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thanks for the clarification

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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: Clarification of post posted by Dave B. W. on January 06, 2009 at 07:04:58

And I agree with cfraser (valid points): get the BDP-s350 or pay a bit more for the BDP-s550.

However, are you sure the rest of the family can't learn your system? My wife and two kids (8 and 5) know how to operate the livingroom system: a plasma monitor, the PS3 and a separate tuner.

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RE: thanks for the clarification - cfraser 08:23:35 01/07/09 (0)
The BD player I use in my main system is a PS3. I much prefer it to the S350, both for playing BD and for all the other stuff it can do (I do not play any games however, I mean all the other "other" stuff). The PS3 wasn't one of the OP's choices though. And it costs a lot more than the S350/S500.

If you have a reasonably current AVR with HDMI etc., it's hard to go wrong with the S350 if you must have Sony. If you don't have HDMI on your AVR, or your AVR is otherwise a bit dated, then the better Sony choice would be the S550. Presuming you want to get all the BD lossless audio capabilities.

I really don't think the first-gen Sony BDPs and their hefty build should be equated with performance as the OP suggested; they have quite the widespread reputation for underwhelming performance in just about every way. Not really models you should be considering to buy at this stage of BDP evolution.

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