I was waiting for takeout at a mexican restaraunt yesterday and sitting at the bar. They had a Zenith flatscreen (plasma, lcd, I don't know) hanging on the wall and gave me the remote. This one was wired to cable, but from handling the remote and sitting about 6 feet away, it seemed very cheap and the picture looked like crap compared to the Panasonic, Sharp and Sony I have ended up with at home.

My new best friend when researching these things is cnet.com. Good reviews and I don't think they are beholden to anyone.