Sharp LC-52LE640U LED LCD HDTV Review

Software & Internet

The menus, both for the television settings and the online features, look great but create the illusion of containing more than they actually control. For example, there are only nine apps, and when you open the Smart Central, four of them appear in a menu at the bottom of the screen. You can scroll through the apps endlessly in any direction, but once you have gone down or up twice, you are already looking at some of the apps you started with. This weird little trick makes it seem like there are so many apps, but really there are very few compared to other Smart TVs.

We think that menus should simplify rather than complicate. Instead of making it seem like there are more options, a television should include a plethora of functions, but make it seem like it is all very manageable in one menu