Don't really have a "favorite" HDD Brand. Just buy what's the best price at the time for the most part. I've only had one HDD completely fail on me and it was due to being dropped during use... 
I've had others come DOA though.
To be honest, most of the opinions I've seen on the internet about this rely on anecdotal evidence. Due to the nature of HDDs and the way they're distributed, just about everyone's going to get a bad egg sooner or later. I guess, what matters the most is whether the distributor or manufacturer will replace them without a hassle.
Backblaze has pretty good articles on failure rates of HDDs that I look at from time to time: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/
EDIT: Also, guys, if you care about the data on a hard drive at all, back it up! HDD failure rates are high, but the chances of two failing at once are pretty low. [citation needed]
I've had others come DOA though.
To be honest, most of the opinions I've seen on the internet about this rely on anecdotal evidence. Due to the nature of HDDs and the way they're distributed, just about everyone's going to get a bad egg sooner or later. I guess, what matters the most is whether the distributor or manufacturer will replace them without a hassle.
Backblaze has pretty good articles on failure rates of HDDs that I look at from time to time: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/
EDIT: Also, guys, if you care about the data on a hard drive at all, back it up! HDD failure rates are high, but the chances of two failing at once are pretty low. [citation needed]
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