Should You Buy a Sharp TV?

Sharp is one of the most popular TV brands as well as being well known for its dishwashers, microwaves and washing machines.

We've collated all the key information on Sharp TVs in this handy guide. We've analysed over 30,000 user and expert reviews and 290+ 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 $99 for the LC-90LE745U which has a display diagonal of 90", a thickness of §mm 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 $1,232.

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.

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.

At an average purchase price of $1,232, 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 76%.

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.

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		6
4 stars		12
3 stars		3
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,369
4 stars		452
3 stars		112
2 stars		43
1 star		112

Over 86% of expert reviews and 87% of user reviews for Sharp TVs are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 92% respectively across all TV brands.

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	LG	Samsung	Philips	Panasonic	Sony	Sharp
	75% 53 reviews	80% 9 reviews
	78% 27 reviews	86% 4 reviews	79% 17 reviews	83% 1 review	67% 3 reviews	83% 2 reviews
	78% 22 reviews	86% 10 reviews	85% 6 reviews	95% 2 reviews		80% 1 review
	79% 16 reviews	98% 9 reviews	80% 7 reviews	83% 7 reviews		80% 1 review
	77% 18 reviews	81% 11 reviews	83% 4 reviews	88% 4 reviews		90% 1 review
	81% 14 reviews	64% 10 reviews	80% 6 reviews	67% 3 reviews	80% 2 reviews
	92% 15 reviews	80% 4 reviews	82% 9 reviews	100% 1 review	80% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	89% 15 reviews	83% 7 reviews	84% 8 reviews		95% 2 reviews
	84% 14 reviews	84% 9 reviews			86% 2 reviews
	74% 8 reviews	85% 11 reviews	50% 1 review	60% 1 review	72% 3 reviews
	78% 18 reviews	65% 2 reviews			80% 2 reviews	60% 1 review
	88% 5 reviews	83% 7 reviews	85% 8 reviews		94% 2 reviews
	100% 11 reviews	100% 6 reviews		100% 1 review	100% 3 reviews
	78% 9 reviews	83% 3 reviews	88% 4 reviews	83% 3 reviews	80% 1 review
	84% 11 reviews	85% 4 reviews	93% 3 reviews	100% 1 review
	58% 11 reviews	80% 2 reviews	87% 3 reviews	70% 2 reviews
	80% 2 reviews	88% 5 reviews	82% 6 reviews	90% 2 reviews		70% 1 review
	74% 7 reviews	64% 5 reviews		67% 3 reviews
	80% 5 reviews	100% 5 reviews	90% 4 reviews	100% 1 review
	77% 4 reviews	80% 4 reviews	82% 4 reviews		80% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	75% 281 reviews	75% 133 reviews	76% 65 reviews	70% 28 reviews	79% 27 reviews	77% 10 reviews
Average	80% 566 reviews	82% 260 reviews	82% 155 reviews	84% 60 reviews	83% 51 reviews	78% 18 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Sharp TVs Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 2 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.

Compare all award winning TVs

Number of Awards	LG	Samsung	Philips	Panasonic	Sony	Sharp
	11	6		1	3
	8	3	6		1
	5	6	4	2
	2	5	4	2		1
	6	2	3	1
	4	2	6
	2	6	1	1		1
	4	2	3	1
	4	4
	2	5			1
	1	4	2	1
	4	1			2
	2	4	1
	4		1		1
	5		1
	2	2	2
	3	1			2
	1	3	1	1
	5
	1	4
Other Expert Sites	37	12	10	3	4
Total	113	72	45	13	14	2

How Reliable Are Sharp TVs?

We checked over 30,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Sharp TVs. over 70 of these reviews mention reliability of which 92% 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

it was a remarkably inventive bit of engineering

Love the Roku built in

reliable makes wish I had bought two of them

not scratched

NOT RELIABLE

cheap might be easily broken

kinda glad it was broke after seeing other reviews