Sharp 3LS36 junker? (mini color TV)

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by andy

Compared to others of the time, Sharp TVs tended to be lower quality and lacking in features. They weren't awful in any way, but they were below average in everey way. They may have been ok in the 70's, but by the 80's they were nothing to remember. I would take just about any Japanese brand over an 80's Sharp. I never cared for their VCRs either.

I agree with you a thousand percent as to Sharp TVs being below average. I had a Sharp 12" b&w portable TV that was made in 1969 or so (I got it new the following year). Lasted all of three years (and worked very well during that time), then developed some sort of odd intermittent around the tuner. I never was able to get it to work as it should after that (the picture eventually went out altogether, although there was still a raster), so, in 1973, out to the trash it went. I've thought about getting a Sharp 24-inch TV eventually, but after reading your post, I'll be thinking at least twice before replacing either of my 19" sets with one of that brand.

BTW, it's odd, I think, that today's Sharp TVs are below average compared to other makes. I have a Sharp Carousel microwave which I bought new in 1999; it has worked almost flawlessly ever since, except for some slight problems with the door switches. Seems odd to me that Sharp's TVs would be such trouble to keep in good repair, yet their microwaves, like the Energizer batteries, just seem to keep going and going and going. Why Sharp would build its microwaves to last this long without problems, but the company builds TVs that don't last more than a few years, is beyond me.