Corrected 6/20/12
Sharp the maker of LCD panels, copiers, microwaves and other consumer electronics products just broke the consumer HDTV size and price barrier with the New York City debut of its 90-inch HDTV. This giant TV beats all of its competition which currently top out at just 65-inches, it’s also the most expensive, with a retail price of $10,999.99.
The LC-90LE745U is a highly featured television with Full HD 1920 x1080 resolution, Smart TV with movie and TV content from Netflix, CinemaNow, Hulu Plus and Vudu. It is also 3D capable and includes two pair of active 3D glasses.
How It Looked
The LC-90LE745U produced a bright, vivid image. The anti-glare screen is the same found in the LC-80LE632 we reviewed here. Unlike a number of other Sharp Aquos LED TVs, this 90-incher (diagonally measured) does not use a yellow sub-pixel in addition, just the the normal red, blue and green ones found on all other HDTVs.
The LC-90LE745U weighs in without included table stand at 142 lbs. It uses an aluminum screen bezel similar to the ones found in its Elite TV line-up. The depth comes in at about 5-inches.
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Power consumption is rated at 138 watts making it inelegible for the Energy Star certification, which has an arbitrary top of 108 watts. A Sharp executive noted the cost of operation is just $28 a year based upon the Energy Star usage criteria. This HDTV is backlit with 500 white LEDs.
Where Its Sold
Sharp is limiting sales to brick and mortar stores including Best Buy’s Magnolia, PC Richard, Abt Electronics and HH Gregg, and is shipping now.
More Information
Here is a link to the LC-90LE945 press release and Spec Sheet .
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SO IT’S NOT FLAT
MITSUBISHI MAKES A 92 INCHER FOR HALF THE PRICE THE WD92842 REAR PROJECTION !
The information you have on this TV being Quattron is wrong. This TV’s panel does not have a yellow sub-pixel. It uses Sharp’s regular LCD panel. The next generation of this TV will include the Quattron technology.
We have corrected this error. We were given wrong information by a Sharp representative at the press event. Thanks for catching it.
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if you were going to spend ten grand on that instead of a front projection system i dont know for the most part what your thinking.
If you don’t have 30 foot long basement or family room anything else you going to see pixels,i saw it in best buy on bluray and ten grand for the tv.
That’s strange. An MSRP that is higher in the U.S. than in Canada?
It has been selling for $9,999.99 at Best Buy Canada and other Canadian retailers for a few weeks now…but I still can’t afford it.
The price will fall quickly…but I still won’t be able to afford it then, either.
Wooooow to bad I’m broke or else I would buy it ASAP.