Sony's HT-S350 soundbar chooses massive sound over clarity and features.

Easy setup; Big bass response; Powerful sound; Bluetooth connection to newer Sony TVs

Lacking in inputs and audio processing; Sound is boxy and occasionally unbalanced; Poor visual interface

I need to reclaim some space for larger furniture, so I decided to get rid of mu surround sound and replace it with a sound bar and sub woofer. After listening to several in my budget range, I decided on the Sony HT-S350. The overall sound quality for the price nailed it for me.

Sony has had a problem for a while now. Because it's a large company, each division operates in quite a separate environment. For Blu-ray, this has been something of a disaster. On the one hand, you have Sony's computer-entertainment division, which has been pushing the PlayStation 3 , with its...

Picture; sound; styling; performance; menu system; low price

Could be cheaper still; no 7.1 audio outputs or DTS-HD MA decode

I acquired a Sony BDP-S550, Sony BDP-S350, and PS3. In the 3 weeks that I've had this player, it's done a good job on video and audio quality. I'm running it on a 37" Hitachi connected through HDMI. I've never had any of the stutters or other audio/video glitches that others have mentioned.

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More Blu for Your BudgetThe BDP-S350 is Sony's follow-up to the popular BDP-S300. One of the most inexpensive standalone players on the market, the BDP-S350 includes some great new features that the BDP-S300 design didn't have.

Liked it was in great shape & condition. It works very well but doesn't play all my Dvds or Blu Rays.

Just got the player about a month ago. The Player works awsome, much faster load times than the older bdps300. Great bang for the buck picture just as good as the more expensive bdps550 with just a couple less features. Which most people will never use.

Load time much faster this year; Ethenet connectivity; Dolby true hd and DTS HD audio

No DTS HD Master Audio; Lacks 7.1 audio

I was really excited to get this home and add it to my home theater. I find the menu silly, it is slow to boot movies, the picture thru my Sharp 9000 high def projector is average. I used a samsung upconverting dvd player before which had better sound and just as good a picture as the Blue ray.

Comments about Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc Player: You have to buy your own HDTV cable. As for the remote it comes with that works ok but I have to use the Verizon remote and the Sony TV remote to actually see a movie. Or maybe I just don't know how to program the Sony remote to do all functions.

DVD Upconversion; Easy Set-Up; Excellent Image Quality; Good Connections; Good Soundtrack Support; Upgradeable

Remote; Slow Load Time

The Sony BDP-S350 BluRay player is one of the better, under-$300 BluRay players on the market, for my money. Compared to the others that I had tried, and the ones my friends have, this BluRay player has nothing to worry about from the competition for the time being.