Sharp's LC-13S1U-S provides a unique, versatile solution for home installation. The LC-13S1U-S's stylish yet simple design, with speakers placed below the LCD screen, makes this television much narrower than side-speaker models. This enables the LC-13S1U-S to fit into many places throughout the home, all without sacrificing any features! The LC-13S1U-S utilizes Sharp's proprietary Advanced Super View/Black TFT Panel, which provides levels of high brightness (430 cd/m2), a 500: 1 contrast ratio, and wide viewing angles (170? x 170?). Additionally, the LC-13S1U-S is an EDTV monitor, which means it is compatible with 480p signals from progressive DVD players.The LC-13S1U-S includes an easel-style table stand that allows the TV to occupy an amazingly small footprint. In addition, the stand is easily removed for wall mounting applications. These models use the VESA 100mm standard mounting pattern and are compatible with a wide range of brackets including Sharp's AN-PSMARM and AN-PUCM.
The footprint may be small, but the LC-13S1U-B is outfitted with a big-time feature set. The package starts with the 13-inch active matrix LCD screen, which is bright (430 cd/m2), crisp (500:1 contrast ratio), and impressively resolute (480 x 640 pixel resolution) for such a small TV. The AQUOS LCD engine is an added bonus, as it's engineered to display the same vivid pictures in both dark and bright locations, such as near windows, doors, and other light sources. The TV also features wide 170-degree viewing angles--so viewers can watch TV from virtually anywhere in the bedroom, office, or kitchen--along with progressive-scan compatibility, which lets owners of modern DVD players enjoy 480p images in full clarity.
The TV comes with an easel-type stand that's a mere 6 inches deep for space-limited settings. Users who want to save even more space can remove the stand and mount the monitor on a wall (brackets sold separately). Additional features include a built-in 181-channel tuner, a sleep timer, V-chip parental control, and a trilingual onscreen menu. The monitor's audio package is also solid, with a pair of 2.1-watt speakers, MTS stereo decoding, and the ability to play secondary audio broadcasts when available.
The model connects to other audio/video devices through the component video input (ideal for DVD players and satellite dishes), S-video input, and two composite inputs. The LCD TV is also Energy Star compliant.
What's in the Box
TV, stand, remote control, two AAA batteries, antenna cable, AC cord, AC adapter, user's manual.
1 Perfect for our kitchen counter
We are very happy with this TV on our kitchen counter.
Perfect size/color/price for the application.
We hide the power-supply box behind the TV.
Easel-style stand minimizes TV footprint and height.
Speakers sound fine.
Closed Captioning works great.
Stereo Headphone Jack is convenient--we use it with wireless headphones.
Remote is fine.
2 Big Power Supply
I bought this little TV thinking it would be a great space saver sitting on my kitchen counter. Well, what they don't tell you is that there is a very large power supply that comes with it. The power supply is about one third the size of the actualTV. So if you want to wall mount it, you need to hire an electrician to hide it in the wall or cabinet. The picture is clear but the sound is a bit tinny. Overall, it serves the purpose it was intended for.
