I'm thinking this sounds like a pretty good deal, but a couple expert opinions would help. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/sony_kdl-40v2500?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
If you don't have a budget restriction go one step higher and get the XBR2. Otherwise the set you mentioned is excellent. Look around some more and maybe you could get it a little less.