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Sharp Aquos LC-45GD5ULCD HDTVFull Product Teardown Report
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Date Published:
  June 2006

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Sharp Aquos LC-45GD5U

LCD HDTV

Full Product Teardown Report

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Product Description

This "Piano Black" cabinet HDTV has a 45" diagonal active matrix TFT with Sharp's proprietary "Super View/Black" Panel and a claimed brightness of 450 cd/m2. The LC-45GD5U provides an on-screen program guide, two HD component video inputs, and a fully integrated HDTV tuner that is "CableCard" compatible (supplied by cable-TV system provider) eliminating the need for an external cable box. The product sports a <12ms response time, 800:1 contrast ratio, 16:9 aspect ratio, and 170 degrees viewing angle in the horizontal and vertical planes. The display resolution is 1920 x 1080 pixels, and there are two 10 watt removable speakers and a table stand included.

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Product Teardown / Disassembly Report Contents:

* Detailed external and internal photos
* Detailed step-by-by step teardown photo sequence
* Simplified Block Diagram
* Power measurements
* Circuit board and packaging metrics
* Complete parts lists and component count
* Manufacturing cost analysis
* Description of most interesting features of system architecture and component technologies

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