TEAC will be giving away a free external hard drive to users who purchase an LCD TV from its 57 Series.

Starting September 1, consumers who purchase any TEAC 57 series LCD TV model (LCDV1957DVR, LCDV2257DVR, LCDV2657DVR or LCDV1957VR, LCDV2257VR, and LCDV2657VR) will receive a WD 250GB hard drive valued at $129.

This promotion will end on October 31, 2009.

TEAC says that its 57 series LCD TV allows users to record onto an external hard drive or USB thumb drive and can pause or rewind digital television broadcasts and then play them back at any point on the hard drive.

As an added convenience all of these models feature timer recording as well. They even record on standby thus saving energy and electrical bills and providing an uninterrupted sleep.These LCD TVs also include an integrated DVD player, USB and multimedia card slots.