November 22, 2008 6:00 AM PST
Samsung BD-P2550
Editors' rating: 4
The good: Excellent image quality on Blu-ray Discs; Profile 2.0 compliant; onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD, plus bit-stream output; Netflix and Pandora streaming; 1GB onboard memory; 7.1 analog audio outputs.
The bad: PlayStation 3 may still offer a better value for some buyers; some disc compatibility issues; lacks DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, although Samsung promises to add it with a firmware update; relatively slow loading times.
The bottom line: The Samsung BD-P2550 adds Netflix and Pandora to an already well-featured and top-performing Blu-ray player, with only some minor disc compatibility issues giving us pause.
Read CNET's full review
Price range: $349.99 - $489.99
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