If you are interested in connecting your laptop to TV and if you can find a TV with S-video in, please get it.
If not S-video, component i/p is the next best thing. Reason I say get S-video(though component is supposedly superior to S-video) is that you won't have to mess around with convertors when connecting your laptop to TV.
Last time I checked out the Sony TVs, the only thing good about them was the sound. The picture of the Samsung TVs was better. But that was some time ago. Again it depends from person to person. Spend some time checking out and comparing displays and get what you feel is good in the end.