i wanna 37 inch lcd & recordable dvd with hard drive

i-luv-free-stuff

hi all
i have been out looking today for a 37 inch lcd and they all seem to be around £500-£700.
the sales people just baffled me with techo garble.
so i was was wondering if anyone could advise me on a good buy.
i saw a samsung le37a457c1dxxu for £499.99 in sainsburys.......any thoughts appreiciated.
im looking to spend £500 ish and also get a dvd player with recodable hard disc for £150 ish

thanks for reading

TehJumpingJawa

Most important question you need to answer is; what do you intend to use it for?

I think you can categorize most usage patterns into the following 5.

1) Watching broadcast SD? (standard definition)
2) Watching DVDs?
3) Watching broadcast HD? (sky, free sat, freeview hd - when it comes out in 2010)
4) Playing games? (PC, xbox 360, ps3)
5) Watching Blueray movies?

Almost all TVs can do them all; but few can do them all well.
So, you either pay over the odds & get an all-singing-all-dancing top-of-the-range TV, or you compromise and try to find a set that best matches your expected needs.

So tell us which of the above are most likely to be important to you, and someone can probably come up with a recommendation!

Also, you might want to try asking here :-

http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-tv-should-i-buy/

There are many tv experts there, who will offer honest opinions on almost all of the current ranges.

i-luv-free-stuff

hi tehjumpingjawa
it would be options 1 , 2 and 3 (freeview) although the freesat sound interesting

i have been looking on that forum but i found a bit intimidating as really know very little about these tvs