Well, as far as I know most of the higher end prosumer cameras now have some sort of live view function. Although, I highly recommend getting familiar with your viewfinder if you want to take photography seriously.

On another note, I used to own a Sony Alpha. USED to. I sold it and bought a Pentax K10d.

I forget the model to be honest. However, with enough light, it takes great pictures. Let me rephrase that. It takes great JPEGS. It was actually rated the highest JPEG quality among all the other camera manufacturers. However, the noise was terrible. So terrible, I couldnt stand it and sold the camera.

I will say it handled well. Seemed to have a quality build, built in Shake Reduction and had a solid lens lineup(if you are willing to buy older lenses). Mine was an older model, and did not have a live view function. I know there are a few other Alpha users here so wait and see what they have to say.