Re: They're not TVs anymore.
>"Judging by the comments often made on Reg articles, we suspect It'd have a winner on its hands if it did the same again now."
Isn't that idea the norm now, separating the panel, sound system and 'tuner'? The tuners and speakers of many LCD sets go unused by many owners. The inclusion of speakers in LCD sets rarely makes the set bigger - instead the compromise is in the sound quality because the expectation is any user who cares audio will use multiple external speakers.
Satellite and cable receivers, PVRs and streaming video boxes are often used instead of the TV's internal tuner.