Sharp LC46D85U Exactly what I've been waiting for !!

I have been using this set intensely for about five days now hooked up to a SONY PS3 via HDMI and I am completely in love with it! I cross-shopped this Aquos against the SONY Bravia and Samsungs for a LONG time and concluded this to be equal, or superior, in picture quality.

Pros:
- The picture is incredible!
- 1080p + 120Hz for a great price!
- Lots of inputs (5x HDMI+ others (Component, A/V, S-VHS))
- The remote has some back-lit buttons (channel, volume, menu, input-select, etc.) and can control devices by other brands (quite common these days).
- Some other reviews have complained about the speakers. I am quite a snob myself when it comes to watching movies, and like to have the BOSE up LOUD, but I watched X-Men III, LoTR RoTK, and Cars with no extra speakers hooked up and I never felt like I was missing out. There is no significant bass, of course, but vocals and music were very crisp and clear, and the "Surround" feature works quite well to expand the sound field and fill a small room. It was loud enough that my daughter asked me to turn it down, but was not breaking-up or cracking at all.

Cons:
- It seems to take a little while to change channels. This may be the nature of these TVs, I don't know, it just seems a lot slower than my old CRT.
- There is no Picture-In-Picture on this model. I liked being able to kill time on a game while keeping an eye on a show in the corner of my screen so I knew when it was back from commercial.
- The only audio outs are RCA L&R or an Optical (TOSLink) jack. My old BOSE LS-50 only has a Coax Digital in, so I needed to grab an Optical-to-Coax converter for $22 bucks.

No biggies, all-in-all. This is pretty much considered to be a "Value Panel" (by industry standards). If they have to skimp on something I would rather that it be seldom-used features, rather than quality or reliability.

I waited for the industry to settle on "1080p" and was ready to buy, then the 120Hz refresh rate came out and I was wowed. I know that LED backlit panels are on the way, and OLED (if they can get the prices down and the blues to last longer) are shortly after that, but I do not know of any other technologies "around the corner" which will make this TV obsolete anytime soon. I feel badly for the people who bought 720p sets and cannot appreciate the full experience of Blu-Ray or HD Games, it is quite breathtaking! ~Daneshep