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they're gone I'm David Katz Maya from CNET and I'm with the gigantic 60-inch Sharp LC 60 le 745 you believe it or not a larger version of this TV at 70 inches that this review will apply to both this is sharps mid-range LCD LED base TV for a 2012 it actually is the least expensive to include 3d compatibility it also has a cooler Smart TV suite we'll get to both of those in a little bit but first let's take a look at the styling of this TV it is sharp pardon the pun the edges of this TV are actually sharp enough to need these little rubber bumpers along the edge that's because the frame is actually made of metal most TVs have a plastic frame so that's a pretty cool and relatively subtle step-up feature the stand is also another step-up it actually has a swivel on and on a 16 inch size not on a 70 however and the whole look is really sleek and I really like that they maximize the screen and minimize the frame connectivity is pretty good around back you've got 4 HDMI inputs 1 2 USB a component video input and a PC input I mention 3d on this set it actually requires not included 3d glasses that are the active variety the least expensive are about 50 bucks so you're going to need to spend that for each member of the family that wants to watch 3d on this TV there's also Vudu apps on this TV for stuff like Facebook and Twitter despite the fact this TV is really big when looked at from the side it seems razor thin it's only about 2 inches deep that's thanks to its LED backlight in addition the slightly better Smart TV apps there is a new gallery mode that has a full-screen version of those you can also move those apps around we really like the ability to program one of the three remote keys to one of your three favorite apps so it's a pretty cool feature in terms of customization speaking of customization there's a plenty of ways to adjust the picture on this TV there's a full CMS 10-point grayscale in addition to 11 species of smoothing all told these features don't really work as well as we expected those we just stuck with the basic 2-point grayscale when we adjusted the TV and our lab testing this TV didn't perform quite as well as the less expensive version which was surprising the black levels on this set are a little bit lighter so they don't have quite as much impact when you're watching the picture in a dark room the TV also has a little bit worse uniformity so we saw some slight blotches on the TV screen again those kinds of things weren't as visible on the less expensive version and again with those advanced picture controls not working as well as we expected we weren't able to get color quite as good as again on the less expensive version so all told if you're just looking for 2d picture quality we do recommend the step-down le 640 U is a pair to the 7:45 so while told if you're just considering 2d picture quality we definitely recommend the step-down sharp le 640 you over this 7:45 3d picture quality on this TV is again not quite as good as we'd like to see the main issue is crosstalk which appears as ghostly images around some of the on-screen 3d objects that's again not quite as good as we've seen on some of the better LCD TVs this year that's a quick look at the sharp LC le 745 u series I'm David Katz Meijer