Am finally convinced. Seeing that DVD and Blu Ray prices are almost equal in Amazon. Will be upgrading to Blu Ray. Entry Level muna. maybe a series 3 or 4 32" Samsung and a BD 1500 or a Sony BDP S-350 (suggestions?). medyo nacoconvince na si wife e.tapos nun HT set up naman...
I think all the players are pretty good, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic.. I have the sony s350. Actually I chose this bec its sony
. Sony=Blu-ray hehe
.. Meaning, I think their updates would be better/faster or more up to date. My basis is the history of updates for the ps3. I think this player never had any problems playing any movies. The others are also great, so maybe check nalang with the "user experience/player" threads. If you are really decided to buy, there are some deals now in Amazon. Actually you can buy the discs first.
Some good ones now in amazon imo are Amadeus, One flew over the cukoos nest, Cool hand luke all at around 15 bucks, Transformers, Ironman, Tropic Thunder, Indy 4 all at 18.99..Depende na what type of movie you prefer I guess. Sa akin 12 to 18 bucks for blu-ray is great price na. Anything higher than 20 bucks, I'm really selective, or mga "can't wait" na itch, then I buy them.
Blu-ray goes well with dvd, puede naman not all movies in blu. There are some movies in dvd that looks great na. Depende I guess if you want little more detail on some or lots of details on others. Soundwise, imo is harder to tell. I just want a good enough receiver and great speakers. I think it will already sound great. Some may swear by the big difference in audio, some may not. It all comes down to your own ears, Is it golden or not?
..Happy hunting