Sharp LC46SB54U Great TV for the price

I picked this TV up on Black Friday at an amazing price, and I'm very satisfied with it. I'm using both of the HDMI inputs (digital cable & Blu-ray player), one component video input (Nintendo Wii), and an RCA input (for a VCR). I've also hooked up my laptop to the PC input, just to see what it was like, and it looked great. I have the optical output going from the TV into my surround sound system, which also works well.

One great thing about this TV is that it remembers the video settings separately for each input, so I can fine-tune each device for the best experience. Another thing that surprised me was that when I hooked up my Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Player to the HDMI input, the TV allowed the audio to pass through the optical out on the TV and into my surround sound receiver. From what I've seen on the Internet, and from a call to Sharp tech support, that isn't supposed to be possible. But it works! Maybe it's just this particular combination, but it was a pleasant surprise. No such luck with the digital cable box, though. It needs to use a separate audio cable -- the sound plays fine through the TV speakers, but it won't pass through the optical out. My understanding is that this is a limitation imposed by Hollywood and/or the music companies, and it only affects the HDMI inputs. Not sure on the details, though.

The picture on this TV has been better than expected, with GREAT color. It's much thinner and lighter than I expected, which would be good for someone who wants to wall-mount it. The built-in speakers actually sound quite good, which is a nice surprise, although I bypass them most of the time and use my surround receiver instead. The built-in tuner works, although it's a bit slow to change channels -- if you use digital cable, satellite, U-verse, FiOS, or whatever else, you won't be using the built-in tuner anyway, so it won't matter. My only minor gripe with the TV is that it only has 2 HDMI inputs, whereas the newer Sharp AQUOS line comes with 4. You can get around the limitation, of course, but it would've been nice to see more. There's also no picture-in-picture support, which doesn't matter at all to me, but it might be a downer for some people. The television runs at 60Hz instead of 120Hz, but so far I haven't seen anything that makes me wish it were at the faster speed. Everything looks great.

All-in-all, for the price I paid, I'm extremely happy with this television. It does a great job with everything I currently have hooked up to it, it looks fantastic, and it's probably the best I've seen in a value set. I'm very satisfied with the product, and I'd recommend it to anyone out there looking for an inexpensive television.