Rob Beschizza
Gear

Sharp First To Market With 22" 1080p TV Sets

Sharp’s Aquos line refreshed itself today, offering 22-inch 1080p LCD TVs for the first time to Japanese consumers. This is another way of saying that Sharp is the first TV maker to glue an appropriately high-end tuner and signal processor to the current generation of computer monitors, which have offered such resolutions at such panel […]

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Sharp's Aquos line refreshed itself today, offering 22-inch 1080p LCD TVs for the first time to Japanese consumers.

This is another way of saying that Sharp is the first TV maker to glue an appropriately high-end tuner and signal processor to the current generation of computer monitors, which have offered such resolutions at such panel sizes for years.

Now, that's not to be mean: the unit has a strange and daring look to it, with odd 1980s retro licks and a monster soundbar slung under its chin. And while there's no indication of what holes adorn that all-important I/O panel, the shroud of progressive technological gumption around it suggests we'll have all flavors accounted for.

A U.S. release date? Not yet, chaps. But when it does, it will probably be painted dark gray.

New Sharp Aquos Line Includes World's First 22- and 26-Inch 1080p LCDs [Gizmodo]