Hi Paul, best thing come down to my place (Currys) and check them out...
we run the same demo on all TV's side by side so you can see the quality, depth and contrast...
As some have said, people bang on about 1080p full HD blah blah blah... the truth is its upto you... add up all the cost of having a type; then decide if its worth it for you...
you pay like a third more to get Full HD and then most people use Freeview and regular dvd's... Granted if you are a gamer then the enjoyment is there... but for 80% of our customers 720p is more than enough.
Sky-HD is a rip aswell, really not worth the money, but the quality is huge difference, they just need to be cheaper...
TV wise in order i rate
1. Toshiba
2. Panasonic
3. LG
4. Samsung
* Sony have the quality but are way too pricey (did not make my list),
* Do not buy Sharp, Philips, Hitachi, JVC or cheap branded you'll just cry 6months down the line...
* Toshiba have great models (tad expensive) and good enough models (fair price) so choose carefully 10/10 for reliability,
* Panasonic are mint tv's just not enough choice, fairly priced and again 10/10 reliability,
* LG beautiful sets, brilliant price good range of stylish DVD Rec/HTK available highly rate them...
* Samsung are definately the most popular brand since we actively started to sell LCD tvs, they are like LG;beautiful sets, brilliant price good range of stylish DVD Rec/HTK available BUT and a big BUT is id rate them as 8/10 for reliability... usually get 1in5 back in saying they have little niggly problems but Samsung are quite good at first blaming the customer, then us then end up swapping it lol...
Factor in costs Stand, dvd htk etc…
if i was to buy now it would be one of the following...
LG 37LC46 37" HD Ready digital LCD TV
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/sto...m=12&sm=0&tm=0&sku=741348&category_oid=-30633
Or
PANASONIC TH37PX70 37" HD Ready digital Plasma TV
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/sto...duct&fm=12&sm=0&tm=0&sku=742220&category_oid=