Sharp Aquos LC-52D62U Review

The green light.
Many husbands know what I'm talking about when it comes to big technology purchases. It's the grudging approval one gets from one's wife when you've finally managed to convince her to spend the income tax refund on something you want, but don't really need. For me, it came in the form of a Sharp Aquos LC-52D62U LCD TV. Here's my story:

Shopping Around
I've been a mystery shopper for years. While this hasn't made me an expert on every model of TV out there, I can safely say that I've shopped for a large-screen television hundreds of times. Imagine the anguish of always taking the purchase right up to the threshold of saying, "Yes! I'll take it!" but being forced to decline the salesman's overtures, time and time again. Well it was on one of these "shops" where I came upon the 52D62U. It was on an end-cap and it seemed to be calling my name. I literally did a double-take.

The clarity was like nothing I'd seen before. It didn't hurt that they had it plugged into a blue-ray high-definition DVD demo but still--I had seen LCD Projections, DLP, Plasma, SXRD, and other LCD flats--but this one really seemed special. I knew from that moment onward what model I was going to want, when the time came.

Where to buy...
If you live in the Northeast, I'd highly recommend purchasing the unit from IBuyDigital.com . Reason: you can drive down to their warehouse in New Jersey and pick it up. Doing some research on MySimon.com, it looked like the best deal I could get on a new one was through these guys but I was a bit leery on getting anything that sensitive shipped to us (not to mention paying $300 for delivery). Even if I did have it shipped though, the price still would have been at least $1,000.00 less than a "big box retailer."

So we drove down one weekend and picked it up. My excitement was tempered by the traffic over the George Washington Bridge, but we eventually made it home and got it unpacked, and set up.