Costco carries the 350!? The only thing I ever see at Costco is a 301,is that equivalent to the 350?.
I was hoping to try to get the 350 using the $100 sony card CC deal but when I read their web site concerning the CC deal. The $100 off only applies to either Sony web site or Sony stores and so far the 350 is still $399 and I'm not sure it will qualify anyway

Its called the BX1 (or BDX1 I forgot)

Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player @ Amazon for $253.52

Pay $30 more, get the HDMI Cable and Backlit remote (and a life-long return policy)

I already have several extra HDMI cables from Monoprice. Is the backlit remote alone worth the difference (I have a Logitech Harmony)? (I wouldn't have to pay tax from Amazon and I would from Costco - there goes another $15 right there).

That didn't last long. It's showing $299 again.

i'd say the return policy alone is worth the price difference. the remote is just a bonus.

I'm really pissed I didn't pull the trigger on this when it was at that price. I believe $299.99 is the new street price now, so hopefully we'll get this kind of pricing again before Christmas.

I've been patiently waiting to get into Blu-ray, and I don't want the PS3 because of the remote hassle, so this model looks pretty good to me.

Especially with the extra $50 off promotion, the $253 price was a great deal.

Good deal. So if you buy 3 WB titles, you can get the Samsung 1500 for $203?

Circuitcity.com has 3 new players listed as "coming soon".

LG BD-300: $349.99
Panasonic DMP-BD35: $299.99
Panasonic DMP-BD55: $399.99

I'm hoping the Sony BDP-S550 shows up soon...

I'm waiting on the 550 as well as Oppo's offering before I decide what to do.

That LG is a killer deal...

^ It sure is. That's #1 on my BD player want list.

Sonystyle.com has a 10/26 release date for the Sony BDP-S550 ($399).

And the S550 comes with a backlit remote too....hmm. I may have to bite on that.

Amazon.com has release dates for the following:

Panasonic DMP-BD35 ($299) - October 25
Panasonic DMP-BD55 ($399) - October 28

So that's 3 BD Live units at the end of the month.

Why? I can't find much information on the LG BD-300 but its features seem nothing special so far as I can see. It can stream Netflix, but so what? Even if one has a major broadband connection, why would one want to use a high def disc player to stream SD movies? Am I missing something?

Because Netflix has not only thousands of SD movies but SD TV Shows as well. HD content will come eventually as well.

Panasonic DMP-BD30 firmware 2.5 available today:

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...0/bd30_na.html

Amazon has the Samsung 1500 for $244.

Be sure to use the link that I gave above (and now below) for the $50 discount.

This would be an okay promotion if not for the fact that 90% of these are available on HD DVD for half the price. If you have the HD DVD player I do not think I would buy on Blu.

I'm not going to keeping buying into a dead format just to get fire-sale prices. That's just more movies that will stop playing when my HD-DVD player gives up the ghost somewhere down the read.

So glad I have 10 backup HD DVD players.