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Feb 19, 2013 Hot Shot     I have had this TV for over 3yrs & have not had one single issue with it! Has be...

Oct 24, 2012 Mike     My tv lasted just over 2 years. I paid over a thousand dollars for it and now it...

May 31, 2011 homer crad     You will be sorry, bought from walmart after one year and one month it went bad....

Jan 7, 2011 not impressed     Only had this TV for 2 years, left side is blackened out and there is lines in i...

Jan 7, 2011 cj     I had this Sanyo for only 2 years, and it has lines in it and one side is blacke...

Dec 9, 2010 abforgolf     Worst TV ever purchased..Bought from Walmart about 2 years ago..After Warranty e...

Dec 5, 2010 Tchcwby     Wal-Mart has refused to help due to me losing my receipt which I can understand,...

Nov 5, 2010 Bill     Purchased about two years ago. The right side of the lcd turns black. It clears ...

Oct 28, 2010 Bill C.     I got a 2 year service agreement when i bought it at walmart, GOOD IDEA!!! In th...

Oct 11, 2010 kim white     screen started going out 1 day after warrenty ended called sanyo and told them t...

Aug 24, 2010 Gazalkent     Same quality with branded TVs like Sony and Panasonic. Worked well for 13 months...

May 15, 2010 becca     Just like everyone else dark spots after a year. set up to fail just after the w...

May 12, 2010 jnelson     I bought a 46"Sony TV and after 6 months the screen on the TV began showing a da...

Apr 27, 2010 Snowbird     AWFUL I would never purchase a SANYO anything after the experience I had...

Mar 15, 2010 bigben     Excellent! Fabulous buy! Owned it now for over one year and found it equal with ...

Dec 17, 2009 lennyalli     Like others, I have only had my tv for a little over a year. 1/2 of the screen ...

Nov 18, 2009 Ad     sanyo dp46848 bad product. will never buy sanyo brand again...

Nov 1, 2009 BigAl78     TV alright for first year. After owning for 13 months, horizontal line appeared ...

Sep 13, 2009 fordexcursionebe     I could not ask for a better deal for the 800 bucks. this is my first hdtv and ...

Apr 15, 2009 TechGuy     We have owned the DP46848 for an entire month now. When coupled to device that ...

Jan 12, 2009 passive_aggression     I have had this LCD for just over 6 months now, and have been very impressed wit...

Sep 5, 2008 Nate     One of the most vivid colors I have seen in High Def technology with the dynamic...

My Experience: We have owned the DP46848 for an entire month now. When coupled to device that outputs a 1080i or 1080p signal through an HDMI interface, the picture is truly awesome. The whites are white, the blacks are black, and the colors are vivid. Contrast is very good. The brightness level is also very good. The Sanyo has a matte finish that does not glare even in brighly lit rooms. This helps the picture to always look bright in any light. The viewing angle is very wide and we can see no change in picture quality from all viewing angles.

The user interface is straight forward with no frills. There are minimal user controls, just the basics here. The picture is set almost perfectly from the factory, so there is very little need to make any further adjustments (though we reduced the color intensity somewhat). There is also a power saver feature that sets the brightness to three preset levels: 1) Normal viewing. 2) Low power saver and 3) High power saver. The brightness decreases with each level to save power. The highest power saver is the lowest brightness. In my opinion even the lowest brightness is still brighter than most TV's, this is the setting we choose.

There are three HDMI inputs, an antenna input, two complete sets of component inputs, one set of analog outputs, one set of analog inputs, and one S-Video input. This is not very many types of input/outputs, but it serves the basic purposes well.

On regular standard definition signals, however, the set does not seem to display very well. This signal processor tends to just amplify the lower picture quality. The stereo sound from the 2 medium-sized pictures is acceptable for watching broadcast TV, but not powerful enough for movies - get a good surround sound.

I have seen HDTV LCD tv's that are priced 2 1/2 times more than the DP46848 that do not have as good or bright a picture. This is a very good value for undet $1,000. We are happy with the choice.

Problems: The only "problem" we see is that the tuner can be very slow when changing channels. Also, when switching between picture formats the screen will sometime blank out for several seconds. This can be disconcerting, but it does not affect the function of the set.