Best / Worst HDTV brands?

Top right now: Sony, Panasonic,Sharp, pioneer, Samsung,
Middle: Hitachi. Toshiba(almost as good as the top)
Bottom: all other brands. Though some ppl are quite happy playing movies and games on Vizios.

Vizio are made by a Chinese company if I am not mistaken so yeah you get what you pay for.eisenhiem

Vizio was founded and is currently headquartered in Sourthern California. Regardless of its base of operations - being American or East Asian or whatever is basically irrelevant. It's an okay TV for the price, but don't expect anything fantastic.

Are LGs any good?stopsign69

I'd put LG in the middle of the pack.

Japanese brands like Samsung are usually very good and reliable.Worst I don't know, I don't go for unknown suppliers.

[QUOTE="stopsign69"]Are LGs any good?snackdaddy

I'd put LG in the middle of the pack.

If your not too picky then LG would be fine,... If your obsessive like me then go for Panasonic or Samsung.

I own a Vizio and do all my gaming on it. It's fantastic. However it is my first HDTV and I don't know a lot about them.DiabeticDood

Well remember that Microsoft selected Samsung TV's as their official output tv's for all their gaming stations in stores etc.. Sony is good too but I've noticed that Sony tv's make PS3 games look better than 360 games....Samsung is my usual choice and I say buy what is best.JohnD212

I highly doubt Microsoft choose Samsung over Sony because of the quality of the tv. Its simply bad business advertising your product and your opponents product on the same kiosk. LG should be placed only slightly below the top tier because its better than most middle pack.

Are LGs any good?stopsign69

Best: Samsung, Sharp.

Middle: Toshiba, LG.

Worst: Almost anything else.

I am getting a 32-37" Samsung or Sharp HDTV in a few months. You can't really notice a difference between middle and best, but the best one's I listed are generally made better and a bit last longer. Unless you have super-good eyes you won't notice a difference. Any of the brands I listed are good.

Japanese brands like Samsung are usually very good and reliable.Worst I don't know, I don't go for unknown suppliers.

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Samsung is actually a Korean company.

To answer the TC's question, if the HDTV is Japanese-made, you almost entirely cannot go wrong :)