I've owned 3 HD TV's since 2005. A Sony 42" projection, which is now older technology. The second was a 2007 Panasonic 50" plasma TV, which had a purple line down the middle by 2012 and required a new circuit board to fix the problem which would of been $500 parts and labor. A new plasma could of been purchased for $700 at the time, so we scrapped that TV and decided not to get it fixed or to go with plasma again. Even thought plasma has what some consider a great picture we went with LED because plasma TV's must also be upright at all times, even when moving. If you lay it down on it's side that will mess up the color.
Our current TV is a 2012 Vizio 60" Smart LED TV purchased at Sam's Club for $979. They currently sell for $798 to $878 at Sam's Club depending on sales and time of year. The picture is great, haven't had any problems and Vizio is an American company which I've heard is much easier to get maintenance for, especially when compared to Samsung. Vizio was started about 15 years ago in Calfornia and now sells about 50% of the LED HD TV's in America.
If you need bigger than 60", Sam's has the Vizio 70" LED Smart TV for about $1350, which is a great price. I like the Smart TV function since we do belong to Neflix and I also enjoy watching concert videos on Youtube. I noticed this week on or about April 20th that many people with TV's older than 2012 lost access to Youtube because they have changed their software. I had no problem going on Youtube this week and you may want to make sure the apps on the TV you're buying is compatiable with the Youtube updates. Here's my TV and I really like it.
