issues – Sharp technical support was worthless and sent us to a local shop who said they couldn’t fix it and that it was the actual display itself – more expensive to fix than to buy a new TV. Will never recommend a Sharp TV to anyone ever again.
What about Toshiba 2014 line price leaks ?
Sending 18gbps over a 10gbps HDMI designed cable is asking for trouble.
Notice the active Redmere 18gbps cables only can drive 15′ of cable. What about 30, 40, 50 and 60 ft lengths?
So how sharp is this:
No true 4K (shades of JVC)
No HDMI 2.0
No HVEC
To muddy-up the waters even more, Sony is about to introduce a 4K camcorder for $2K.
It uses another new 4K compression format.
Do i need to wait another year to purchase 4K?
Can anyone confirm the Samsung Revolution box upgrade is a cool $600?
Sorry, meant to say “that Sharp claims can deliver…”
That’s the whole point of Quattron Plus: These are 1080p sets that Sharp class can deliver better resolution than other standard 1080p models.
”1080p” Native Resolution??? Shouldn’t be ”4k” Native Resolution???
Any idea on the off axis viewing quality?