Between the Samsung and the Sharp Unit. I actually think the Sharp unit is sharper than the Samsung LED.

However, the Sharp unit suffers from one critical problem. Some movies will suffer from periodic frame stuttering. It's very brief but very annoying. This problem becomes awfully noticible the moment you turn of motionflow. Motion blurring is not a significant issue for this TV.

The odd thing is I've never been able to figure out why this stuttering happens, and it only happens to certain movies and dvds. Initially I suspected the problem to be due to the AC Ryan media player that was plugged in. Maybe it doesn't have enough processing power and then this problem pops up when I play some DVDs as well on my xbox360. Games do not suffer this problem. When I pop in Inglorious Basterds Blu-ray, there is no such problem as well. Chinese movies such as fearless, dragon tiger gate also do not suffer this problem. So I'm scratching my head right now. Is the stuttering/juddering because file encoding or the way it was filmed or because the unit does not have a powerful enough motionflow engine?

No idea, maybe I'll buy another Blu-ray (Star-Trek) to test it out. If that works flawlessly, then the problem must be isolated to either the upscaling or the processing power of the media player.

First of all. Playing games on the Sharp TV is fine. In fact, the xbox360 or PS3 works flawlessly on the set. I have absolutely no issues here at all. Motion blur is still present if you were to nitpick but acceptable.

2nd, after testing the movies again. I do not experience any problems with blu-ray so this problem is very likely due to the upscaling component of the AC Ryan media player or the movie file itself.

PQ wise, I looked at Samsung and I looked at Sharp. At the end of the day, I preferred the Sharp because the Clarity was better to me. In fact, I didn't even bother to read the reviews from various AV sites before doing this purchase. It was after the purchase that I did do the reading and found out about Samsung's better score. Better score or not means nothing, at the end of the day, it's what you prefer.

If I had to do it all over again, I might not have chosen the sharp but I still wouldn't have bought the Samsung LED either. My likely purchase would have gone to LG's new Borderless LED TV which btw, is not yet available in Malaysia.

Btw, if Sharp was really that bad, Sony wouldn't have sign an agreement with them to use their panels. Go google it up.

Ok, I just installed a home theater system around my Sharp.
Denon AVR 1910 amplifier
Audio Pro Black Pearl 5.1 speakers + subwoofer set.

Result: Beautiful sound and picture.

I had some problem initially when the TV gave a message of incompatible audio received, but easily resolved once you set the TV volume down to zero and the message disappears. It's a minor bug in all of Sharp TV panels but nothing to get worked up over.

The movie picture stuttering is pretty much gone so it's definitely either due to the upscaling or improper caliberation of the movie viewing settings. Either way, I'm really pleased with the picture output.

Hmmm, no - I don't experience any of the problem that you have.

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I got my set c/w with the AMP and QED cables for RM8420 inclusive of installation etc.