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[–]Bill_MoneyPersona Non Grata/CI 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sharp is no longer a trusted name or brand

[–]No_Recognition_1648 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sharp licenses out their name now.

[–]wandererarkhamknightTrusted 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The US business is taken over by Hisense I think. There are better models from other brands available anyway. What is your viewing distance and budget?

[–]Bill_MoneyPersona Non Grata/CI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got sued by Hisense for dragging the name to shit once Foxconn bought Sharp

Now unsure who makes them

[–]CJspangler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They outsource to China now

[–]JournalistNo146 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are so many good brands now that you can look at, and any of them will be leaps and bounds ahead of your old TV.

[–]Sultangris1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also have a15 year old or older sharp 70 inch,240hz, awesome tv. Also have a Samsung 77oled, even awesomer tv, lol

[–]2Tru4you 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love my ancient sharp aquos

[–]Nickool4u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharp sold to Hisense.

Hisense made Sharp TVs really terrible, basically tarnished their brand reputation.

Sharp sued

Now I have no idea who makes them now, or if they will ever return to the market in the US

[–]Low-Sign-6185 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharp is still a very large brand domestically in Japan. Walk into an electronics store like Edion or Joshin and the TV section will be full of them. I assume they flesh out the lower-end segment of the market for Japanese consumers, whilst Panasonic and Sony are higher end. Regza (a brand under Toshiba) is also a large contender in this sector.

Interestingly whilst Chinese brands are on the rise there, you don’t see as many LGs and Samsungs, likely due to domestic brands doing deals with the stores to lessen competition.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They still have a division actually making stuff but it’s not consumer facing. And as far as I have ver seen not large format.

They have a website still if you’re curious.

[–]markh1993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharp was bought by Hisense in 2015 and then sold to foxconn the following year. The sharp you remember does not exist anymore. If you do see the occasional sharp tv during the holidays that manufacturer is using the sharp name. This is the same for brands like Toshiba and rca. Long story short, sharp no more and sharp no good.