I'm not a Sony fanboy by any means (the only Sony product I can recall owning is my PS3--which I do like), but man. If you're saying that Sony TVs suck now, there must have been a huge decline in recent years.
I have a Panasonic plasma, and one of my friends has a Sony pre-LED LCD, and while the picture of each is very different, and I prefer mine, the Sony is damn pretty looking.