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Sharp releases slew of new Quattron TVs at IFA 2010
Just in case those George Takei commercials didn't clue you in that Sharp was serious about Quattron, the company has announced four new TV lines at IFA sporting yellow as a fourth subpixel color. At the top of the list, the Quattron 3D-enabled LE925 line will be available in 60-inch or 46-inch sizes and feature Sharp's proprietary high-speed FRED LCD signal processing technology along with side-mounted scanning LED backlighting -- which like the LV Series -- is touted to produce 1.8x better brightness than competing sets and reduce 3D crosstalk. Aquos Net+ connectivity is thrown in too, along with 2D-to-3D conversion, a digital triple tuner and 8GB of built-in flash memory for timeshift recording. Playing second fiddle to this overachiever are the 2D-only LE924E, LE824E and LE814E series, which will also feature Aquos Net+. Pricing details for all of the new lines are still unknown, but they're slated to be available in Germany and Austria later this month. Here's hoping Sulu gets his jaw checked out before then.
Sharp PN-655U 65-inch LCD now available
As promised, Sharp's massive 65-inch PN-655U AQUOS LCD TV (or LC-TV, as Sharp likes to call them) is now available. In case you forgot, this set is full on 1080p, with a low 6ms response time, a 700:1 contrast ratio, and 170-degree viewing angle; as far as inputs go, Sharp only says that it has a "full compliment" for computer and video use. The price of this behemoth still doesn't appear to be readily available, but you know the drill: if you have to ask you can't afford it, especially since Sharp isn't really counting on wealthy home theater buffs to move these things, being that they've mostly got commercial and professional applications in mind.[Via HD Beat]
