Best 37-40" HDTV to use as 2nd monitor?

Hello all,
I have a MacPro 2010 3.33ghz 6-core
I use a Samsung Syncmaster 305T 30" display for my main monitor, which I love. Can't say enough good things about it.
I am an audio-for-video professional, and display my QT movies on a 32" Samsung LED UN32D5500 HDTV
But I also (try to) use it for other general computer display tasks.
The problem is, the text is blocky and fuzzy. I mean pretty terrible. No comparison to the 305T.
Ok I don't expect miracles comparing a $1000 2560x1600 DVI monitor to a $500 1080p TV.
But two things:
1. I want to get a slightly bigger HDTV, probably a 37", although up to 40" is possible.
2. I spend about half my time watching QT movies on it, and half the time using it for other computer purposes. I also will occasionally use it to watch movies from an external BluRay player. Assuming that almost any TV will do the job of displaying movies (as that's what they're designed to do), can anyone recommend a TV in that size range which specifically stands out as displaying text more sharply than the norm for an HDTV ?
I would prefer LED, and 120hz, but really the other criteria above is the most important, as I have noticed the Mac won't output 120hz...only 60hz, unless someone knows something that I don't.
TIA

SwitchResX is for switching monitor configurations. That's how I enable/disable my TV. Although it has the means to change EDID information it can't physically get around the display's limitations.
Computer monitors, by there very nature, are designed to be viewed close up (2 to 4 feet or so). TV's by their very nature are not. The pixel density of computer monitors is higher than TVs. If you watch a HDTV close up you will get what's sometimes referred to as the "screen door effect", i.e., you can see the individual pixels. There are even various formulas and tables for estimating the optimum viewing distance of a HDTV as a function of the size of the HDTV (for example, see Wiki or google). No changing of EDID info is going to change these physical realities.

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