Well I finally decided to buy an 47LD690, purchased from my nearest Richer Sounds store yesterday tea-time, £659 including 5 year guarantee.
Just set it all up this morning and moved my heavyweight Toshiba 36 inch CRT to another room.
The thing was very heavy.
Haven't really adjusted or checked out the different settings yet, freeview channels are all programmed in and picture quality is excellent. I have a very good Panasonic DVD/VCR combi recorder that is HDMI compatible, picture excellent also though only tried one of my son's old video tapes at the moment.
Standard SKY looks good too, so doubt I will upgrade to SKY HD, my current box and dish are fairly new so that probably helps.
Really glad I chose the 47 inch as it fits niceley into a corner with a new stand I bought from NEXT.
The depth of my Toshiba took up a lot of room, so even with the large screen size of the LG it doesn't look too big which I am kind of relieved about.