[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The RGB display monitor for the X1 had a television tuner, and a computer screen could be superimposed on TV.

At the time the original X1 was released, all other home computers generally had a BASIC language in ROM.

This policy was originally copied from the Sharp MZ series, and they were called clean computers in Japan.

[10] However, the Brazilian subsidiary of Sharp, Epcom, released an MSX computer named Hotbit HB-8000 in Brazil.

In the late 2000s, Sharp sold desktop PC/TV combos in Japan through its Internet Aquos line, where an X1-style red color scheme was available.