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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]] and also used by licensees.
The '''Sharp Aquos''' is a range of [[LCD television]]s and component screens made by [[Sharp Corporation - Japan]] of [[Japan]]. 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. Initial models in the Aquos range were designed by noted Japanese industrial designer [[Toshiyuki Kita]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} [[George Takei]] is the spokesman for the line.{{fact|date=May 2015}}{{when|date=May 2015}}▼
== History ==
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 |deadurl=yes |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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▲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 |
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifewire.com/hisense-now-has-sharp-assets-1847076|title=Hisense Acquires Sharp America's Assets and Brand Name in U.S. Market|last=Robert|first=Silva|date=January 2, 2019|publisher=Lifewire|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>
=== Mergers and acquisitions ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewed.com/televisions/news/chinas-hisense-buys-sharp-us-tv-business-24-million|title=Sharp TVs: Now Brought to You by China's Hisense|date=July 31, 2015|website=Reviewed Televisions|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> Sharp Corporation was subsequently acquired by Taiwan based Foxconn in August, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/da1f3fc0-602c-11e6-b38c-7b39cbb1138a |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211/https://www.ft.com/content/da1f3fc0-602c-11e6-b38c-7b39cbb1138a |archive-date=2022-12-11 |url-access=subscription|title=Foxconn completes $3.8bn takeover of Sharp|last=Inagaki|first=Kana|date=August 12, 2016|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewed.com/televisions/features/sharp-says-sharp-brand-tvs-in-the-us-are-shoddily-made|title=Sharp says Sharp-brand TVs in the US are 'shoddily' made|last=Neikirk|first=Lee|date=June 13, 2017|website=Reviewed Televisions|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> This lawsuit was dropped in early 2018.<ref name=":0"/>
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/
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