Is this a good HDTV to buy ?

http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/products_moreinfo3/index.asp?product_id=12650&ff=&ffi=

Costs around £650. Does it have good features for the price ?

I'm going to connect my current DVD player to this TV through component. Will the image quality be significantly better than through an analogue cable ?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Its too cheap. I recommend: Sony (the best), Samsung, Sharp and LG.MrPower1

I agree, but the OP might be on a budget. You posting in every HDTV thread saying "Sony is best" is not helpful.

Component is an analog signal, I think you're talking about the red/white/yellow composite cables. Yes, component will be an improvement over composite.

5000:1

hell yea thats good. 2 HDMI inputs. 37" screen and a 5000:1 contrast ratio. most 37" have only 1000:1KEM92

5000:1 is dynamic, 1000:1 is static, you can't directly compare the two. But yes, 5000:1 dynamic is better than 1000:1 static.

Ignore contrast ratio.  Don't get caught up in that crap.  Different manufacturers measure it different ways.  There has yet to be a set way to measure it.

Also, component cables will give you a lot better quality than composite cables.  Component are not the red/white/yellow, they are the red/blue/green for video only.  Coposite or sometimes called RCA cables are the red/white/yellow. 

Component support up to 720p.  However, if you want even better quality for watching movies, invest in an upconvert DVD player and an HDMI cable.  Perhaps after you've recovered some of the cost of the TV.  Looking at the picture of the TV (I'm not yet familiar with the model numbers of the new models) it looks to be this year's model.  And I'm not too sure how the Toshiba LCDs are doin' so far.  I haven't seen many go through the doors yet.  But apparently this year's Samsungs have been doin' very well.  Going by last year, I'd say the Toshiba LCDs are underrated and do fairly well for their prices.

So if I connect my DVD player via component it should display in at least 720p ?

Also, is it worth getting gold plated component cables as opposed to standard ones ?

Thanks for your help.

Standard DVD will only allow 480p over component (this due to some BS rights management)  A HD DVD or Blu-ray player will do the HD movies in 720p over component, but standard DVD HAS to be connected with HDMI to be upconverted.

Cables are cables, theoretically gold plated is better, but I can not tell the difference between standard and gold plated cables.  I recommend monoprice.com for cables.