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I'm David Katz mark from cnet standing with the sharp LC 847 you series this is the highest end sixty and seventy inch tvs that sharp makes this is the 60 inch model and it does have sharps quattron technology as well as 240 hertz and 3d talked about both of those in a little bit but first we'll look at the styling of this set around the edge you'll find a really thin bezel it's actually made of metal which is a step from the other plastic bezel you typically find on these TVs it's actually really nice minimalist look we really liked it also this TV has a swivel stand that's not available on the 70 inch version however I also appreciated the stands nice sort of textured look here which is again a departure from the standard glossy black you'll find on most TV stands i mentioned sharps quattron technology that adds a fourth yellow sub-pixel to the standard red green and blue sub-pixel arrangement used on most tvs it really doesn't affect picture quality however when you adjust the TV properly so i consider quattron kind of a wash on this television like most active 3d tvs this sharp does not include the requisite 3d glasses those are about 50 bucks apiece and you can't use Universal 3d glasses from other manufacturers because sharp does not subscribe to that standard yet other features on the sharp include a smart TV suite that offers a good selection arlo not the very best does miss Amazon Instant although sharp did add a couple of audio services including Pandora there's also a web browser on this TV so it does have a pretty complete Smart TV system picture settings are also extensive that includes a full color management system as well as ten-point grayscale control and gamma so it's right up there with the very best in that category I also liked sharps excellent help selection which includes an on-screen manual as well as a live help feature if you get lost among the TVs many options round back you'll find a complete selection of four hdmi inputs a component video input there's also a pc input and a pair of USB ports so all told you can pretty much connect anything you want to this television while the styling and feature set our highlights on the 847 you one of the lowlights is its picture quality Stevie's picture isn't any better than actually a lot worse than some of the other large screen LED tvs we've tested that includes sharps much less expensive 640 use series black levels were the main weakness on this set the sharp can't deliver the nice deep inky blacks that we've seen it a lot of tvs at this level color accuracy was solid in bright areas although a little bit blue but that blue crept in significantly in the darker areas to the set was also unable to produce a 1080p 24 cadence which film buffs really appreciate so all told the 2d picture quality wasn't quite there one highlight whoever with his bright room picture quality the TV did reject ambient light relatively well in terms of 3d the 847 didn't perform all that much better than in 2d we saw plenty of crosstalk image it was actually a little bit dimmer than we expected for an LED TV so considering both 2d and 3d the 847 you wasn't among our favorite performers in high-end LED TVs this year that's a quick look at sharps best 2012 60 and 70 inch television the LC le 847 you i'm david katz my receipt