Should You Buy a Sharp TV?
Sharp is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its microwaves, dishwashers and washing machines.
We've collated all the key information on Sharp TVs in this handy guide. We've analysed over 170,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,100 awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 8,300 TVs to impartially compare each TV brand.
Sharp are recognised for their wide selection of mid-range and moderately popular TVs. Their TVs start at $100 for the LC-80LE757 which has a display diagonal of 80", a thickness of 59mm and is a full hd TV and go up to $230 for the LC-20AD5 which has a display diagonal of 20", a thickness of §mm and is an hd ready TV. The average price of a new Sharp TV is $460.
Is Sharp the Best TV Brand?
So are Sharp TVs any good? We give every TV a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all TVs we are able to impartially rank all the TV brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Sharp is the 6th best TV brand out there.
| #1 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
239,487 reviews
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| #2 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
103,986 reviews
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| #3 |
United States
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89% |
89%
5,037 reviews
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| #4 |
Supersonic
United States
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87% |
87%
2 reviews
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| #5 |
Japan
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86% |
86%
4,632 reviews
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| #6 |
Japan
|
78% |
78%
1,965 reviews
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| #7 | 74% |
74%
3,291 reviews
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| #8 |
China
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72% |
72%
4,403 reviews
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| #9 |
Curtis
Canada
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70% |
70%
1,114 reviews
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| #10 |
PROSCAN
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70% |
70%
6 reviews
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| #11 |
Element
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69% |
69%
39 reviews
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| #12 |
SunBriteTV
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68% |
68%
40 reviews
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| #13 |
RCA
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67% |
67%
115 reviews
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| #14 |
Japan
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64% |
64%
1,733 reviews
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| #15 | 64% |
64%
1,315 reviews
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| #16 |
Sylvania
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62% |
62%
8 reviews
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| #17 |
China
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62% |
62%
244 reviews
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| #18 |
Viewsonic
Taiwan
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61% |
61%
7 reviews
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Let's look at how Sharp TVs compare to the other TV brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
| All TV Brands |
| Sharp TVs |
At an average purchase price of $460, Sharp TVs tend to be cheaper than most other TV brands. Sharp also have better reviews than the typical TV brand, with the average rating of a Sharp TV being 75%.
When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Sharp TV is $35 (based on a person typically using a TV for 5 hours per day), which makes them more efficient than most other TV brands.
There's a smaller selection of Sharp TVs available compared to other TV brands, with only 7 Sharp TVs currently on the market in the US.
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$818 |
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| $0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $3,599 | ||||||||||
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$460 |
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $19,999 | ||||||||||
What Do the Sharp TV Reviews Say?
We've added up all the reviews for every Sharp TV to work out the average distribution of reviews for Sharp and then compared this to the other TV brands.
Expert Reviews
| 5 stars | 9 | |
| 4 stars | 28 | |
| 3 stars | 8 | |
| 2 stars | 0 | |
| 1 star | 0 |
User Reviews
| 5 stars | 1,240 | |
| 4 stars | 412 | |
| 3 stars | 107 | |
| 2 stars | 45 | |
| 1 star | 108 |
Over 82% of expert reviews and 86% of user reviews for Sharp TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 93% respectively across all TV brands.
Purchasers of Sharp TVs frequently mentioned that the product had a good price, and they have won a total of 4 awards.
In the table below we compare the average review score given to Sharp TVs by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other TV brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.
| Average Review Score | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | Sharp |
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77%
205 reviews
|
77%
168 reviews
|
|
77%
31 reviews
|
71%
22 reviews
|
63%
3 reviews
|
 |
85%
44 reviews
|
81%
179 reviews
|
80%
93 reviews
|
74%
37 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
83%
2 reviews
|
 |
83%
158 reviews
|
81%
98 reviews
|
83%
31 reviews
|
87%
13 reviews
|
68%
25 reviews
|
87%
3 reviews
|
 |
86%
127 reviews
|
79%
73 reviews
|
80%
31 reviews
|
83%
13 reviews
|
76%
28 reviews
|
80%
3 reviews
|
 |
96%
94 reviews
|
81%
70 reviews
|
83%
32 reviews
|
85%
8 reviews
|
67%
15 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
72%
97 reviews
|
67%
68 reviews
|
78%
18 reviews
|
88%
15 reviews
|
54%
7 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
82%
120 reviews
|
80%
38 reviews
|
78%
22 reviews
|
83%
7 reviews
|
65%
13 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
 |
89%
55 reviews
|
90%
58 reviews
|
89%
36 reviews
|
92%
15 reviews
|
83%
11 reviews
|
|
 |
75%
84 reviews
|
63%
59 reviews
|
75%
11 reviews
|
76%
5 reviews
|
60%
5 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
 |
88%
39 reviews
|
87%
68 reviews
|
83%
38 reviews
|
88%
12 reviews
|
90%
6 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
76%
90 reviews
|
70%
44 reviews
|
39%
1 review
|
56%
2 reviews
|
62%
8 reviews
|
56%
2 reviews
|
 |
80%
52 reviews
|
81%
54 reviews
|
65%
20 reviews
|
75%
7 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
|
 |
90%
65 reviews
|
83%
34 reviews
|
88%
20 reviews
|
85%
4 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
|
 |
80%
57 reviews
|
80%
40 reviews
|
79%
21 reviews
|
80%
6 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
|
 |
88%
73 reviews
|
88%
38 reviews
|
|
87%
6 reviews
|
85%
1 review
|
85%
1 review
|
 |
68%
55 reviews
|
79%
42 reviews
|
|
69%
8 reviews
|
61%
11 reviews
|
67%
3 reviews
|
 |
75%
51 reviews
|
73%
43 reviews
|
64%
4 reviews
|
70%
9 reviews
|
65%
4 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
 |
87%
39 reviews
|
87%
33 reviews
|
78%
19 reviews
|
85%
6 reviews
|
75%
2 reviews
|
|
 |
81%
58 reviews
|
76%
25 reviews
|
50%
2 reviews
|
83%
9 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
|
 |
81%
37 reviews
|
83%
28 reviews
|
79%
10 reviews
|
81%
11 reviews
|
73%
7 reviews
|
|
| Other Expert Sites |
75%
1,324 reviews
|
76%
1,065 reviews
|
76%
359 reviews
|
78%
317 reviews
|
68%
99 reviews
|
80%
17 reviews
|
| Average |
82%
2,924 reviews
|
79%
2,325 reviews
|
75%
768 reviews
|
80%
541 reviews
|
71%
283 reviews
|
75%
42 reviews
|
How Many Industry Awards Have Sharp TVs Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 4 industry awards for Sharp TVs. The table below compares the number of awards received by Sharp to other popular TV brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
| Number of Awards | Samsung | LG | Philips | Sony | Toshiba | Sharp |
|
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117
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28
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17
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
 |
95
|
28
|
10
|
13
|
4
|
|
|
|
61
|
50
|
22
|
3
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
80
|
23
|
16
|
4
|
11
|
1
|
|
|
29
|
52
|
36
|
13
|
3
|
|
|
|
65
|
23
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
37
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
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23
|
18
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
|
 |
16
|
21
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
 |
15
|
17
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
|
 |
24
|
19
|
|
2
|
4
|
|
 |
12
|
21
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
|
 |
23
|
8
|
11
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
21
|
|
3
|
|
|
 |
8
|
17
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
|
 |
17
|
10
|
|
3
|
3
|
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|
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19
|
7
|
|
4
|
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|
 |
17
|
10
|
|
2
|
|
|
 |
12
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
 |
8
|
12
|
|
4
|
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| Other Expert Sites |
209
|
184
|
54
|
56
|
4
|
1
|
| Total |
907
|
593
|
215
|
140
|
63
|
4
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How Reliable Are Sharp TVs?
We checked over 170,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Sharp TVs. over 70 of these reviews mention reliability of which 93% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Sharp TV owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.
So, most people think that Sharp TVs are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Sharp TVs that mention reliability:
RELIABLE
NOT RELIABLE
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