I found this on the net today while looking for a plasma, not sure if any of you have seen it yet or if it coming to Aus in the near furture, it isn't on the Sharp Aus website yet.

http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/Sharp-AQUOS_65.htm

I think it is one of the first to do 1080p.

may be first LCD Mitsubishi have DLP rear pro's released in June in the US that do 1080p.. and Sony has the rear pro SXRD's that also do 1080p..

Yeah but anyone thats seen a dlp rear pro would never buy one after seeing a 1080p lcd
even a 76cm rank looks great at 1080p from 2 metres. Forget plasma till they get 1080p stick with lcd and crt, unless you need glasses.Batman Begins at 1080p on a good crt is the best pq on the planet.

Actually the 45 inch they sell is 1080 native as well, worst picture i have ever seen tho.

what mkes it not so good and whats the best picture you seen then on what ?

mmm glad you asked the question

At a guess i would say we have a retailer here

What was the sharp running when you saw it. I looked at one at good guys and it was very dissapointing. I then found an old friend working there who has been in the industry for 20 yrs . He just started there and we decided to see what this lcd could do. Tried a hd box through dvi and the hd loops looked better than anything else they have once we got the sharpness turned dwn.Off home I went and got the pc hooked it up dvi again and whatched batman begins at 1080p. Wow this was great. as soon as the price drops a bit I will be getting one. This was a late release that has the firmware patch installed. I havent seen any other screen as good as this. Like your looking at real life, not at a screen.

check the 'production status' down the page - 'announced' which means no-one will have seen this unless they have been to trade shows or the factory!!
US$20k=?????

Yeah I was talking about the 45"

yep, and i was referring back to the original post