any bluray player experts here?

[starbuck]

I'm looking to get into the "bluray experience" and want a little advice. Walmart has a magnavox bluray player for $198.00. I kind of want the sony for $298.00 but is it really $100 better? I've kind browsed a couple sited on the net but they really don't say much about the magnavox. also my tv is not 1080p, just 720 if that would make much of a difference. I have read that the best bluray player is the PS3 but I'm not going to sink that much into a player, I never play games on my ps2 as it is now.

thanks

[1inStripes]

I would imagine the general construction will be much more inferior, and may or may not be harder to get updates for for future information. With the Sony you mentioned, I assume that is the BDP-S350. Its a good, player and the only real difference between it and the next step up, the BDP-S550, is that the 350 does not have BD-Live, DTS master audio decoding or 7.1 analog outputs.

The thing that makes the PS3 so good is the ability to quickly update with the hardwired ethernet connection, or via wifi.