I'd recommend the Sharp Aquos Quattron, mine's a 42". works nicely, makes my Xbox games and cable footage look nice, it has optical audio output, 4 HDMI's a VGA, and a few other traditional connectors. the TV lags a little due to the extra processing for the "Fourth subpixel", yellow, but this feature can be disabled. a big improvement over the previous Westinghouse I had before.
but yes, it's all on personal preference.