[Lordoftherings]

Just this last past Black Friday, they're were blu-ray players for $78.99

Now, for the Hollidays, we shall see players as low as $39.99

 

[Lordoftherings]

I am leaning toward the Samsung 2500 just for the reasons stated above: Netflix, and the upscaling is better than the 3600, which is more expensive.

I agree, the BD-P2500 is one very nice player with the HQV Reon video processor.
And the very similar model, the BD-P2550 adds Pandora streaming, in addition to NetFlix.

The LG BD390 is another great player with Wi-Fi feature and tons of streaming stuff.