I'm in the same boat, trying to decide between the Sony 46" w5 (which i can't find anywhere yet) the Panasonic 46" G15, the samsung 46" LED 7020, Philips'ÿ47PFL8404H or Samsung's 50" plasma 650.
The Panasonic seems to be a bit soft or lacking in detail and I can't find any reviews on the Philips, but similar models seem to suffer from noise.
And I'm not sure if the 50" will be too big.
I agree- It's a minefield and no single set seems to be perfect in every respect.ÿ
I know I'm not answering any of your questions, and asking more (sorry)! But maybe between us we can get some satisfactory answers.ÿ