I got my SEARS disaster online F'up straightened out and then ordered a Sharp 42 inch HDTV instead of getting the receiver HDMI solution. I hope it they ship me an actual NEW product, I've become totally disillusioned with most online purchases of late... Amazon in particular. They ship used items as new especially when you're using up your rewards dollars etc, they just send you rewrapped used junk... it's really pissing me off.

Anyway I hope this Sharp ships new and safely. They had it for in store pickup but it's icy out here and I don't want to drive across state line to get it, so I just chose to ship it instead. They more than likely will ship from that location? My first HDTV was a small Sharp and I chose it for the picture quality so this should be a decent HDTV, too bad it's not 3D though.

EDIT: Well I've had this TV running for awhile, not bad for the money. My first HDTV was a Sharp and did 1080i back about 8 years or so ago but wasn't widescreen. It had a short response time compared to other HDTVs with designated gaming modes so I assumed all Sharp HDTVs featured similar performance... well, this HDTV has tremendous lag unless you use the designated gaming video settings so I guess it automatically pushes performance only in that one AV mode? I need to contact Sharp to confirm this since the downloaded manual doesn't specify. I did laugh at the return policy on this HDTV, it excludes returns based on poor performance lag when playing FPS lol. I'm glad I don't base gaming around that but this TV performs adequately enough while I tested Killzone Shadow Fall.

The movie viewing for Blu-ray is astounding for this price point(BestBuy had it for $399)... I watched Misery the Stephen King classic and it blew my mind, the movie looks entirely different than on my other HDTVs and we've got 3 one being a top of the line Toshiba. For $400 this thing kicks butt.