"Aquos" redirects here. Not to be confused with Aqours.
The Sharp Aquos is a product brand name for LCD televisions and component screens, originally sold by Sharp Corporation of Japan and also used by licensees.
It encompasses small, portable models (e.g. the 13" B series) up to large home-theater screens (e.g. 65" high-definition widescreen models), as well as component screens for portable devices including mobile phones. Aquos was first released in 2001 with 13", 15", and 20" 4:3 sizes starting, pricing at $1,799.99, $2,999.99, and $4,999.99 respectively. Since then, the Aquos brand is Sharp's premium LCD line (as Sharp also makes non-Aquos LCD TVs that sell for less), and recently they have been the first series of LCD HDTVs to feature integrated Blu-ray Disc players with the BD-60U and BD-80U series debuting in 2009. Some Aquos LCD TVs are notable for displaying color in a RYGB color space known as Quattron, which adds a yellow component, as opposed to the standard RGB color space used by most color televisions.
Aquos televisions run a Linux-based operating system.[1] Sharp's SmartLink technology was incorporated into the Aquos LC-15L1U-S.[2]
From 2015 to 2018, Sharp-branded TVs sold in the United States were made by Chinese manufacturer Hisense. In 2019, Sharp regained its licensing and brand, buying back its assets from Hisense. Sharp-manufactured Sharp TVs have been back on the market since late 2019.[3]
Mergers and acquisitionsEdit
In 2015, Sharp's North America TV business was sold to China based Hisense, allowing them to sell TVs in the United States. The intention to acquire was announced in July 2015.[4] Sharp Corporation was subsequently acquired by Taiwan based Foxconn in August, 2016.[5] In 2017, the new owner of Sharp, Foxconn filed a lawsuit against Hisense concerning quality of TVs sold under its Sharp branding citing the TVs "violate FCC rules on electromagnetic interference emissions, and [...] Hisense gave consumers deceptive information about picture size, brightness levels and the 4K resolution."[6] This lawsuit was dropped in early 2018.[3]
Between 2015 and 2018, all Sharp brand TVs sold in the United States were made by Chinese manufacturing company Hisense. As of late 2019, Sharp Corporation has regained the license from Hisense and now continue making Sharp branded TVs.[7]
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sharp, aquos, aquos, redirects, here, confused, with, aqours, product, brand, name, televisions, component, screens, originally, sold, sharp, corporation, japan, also, used, licensees, aquosbrandsharptypelcd, hdtvretail, availability2001, presentrelated, artic. Aquos redirects here Not to be confused with Aqours The Sharp Aquos is a product brand name for LCD televisions and component screens originally sold by Sharp Corporation of Japan and also used by licensees AQUOSBrandSharpTypeLCD HDTVRetail availability2001 to presentRelated articlesHDTVSharpQuattronClose up of LCD pixels showing white taken from Sharp Aquos LC 32BV8E in 2009 Contents 1 History 1 1 Mergers and acquisitions 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditIt encompasses small portable models e g the 13 B series up to large home theater screens e g 65 high definition widescreen models as well as component screens for portable devices including mobile phones Aquos was first released in 2001 with 13 15 and 20 4 3 sizes starting pricing at 1 799 99 2 999 99 and 4 999 99 respectively Since then the Aquos brand is Sharp s premium LCD line as Sharp also makes non Aquos LCD TVs that sell for less and recently they have been the first series of LCD HDTVs to feature integrated Blu ray Disc players with the BD 60U and BD 80U series debuting in 2009 Some Aquos LCD TVs are notable for displaying color in a RYGB color space known as Quattron which adds a yellow component as opposed to the standard RGB color space used by most color televisions Aquos televisions run a Linux based operating system 1 Sharp s SmartLink technology was incorporated into the Aquos LC 15L1U S 2 From 2015 to 2018 Sharp branded TVs sold in the United States were made by Chinese manufacturer Hisense In 2019 Sharp regained its licensing and brand buying back its assets from Hisense Sharp manufactured Sharp TVs have been back on the market since late 2019 3 Mergers and acquisitions Edit In 2015 Sharp s North America TV business was sold to China based Hisense allowing them to sell TVs in the United States The intention to acquire was announced in July 2015 4 Sharp Corporation was subsequently acquired by Taiwan based Foxconn in August 2016 5 In 2017 the new owner of Sharp Foxconn filed a lawsuit against Hisense concerning quality of TVs sold under its Sharp branding citing the TVs violate FCC rules on electromagnetic interference emissions and Hisense gave consumers deceptive information about picture size brightness levels and the 4K resolution 6 This lawsuit was dropped in early 2018 3 Between 2015 and 2018 all Sharp brand TVs sold in the United States were made by Chinese manufacturing company Hisense As of late 2019 Sharp Corporation has regained the license from Hisense and now continue making Sharp branded TVs 7 See also EditBlue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre TFT LCD Liquid crystal display television Digital television High definition television Plasma televisionReferences Edit Sharp Aquos USA GPL LGPL download page Archived from the original on February 6 2009 Kewney Guy 2003 09 09 Scary WiFi TV launch by Sharp spectrum congestion looms The Register Retrieved 2010 01 13 a b Robert Silva January 2 2019 Hisense Acquires Sharp America s Assets and Brand Name in U S Market Lifewire Retrieved 2019 04 15 Sharp TVs Now Brought to You by China s Hisense Reviewed Televisions July 31 2015 Retrieved 2019 04 15 Inagaki Kana August 12 2016 Foxconn completes 3 8bn takeover of Sharp Financial Times Archived from the original on 2022 12 11 Retrieved 2019 04 15 Neikirk Lee June 13 2017 Sharp says Sharp brand TVs in the US are shoddily made Reviewed Televisions Retrieved 2019 04 15 Japan s Sharp to return to U S TV market regains brand license Reuters 8 May 2019 External links Edithttp www aquos com https web archive org web 20020601204331 http www aquos co uk nbsp This technology related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sharp Aquos amp oldid 1177628940, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
