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Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U

Television Review
Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U
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The Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U is a thin TV, but it's not exactly great looking. We also didn't like that we had to connect the stand ourselves.

Front
The front of the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U is dominated by the 46 inch matte display. Surrounding the display is a glossy black bezel with the Aquos logo at the top left and the Sharp logo centered below the display. You will also find several LED indicators and the sensor for the remote at the bottom right. Below the glossy bezel are the speakers with a silver finish.

We're not fond of the silver speakers underneath the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U's bezel.
Back
The back of the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U is fairly plain with ports arranged in three different grouping. One is found near the bottom middle while the other two are found towards the left side, when facing it from the back, in two groupings.

The back is pretty plain jane, but there certainly are a lot of ports there.
Left
There is nothing of note on the left side of the TV. Right
On the right side of the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U you will see one of the set of ports along with the on-TV controls.

There are another bunch of ports on the right side.
Stand/Mount
The Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U comes without the stand attached, so you will need to screw it into place. If you want to mount the TV on your wall you will need to remove the stand and purchase a separate wall mounting accessory.

The stand is sturdy.
Controls
The controls of the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U are found on the right side of the TV. They are arranged above one of the sets of ports and from top to bottom are Power, Menu, Input, Ch+, Ch-, Vol+, Vol-. These controls can also be used to navigate the menu if necessary.

The on-TV controls are pretty typical fare.
Remote
The TV ships with a remote and two AAA batteries are included. The remote is rather long and angular with a strange hinged compartment near the bottom that reveals some additional controls.

The remote not only looks ugly, it doesn't work very well either.
In The Box (4.0)
In addition to the remote and batteries the Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U ships with a power cord, manual and all the various screws you will need to connect the stand to the TV. It does not include any cables, which is a shame. We feel any modern HDTV should ship with at least on HDMI cable to get you started. The TV was relatively easy to get out of the box, as easy as any other TV, without any complicated packaging. Simply open the top, remove the spacers and pull the TV out. Aesthetics (3.0)
The Sharp Aquos LC-46D64U sports a relatively simple design. The most different feature from other modern TVs is the silver speakers beneath the bezel. In our mind this does not add to the TVs aesthetics, we feel it makes it look a bit cheap, especially compared to a TV like the Samsung LN46A650, which has a uniform glossy black finish.

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