Sony KDL-52XBR9 52" HDTV LED TV

The Sony XBR-9 is a good investment on many fronts, which makes it future-proof. First the Sony name stands for quality products and this is embodied in the product that I have now been enjoying for over 6 months. The brand name also contributes to the price-tag which sends many people away to comparable competing products/brands.

Overall the setup of this TV is a snap - any person who know how to connect any simple household device would be able to get this setup with absolutely no professional assistance required. The menu is intuitive navigation, though an initial familiarity to the X-Bar layout may be required (1-2hrs of playing around will get you all familiar).

The presets are more than sufficient to deliver excellent sound and video to a average home. The pros would like to tweak things - thats supported too - all in the same setup menu.

The real beauty of this TV's video capability comes life when doing either of the following:
1) Watching streaming HD content off the internet (assuming you have broadband connectivity)
2) Watching HD content from your cable provider
3) Playing games of this TV

I have yet to see a TV that simply plugs-in to your broadband router and then goes to work! Amazing - simply amazing. I was watching HD off the internet straight to my TV before I was watching HD from my cable provider

The number of HDMI plugs and additional input/output combos are more than sufficient to connect a Blu-Ray player (PS3 in my case), Home Theater system, DVD player (separate from the Blu-Ray player as I simply had it from before), an optical cable output and there is more left to connect a camera to watch videos directly on your TV and plug-in USB memory sticks to watch small clips, pictures, etc.

All in all a very good investment and pretty future-proof as OLED technology is much steeper in price and does not have the content to give any distinct visually distinguishable advantage over the LCD. If you can play a watch-closely-before-buying game purely on the price front from a reputed name vendor, I would recommend you do that. And do ensure that your entertainment unit has adequate space to fit in this baby.

REVIEW ADDENDUM:
Now that I have spent time with this TV, I have a few points to add to my earlier review:

Internet Content - This TV supports internet content (free and paid) from multiple sources:

(i) Widgets for onscreen information display - Weather, Stock tickers, News, Facebook, Twitter, etc. The catch is that the widgets need to be supplied by the respective providers (i.e. Facebook, Twitter) or from content aggregators (i.e. Yahoo!). The widgets reside on top of the TV channel that you are watching which can be distracting for the first times, so you will either get used to or not use the widgets at all. I dont use them.

(ii) Enhanced Features - You will need to register yout TV on the Sony website in order for these features to be made available to you

(iii) Paid subscriptions - such as NetFlix and Amazon Video on Demand (VOD) are built-in out of the box and require you follow a couple of simple steps (online or through your TV) to link your TV to your provider account and then its a single sign-on each time.

(iv) Free subscriptions - You name it and it's here already; YouTube, Pandora, Slacker, NPR Radio, Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, etc. If its popular enough ensure that you refresh internet content regularly through the menu and you will get it when its published.