Clare Newsome:
Sony BDP-S350.
Incidentally, you can read a head-to-head review of the Samsung and Sony on p21 of our new issue, in shops tomorrow.
Obviously now Panasonic's new BD35 £300 Cat has thrown itself in amongst the Samsung BD-P1500 and Sony BDP350 pigeons and bearing in mind that I only have an HD Ready TV and am not worried about surround sound (being more than content to listen in stereo mainly for dialogue reasons) should I still be considering the Sony BDP S350 now at £230 on Amazon from their £195 Pre Order price just a few days ago or given the Samsung is now £165 on Amazon should I in fact opt for that one instead
Don't forget I will on be able to watch either in 720p or 1080i and not at 1080p so would the cheaper of all of the above models in the form of the Samsung be the best buy for me or should I splash out a bit more to get something which can also deliver excellent upscaling for my DVD collection