Sony's new HTIBs interface with their blu-ray drives pretty well (they should anyway of course), but one thing to note about the HTSS360 which is a big deal breaker for me, is that it it's speakers are connected with a special connection for only Sony receivers. Not a big deal if you never plan on using these speakers with a different receiver, but my house is hard wired for the rear speakers and I've yet to see any adapters made so that I can utilize my wiring. Not sure if the BDV-300 is going to be the same way. The HTSS360 is around $300 now which is an incredible deal considering what you get.
BDV-S300
Great review here if you haven't seen it -
Review: Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray Player : Home Theater Blog | Home Theater News & Reviews
Some bad points from the review:
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It looks as if the BDV-S300 isn’t HDMI 1.3 equipped after all. This post from A/V Magazine (Italian) clearly shows a Silicon Image SiI9030 chipset which is HDMI 1.1 only
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Yesterday afternoon we went out and purchased ‘Ghost Rider’ on BD (One of the few BD’s with a TrueHD track) and you guessed it, the BDP-S300 in its current state doesn’t decode the track.
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