A quick update and thankyou to all for the good gen'!
I ended up with this
SAMSUNG LE40A656. Got it for less than £700 from Dixons on-line with free delivery and a 5% off e-voucher.
Very pleased with it so far and the above link also has a handy setup page for the multiple colour and picture tweaks.
One question though, and Parapunter is probably the Oracle on this.
I've fiddled with the picture size and resolution settings ad-nauseum but I still can't get the Media Centre picture to fit the screen. It looks like it's zoomed in but no matter how I set it up it will not change. It is annoying as any subtitles slip off the bottom of the screen.
Output is DVI into HDMI using a single cable.
Thanks in advance.