Sony is our go-to as well, especially for an awesome IP driver in Control 4. My only beef about the new 850D series is how thin it is... we've already cracked a panel lifting the thing and it folded-in on us.

Samsung is our 2nd pick, and pretty much just do IR drivers without too much hassle. But last years models shipped with bad firmware that required a firmware update before the TV would change to HDMI 4 (ARC).

Sharp has consistently been out worst, mainly due to them leaving the market/ selling out to Hisense.