# Another question about those new Sharp Quattron TVs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227 "2010-03-29T16:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/1 "2010-03-29T16:46:16Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557693). Is it just me, or does anybody else see something squicky about using man of Asian ethnicity to introduce new TV sets whose big feature is that they have a yellow color channel? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/2 "2010-03-29T16:49:47Z")
Or a gay man to introduce a TV with more colors of the rainbow! outrage! grrr! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/3 "2010-03-29T16:54:04Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Or a gay man to introduce a TV with more colors of the rainbow! > > outrage! grrr! Or he could be doing ads for [Skittles](http://www.skittles.com/).😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/4 "2010-03-29T19:34:40Z")
Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/5 "2010-03-29T19:45:14Z")
But George Takei is the perfect person to tell us how good [sweaty basketball players](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s1iQODC5OI) might look on TV. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/6 "2010-03-29T23:13:11Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Seriously? No. Thought that would go without saying, but I see now I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/7 "2010-03-30T17:28:26Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Or a gay man to introduce a TV with more colors of the rainbow! > > outrage! grrr! You win. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/8 "2010-03-30T17:43:15Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557693). > > Is it just me, or does anybody else see something squicky about using man of Asian ethnicity to introduce new TV sets whose big feature is that they have a yellow color channel? It’s just you. Actually, it may be just Americans. One day maybe a person’s ethnicity won’t be the first thing you notice about them. Then maybe the USA can progress out of the Dark Ages. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-those-new-sharp-quattron-tvs/534227/9 "2010-03-30T18:08:33Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557693). > > Is it just me, or does anybody else see something squicky about using man of Asian ethnicity to introduce new TV sets whose big feature is that they have a yellow color channel? They were all out of talking Golden Retrievers. Sorry, man.