Sharp LC-26D4U AQUOS 26-Inch Flat Panel  LCD HDTV
A Beautiful Television - Warning about Firmware
First off... the TV is gorgeous. It looks like it costs a fortune, but really this is a fantastic deal for an HD LCD including tuners. We get a decent range of digital HD broadcast over the air here in SF. The picture using upscaled DVDs over HDMI is also incredible. <br /> <br />A warning about firmware. After 30 minutes of using this out of the box, the set started to turn on and off by itself. Turns out there was new firmware released in April. Our set was manufactured in March even though we bought it in late July.  <br /> <br />This was a major pain. Because of the size of the TV, we had to bring it to a repair shop and have the firmware upgraded. Sharp paid for it under warranty, but who has time to deal with stuff like that?  <br /> <br />The firmware issue is well documented on AVS forums and when you get the upgrade, you will no longer experience these problems, assuming you need it in the first place.  <br /> <br />You can check your firmware versions in the service menu. The current versions are 1.04 and 1.12. Mine shipped with 1.03 and 1.11. To access the service menu on this TV: <br /> <br />- Unplug the TV. <br />- Hold down the Input button and the Volume down button, then plug the TV back in. <br />- The TV will power on with a little \\"K\\" on the left hand side of the screen. <br />- Hit the Channel Down and Volume Down buttons at the same time. <br /> <br /> <br />