I am hoping to get a new tv myself next year although it wont be untill the summer at the earliest.
The only tv that appeals to me at the moment is the Sharp althouh I am sure there wil be even better tvs next year.
http://www.laskys.com/tv_and_dvd/lcd_tvs/lcd_tvs_46_to_...yword=SHARP+LC46XD1E
I prefer LCDS because I like to watch football and play games and I dont think the plasma is as good for fast images although I could be wrong but Plasma wise Fujitsu and Pioneer are the best but normally pricey.
My advice to the poster above who is unsure what tv to get is I would go for the sharp as it is full hd, response rate of less than 5ms meaning you can watch fast action on the tv with no motion blur and the link that I posted has it for £1090 that is a 46" while another store has it for just over £2000.
I just had a look at its specs and it has 2,000:1 contrast ratio I dont know what it means to be honest but normally when i look at the tv specs the contrast ratio is 1200:1 that's the best I have seen.
Bad points I can't see component on the list of connectors which is surprising and only 2 HDMI connectors.