Sharp Aquos LC-37HV4U 37-Inch HD-Ready Flat-Panel LCD TV
Great product, Smart purchase.
I looked at almost all the mid sized, flat panel TV's from &quot;High End&quot; places to Best Buy and the Sharpe 37&quot; LCD had the best, most consistent picture. The prices varied from $5500.00 in a retail store to $3700.00 on the Internet. I had several reasons for choosing LCD over Plasma. 1) Plasma displays have considerably bigger pixels (even on smaller screen sizes) than LCD making it harder to watch at close distances. 2) Plasma's have the problem of not being able to re-produce &quot;negative black&quot; (-7.5ire). The result is that even an extremely clean live video feed has a kind of &quot;haze&quot; over the picture that simply can't be adjusted out without compromising sharpness, brightness and color intensity. It's just the electronic nature of Plasma. It's especially annoying when watching HDTV movies or broadcasts where clarity and sharpness are so important. After all that's what your paying for, right? LCD screens however are capable of reproducing negative black quite nicely so consequently don't have the &quot;washed&quot; look of plasmas. Plasmas are fine from a distance of say 15' or more but my viewing distance is only about 9 ft so the choice of the Sharpe 37&quot; LCD was clear in that regard.