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bpatrick100 · 12-26-2006, 01:38 PM

Hello -

I am so confused and frustrated. I bought this unit (Sharp LC-45GD5U) in February, 2006. It was advertised, by countless websites, and still to this day advertised on Sharp's web site as being 1080p.

You can see here where Sharp's spec pages describes this tv as being "FULL HD SPEC":
http://www.sharpusa.com/products/Mod...8,1591,00.html

So now, I finally get a Sony PS3, and some 1080p Blue Ray discs, and guess what, my tv will not accept the 1080p signal from the PS3 using hdmi. 1080i is the highest setting that will work.

I called Sharp technical support, and was told that the monitor itself is capable of displaying 1080p, however none of the inputs can accept a 1080p signal....WHAT????? What kind of sense does this make, and how is Sharp getting away with this false advertising trickery?? One of their managers is supposed to be calling me back in the next few hours, so we'll see what happens with that...

I spent almost $4k on this tv 10 months ago, and the 1080p fucntionality was obviously one of the key selling points, as we all knew that Blue Ray 1080p discs were being released soon.

I hope some of you can shed some light on this issue - because to me, this just seems WRONG!!

12-26-2006, 01:38 PM	#1
bpatrick100 What is HD? Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Sharp 45 LCD LC-45GD5U NOT 1080p?? Hello - I am so confused and frustrated. I bought this unit (Sharp LC-45GD5U) in February, 2006. It was advertised, by countless websites, and still to this day advertised on Sharp's web site as being 1080p. You can see here where Sharp's spec pages describes this tv as being "FULL HD SPEC": http://www.sharpusa.com/products/Mod...8,1591,00.html So now, I finally get a Sony PS3, and some 1080p Blue Ray discs, and guess what, my tv will not accept the 1080p signal from the PS3 using hdmi. 1080i is the highest setting that will work. I called Sharp technical support, and was told that the monitor itself is capable of displaying 1080p, however none of the inputs can accept a 1080p signal....WHAT????? What kind of sense does this make, and how is Sharp getting away with this false advertising trickery?? One of their managers is supposed to be calling me back in the next few hours, so we'll see what happens with that... I spent almost $4k on this tv 10 months ago, and the 1080p fucntionality was obviously one of the key selling points, as we all knew that Blue Ray 1080p discs were being released soon. I hope some of you can shed some light on this issue - because to me, this just seems WRONG!!