What is a good brand for an LCD HDTV?

[tubetwister]

Here is my take on the brands mostly after a lot of reading and shopping
these are my opinions based partly on past experience , my own research ,published reviews and customer feedback which may or may not be entirely correct . I bought two new sets in Jan 13 so I did do a fair bit of research.

IMO Tier one brands would be Sony,Toshiba,Sharp,Panasonic ,Samsung followed by LG,Vizio

The better second tier brands would be TCL,RCA,Hisense, Insignia, Magnavox and Phillips.
followed by Dynex ,Emerson,Sanyo Westinghouse.

Third tier would be ,ProScan, Element,Seiki, Sceptre,Sigmac, Haier, Polaroid,JVC Upstar, Curtis intl.Orion,Coby Apex ,Sansui Hannspree,Affinity,Poloroid ,etc.
Apex ,Sansui Hannspree,Affinity ,etc.
Of course the groupings opinionated here can vary by set model or in some cases the particular OEM mfr and parts used for a particular brand or model which are subject to change YMMV.

Here are a couple of good links
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-high-definition-tvs/
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-hdtvs/