Sharp LC-42SB45U 42 in. LCD TV

PROS: great contrast. HD looks great with 1080p. The speakers sound good compared to other TV's I looked at. (still no substitute for a good center channel).

CONS: when the screen is dark the corners are a bit brighter than the rest of the screen but I'm only reminded of this during the credits credits. and by then, well, the movie is over :)

Bottom line: I am extremely happy with this TV. In the past 2 years or so, Sharp has tried to focus more on specializing in 42in and larger screens. This TV shows their success so far.

This TV looks very very nice. I use this TV to watch HD TV, play my xbox 360 and watch Blu-Ray movies. It has 3 HDMI ports and a few other component and vga ports so what ever you have will be able to connect to this TV. I had a 32 inch 720p TV and this TV is miles above that TV. Going from 720 to 1080 is really a big difference. This TV lacks some customization like you can't re-name the input channels so you kind of just have to know whats on input 1 and input 2...etc. Not a big deal but still annoying at times. The TV casing looks very nice too. TV powers on quick. A really great TV for the price, better ones out there sure but not by much. If you buy this TV you will not regret it.