Guest srobak Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Any of you Aquos fans need to get your butts to the store right now and buy your last Aquos before the price goes through the roof and then they vanish. HiSense has pulled an Audiovox - and just purchased Sharp NA operations. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hisenses-major-expansion-acquiring-sharp-america-300121799.html http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheaternewsandtrends/fl/Hisense-Now-Has-Sharp-Assets-and-Brand-Name-Rights-For-US-Market.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I used to be a loyal Sony customer, owning at least 4 of their top of the line XBR's. Last year I purchased my 1st Aquos Q+ and I can say the PQ with the Sharp, is better than any of the Sony XBR's. Interesting to see how this shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 They bought the whole factory for $23 million? If this is accurate it easily explains why prodcuts cannot be built in the US. A nice decent sized office building is $23M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Last year I purchased my 1st Aquos Q+ and I can say the PQ with the Sharp, is better than any of the Sony XBR's. Good luck on that. Had to replace the main board in a 60" Aquos Sharp LED TV that was only 2 years old and just out of warranty. Wish I could afford the XBRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wipster Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Heck, if I would have known they were only asking $23 million, I'd have bought the damn plant! I'm sure I've got that much left on my credit cards... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Let me get this straight; Sharp America, a Japanese company which makes TV's in Mexico, has being bought out by Hisense, from China, so they can sell Hisense TV's with the Sharp name on them in America built in Mexico? I've heard Hisense has a good picture but lousy sound. Is reliability any good? Edited July 31, 2015 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdave Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 IMO, I love my LG's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 My two 32" 1080P Sharps have had red splotches with a pure white screen since day one and haven't changed. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K5SS Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Went from Sharp to Sony and have never looked back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBPK402 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 When we bought our LG last week... We were also looking at the Sharp, and we noticed the picture was not as sharp on the Sharp as the other brands. I asked the salesperson, and they said that the most recent ones they have been getting were all that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhetor Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Just another reason for me to hang onto my Pioneer and Panasonic plasmas as long as possible! Amazing PQ on them! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv_sum_Horns Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 My Panasonic 50" plasma is 7 years old. It will be a sad day when it goes. Guess my second favorite are IPS screens. LG's are stupid easy to calibrate and make good all around monitors. And they are a heck of a lot lighter than the panny at 130 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Our 60 inch Aquos has been a real trooper. It is on about 18 hours a day and is 4 years old. Great picture too. It will be interesting to see the developments to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv_sum_Horns Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 On the bright side, I picked up a Hisense 7" tablet that runs android whatever. Build quality seems very good and I have had no issues with it. Haven't really found a use for it yet though. Sometimes these things turn out alright. When they pick up and move the current production facilities, thats your first clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) only Sony's for me Edited August 3, 2015 by Budman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic_surfer Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 As a sharp fan boy this saddens me a little. My first flat panel was a sharp aquos back in 2008. It is still running to this day and last year I added a 70" q+. I need to get some 3d glasses for it. Well it looks like samsung will get all my future business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1UC Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 All Sony here now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Last year I purchased my 1st Aquos Q+ and I can say the PQ with the Sharp, is better than any of the Sony XBR's. Good luck on that. Had to replace the main board in a 60" Aquos Sharp LED TV that was only 2 years old and just out of warranty. Wish I could afford the XBRs. I paid over double for my my last XBR (almost triple)... as I did for my current Sharp Aquos Q+. My Sharp has a better PQ without question. I wouldn't hesitate to grab another or recommend one. When we bought our LG last week... We were also looking at the Sharp, and we noticed the picture was not as sharp on the Sharp as the other brands. I asked the salesperson, and they said that the most recent ones they have been getting were all that way. Of note; Sharp makes almost a dozen versions of the Aquos... from the entry level "LE" .... up to the top of the line "UQ" (with multiple versions of the EQ & SQ that fall in the middle of the Aquos line). There are even 5 versions of the top of the line Q+. Hard to tell which version you actually viewed, but both the UQ & SQ (Q+) models are excellent. Even harder to tell how the store model was calibrated, or if it was just taken outta' the box & put on the shelf as is with blown out, washed out picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic_surfer Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I started looking around and it appears the 3d glasses I will need (an-3dg40) is very hard to come by. Anyone know of any 3rd party glasses thatare compatible? From what I understand the g40 is a blue tooth pair of glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) I started looking around and it appears the 3d glasses I will need (an-3dg40) is very hard to come by. Anyone know of any 3rd party glasses thatare compatible? From what I understand the g40 is a blue tooth pair of glasses. Wow, thanks for the heads up! I wasn't aware the AN3DG40 glasses were discontinued. A quick search shows a real limited availability for OEM models & at almost double the original price I paid just last year. Not sure on alternative 3rd party options & how well they perform. I have 4 original pairs & the 3D with the Q+ is excellent. I'll try & source a couple of back-up glasses for the future (before they disappear). EDIT: just found some BNIB on eBay for the OEM price of $35, these probably won't last long. Edited August 4, 2015 by Nismo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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