You can get a Sony X80 / X85 in your price range, but if you can swing it, the Sony Bravia XR in the X90 class has a full array LED.
The Sony Bravia XR OLED tvs have an incredible image, but they start at over x2 what you want to spend and go up to almost $4k.
As some folks have already said, you get a lot of “bang for your buck” with the Chinese brands (TCL / Hisense / etc.), but the quality can be hit or miss, and you have to worry about imbedded firmware that might be spying on you.