Nope, I'm ruling out the Sharp because of several reasons:
- apparently no advantages when playing 10 bit video
- I found no user reviews whatsoever, so I have no idea how it's behaving compared to the Toshiba (for which I did find several reviews)
- the Toshiba is newer, cheaper and offering more features, while the Sharp's only positive aspect was the 10 bit panel (and MAYBE an overall better image quality, but there I have, as stated above, no comparison or reviews at all)
The 10 bit panel was the main positive aspect of the Sharp, with its usability gone it doesn't hold up against the Toshiba.
Moreover, since madVR isn't able to output 10 bit anyway, I don't see any reason to specifically look for 10 bit panel TVs and exclude any other 8 bit panel which may be superior in other aspects. I was told that there's only slight to none difference between dithered and native 10 bit video output, so why should I exclude 8 bit panels in expectation of a madVR feature which's uncertain to be included anyway and even if it does, doesn't offer any
significant quality improvements.