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[[File:TVPixel.jpg|thumb|right|Close up of LCD pixels showing "white" (taken from Sharp Aquos LC-32BV8E in 2009)]]
The '''Sharp Aquos''' is a product brand name for [[LCD television]]s and component screens, originally sold by [[Sharp Corporation]] of [[Japan]]
== History ==
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 [[Quattron|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mktg.sharpusa.com/newsletters/files/gpl.htm |title=Sharp Aquos USA GPL/LGPL download page |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206235545/http://mktg.sharpusa.com/newsletters/files/gpl.htm |archivedate=February 6, 2009 }}</ref> Sharp's [[SmartLink (television)|SmartLink]] technology was incorporated into the Aquos LC-15L1U-S.<ref name="Kewney">{{cite news| last=Kewney | first=Guy | date=2003-09-09 | title=Scary WiFi TV launch by Sharp – spectrum congestion looms? | publisher=The Register | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/09/scary_wifi_tv_launch_by/ | accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref>
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=== Mergers and acquisitions ===
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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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sharp-hisense-idUSKCN1SE1HC | title=Japan's Sharp to return to U.S. TV market, regains brand license | newspaper=Reuters | date=8 May 2019 }}</ref>
==See also==
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*http://www.aquos.com
*https://web.archive.org/web/20020601204331/http://www.aquos.co.uk/
{{Sharp Corporation}}
[[Category:Sharp Corporation televisions and displays|Aquos]]
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