If the question is what specifically would work best for media center, then there is no real difference. Personally, I run all my media through VMC plus an extender, on to a Samsung 32" & a Phillips 26" lcd.
The Samsung is the later model & the colours it produces are rich & deep, the only noticeable negative effect being the prescence of ghosting for around a minute or so when the tv is first switched on and you're navigating in say, the music menu.
One of my pals moves his media center through a monstrous 50" plasma beast & it's also fine, the colours being deeper still, but with the added downside that he has to open a window after ten minutes, or take his clothes off...
The obvious thing to look out for is connectivity - nowadays, most models will have HDMI, which is the best option, but depending on what comes out of the back of your graphics card (HDMI at a guess is the most likely), you will want to make sure you can connect without the faff of adapters. One other thing, depending on how what tv you put through media centre - sky/freeview/freesat etc. you may want to ensure your new telly has an IDTV slot, which lets you add a CAM card, so if desired, you can add say, Setanta or Top up tv etc. I added a Hauppauge cam module & had a devil of a time getting it to work in vmc. An idtv slot would have been far preferable.
Also, rmember that media centre cannot handle hi def tv as things stand, although I would not be surprised to see that change in windows 7, or as an update to the existing package in the next year or so - Freeview is going hi def next year & Freesat already is Hi def in part & if you can get hold of a copy of tv pack 2008, you get access to the red button through media center also.
Last edited by Parapunter; 11th November 2008 at 08:25.