I have had 3 LCD TVs.
1) 42" Hewlett Packard - They no longer make it but it was a great TV when we bought it. I watched an hour and a half of the world series when we first got it, I really hate baseball.
2) 42" Samsung Auquios (not the Quattro) - Its a good TV but I feel like there are better TVs for the $$$$
3) 60" Sony Bravia - I will not buy another TV brand but sony after this TV. I must say it is crisp and smooth and has never let me down.
I would not buy a 3D TV ever because it gives me, my wife, and my son head aches. I have heard a lot of people get headaches from the 3D TVs. Plus you have to have glasses for each person and those things aren't cheep.
Mike