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 150,000 user and expert reviews and over 2,000 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 premium 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 $5,595 for the PN-LE901 which has a display diagonal of 90", a thickness of 116mm and is a full hd TV. The average price of a new Sharp TV is $1,167.
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
|
95% |
95%
104,467 reviews
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| #2 |
South Korea
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95% |
95%
243,477 reviews
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| #3 |
United States
|
89% |
89%
5,037 reviews
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| #4 |
Japan
|
87% |
87%
4,609 reviews
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| #5 |
Supersonic
United States
|
85% |
85%
2 reviews
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| #6 |
Japan
|
76% |
76%
1,965 reviews
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| #7 |
Curtis
Canada
|
73% |
73%
1,114 reviews
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| #8 | 70% |
70%
3,292 reviews
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| #9 |
Element
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70% |
70%
39 reviews
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| #10 |
SunBriteTV
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68% |
68%
40 reviews
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| #11 |
PROSCAN
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67% |
67%
6 reviews
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| #12 |
Netherlands
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66% |
66%
11,859 reviews
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| #13 |
China
|
65% |
65%
4,403 reviews
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| #14 |
Japan
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64% |
64%
1,733 reviews
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| #15 | 64% |
64%
1,328 reviews
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| #16 |
Sylvania
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63% |
63%
8 reviews
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| #17 |
RCA
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63% |
63%
115 reviews
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| #18 |
Viewsonic
Taiwan
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61% |
61%
8 reviews
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| #19 |
Neovo
Taiwan
|
57% |
57%
0 reviews
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| #20 |
NEC
Japan
|
51% |
51%
0 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 $1,167, Sharp TVs tend to be more expensive 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 6 Sharp TVs currently on the market in the US.
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$818 |
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $10,499 | ||||||||||
No. Of TVs |
Average Price
$1,167 |
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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 was reasonably priced, 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%
206 reviews
|
77%
169 reviews
|
|
77%
32 reviews
|
71%
22 reviews
|
63%
3 reviews
|
 |
85%
43 reviews
|
81%
179 reviews
|
80%
93 reviews
|
75%
37 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
83%
2 reviews
|
 |
83%
156 reviews
|
81%
98 reviews
|
83%
31 reviews
|
86%
12 reviews
|
68%
25 reviews
|
87%
3 reviews
|
 |
86%
129 reviews
|
79%
72 reviews
|
80%
31 reviews
|
83%
13 reviews
|
76%
28 reviews
|
80%
3 reviews
|
 |
96%
94 reviews
|
81%
70 reviews
|
82%
33 reviews
|
87%
9 reviews
|
67%
15 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
72%
96 reviews
|
67%
68 reviews
|
78%
18 reviews
|
89%
14 reviews
|
54%
7 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
82%
122 reviews
|
80%
37 reviews
|
78%
22 reviews
|
83%
8 reviews
|
65%
13 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
 |
88%
54 reviews
|
90%
59 reviews
|
89%
36 reviews
|
91%
15 reviews
|
83%
11 reviews
|
|
 |
75%
84 reviews
|
63%
59 reviews
|
75%
11 reviews
|
76%
5 reviews
|
60%
5 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
 |
88%
38 reviews
|
87%
68 reviews
|
83%
38 reviews
|
88%
12 reviews
|
90%
6 reviews
|
80%
1 review
|
 |
76%
85 reviews
|
70%
44 reviews
|
39%
1 review
|
56%
2 reviews
|
62%
8 reviews
|
56%
2 reviews
|
 |
80%
56 reviews
|
81%
54 reviews
|
65%
20 reviews
|
74%
8 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
|
 |
90%
65 reviews
|
82%
33 reviews
|
88%
20 reviews
|
85%
4 reviews
|
74%
7 reviews
|
|
 |
80%
57 reviews
|
80%
40 reviews
|
79%
21 reviews
|
81%
6 reviews
|
73%
3 reviews
|
|
 |
88%
73 reviews
|
88%
38 reviews
|
|
87%
6 reviews
|
85%
1 review
|
85%
1 review
|
 |
68%
54 reviews
|
79%
42 reviews
|
|
69%
8 reviews
|
61%
11 reviews
|
67%
3 reviews
|
 |
75%
52 reviews
|
73%
43 reviews
|
64%
4 reviews
|
70%
9 reviews
|
65%
4 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
 |
87%
40 reviews
|
87%
33 reviews
|
78%
19 reviews
|
85%
6 reviews
|
75%
2 reviews
|
|
 |
81%
59 reviews
|
76%
24 reviews
|
50%
2 reviews
|
84%
9 reviews
|
70%
1 review
|
|
 |
82%
60 reviews
|
85%
31 reviews
|
|
86%
2 reviews
|
|
|
| Other Expert Sites |
75%
1,304 reviews
|
76%
1,067 reviews
|
76%
369 reviews
|
78%
321 reviews
|
68%
106 reviews
|
80%
17 reviews
|
| Average |
82%
2,927 reviews
|
79%
2,328 reviews
|
75%
769 reviews
|
80%
538 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 |
|
|
119
|
27
|
17
|
7
|
7
|
1
|
 |
92
|
28
|
10
|
14
|
4
|
|
|
|
60
|
50
|
22
|
2
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
81
|
23
|
16
|
5
|
11
|
1
|
|
|
29
|
52
|
36
|
14
|
3
|
|
|
|
61
|
23
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
37
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
 |
23
|
18
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
|
 |
15
|
21
|
9
|
4
|
|
|
 |
23
|
19
|
|
2
|
4
|
|
 |
14
|
16
|
10
|
7
|
1
|
|
 |
12
|
21
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
|
 |
22
|
8
|
11
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
21
|
|
3
|
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|
 |
8
|
18
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
|
 |
18
|
10
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
 |
17
|
11
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
6
|
|
4
|
|
|
 |
13
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
 |
8
|
12
|
|
4
|
|
|
| Other Expert Sites |
207
|
184
|
54
|
54
|
4
|
1
|
| Total |
898
|
591
|
215
|
139
|
63
|
4
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How Reliable Are Sharp TVs?
We checked over 150,000 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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