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Sharp Electronics
Website:https://global.sharp/
Est. year: 1912
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese electronics company founded in 1912 by Tokuji Hayakawa in Honjo, Tokyo, now headquartered in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Its main business is televisions and displays, and it employs about 46,000 people worldwide. Audio forms a smaller part of the business, today centred on soundbars, wireless speakers and compact audio systems sold alongside its TVs.
Range & what it's known for
Sharp has made audio equipment for decades. From 1976 it sold receivers, amplifiers, speakers, turntables and cassette decks under the Optonica name, and later turned to surround receivers, CD and cassette boom boxes and portable cassette players. The current home cinema offer includes Dolby Atmos soundbars. The HT-SBW460 is a 3.1-channel bar with a wireless subwoofer, while the HT-SBW800 is a 5.1.2 system with upward- and side-firing drivers. Both offer two HDMI inputs and an HDMI output with 4K passthrough and ARC, plus Bluetooth, optical, coaxial, analogue and USB connections. The HT-SBW55121 pairs a 5.1.2 bar handling Dolby Atmos and DTS:X with extra surround speakers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Sharp is publicly listed in Japan. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, which holds around 55 percent through several group entities. Audio products are developed within Sharp's consumer electronics business and produced through its international supply chain rather than in a dedicated audio factory.
The lineup in this catalog
Soundbars and speakers. Sharp keeps these products at affordable to mid-range consumer prices, in line with the HT-SBW460 launch price of GBP 299 and GBP 449 for the HT-SBW800.
Who it's for
Sharp fits households that want to improve the sound of a flat-screen TV with a single soundbar connected over HDMI ARC, without building a separate component system. The 3.1-channel bar is the simpler option, and buyers wanting height effects from Atmos films can move to the 5.1.2 models. Owners of a Sharp TV get a matching brand for the whole setup.
Range & what it's known for
Sharp has made audio equipment for decades. From 1976 it sold receivers, amplifiers, speakers, turntables and cassette decks under the Optonica name, and later turned to surround receivers, CD and cassette boom boxes and portable cassette players. The current home cinema offer includes Dolby Atmos soundbars. The HT-SBW460 is a 3.1-channel bar with a wireless subwoofer, while the HT-SBW800 is a 5.1.2 system with upward- and side-firing drivers. Both offer two HDMI inputs and an HDMI output with 4K passthrough and ARC, plus Bluetooth, optical, coaxial, analogue and USB connections. The HT-SBW55121 pairs a 5.1.2 bar handling Dolby Atmos and DTS:X with extra surround speakers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Sharp is publicly listed in Japan. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, which holds around 55 percent through several group entities. Audio products are developed within Sharp's consumer electronics business and produced through its international supply chain rather than in a dedicated audio factory.
The lineup in this catalog
Soundbars and speakers. Sharp keeps these products at affordable to mid-range consumer prices, in line with the HT-SBW460 launch price of GBP 299 and GBP 449 for the HT-SBW800.
Who it's for
Sharp fits households that want to improve the sound of a flat-screen TV with a single soundbar connected over HDMI ARC, without building a separate component system. The 3.1-channel bar is the simpler option, and buyers wanting height effects from Atmos films can move to the 5.1.2 models. Owners of a Sharp TV get a matching brand for the whole setup.
