Panny or Sony...Need to make a decision

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I have the original Sony S300 and I hate it. I hate that it crashes on new titles. I hate that it's slow. I hate that Wall-E crashed on it. So, it's going.

Now I need to replace it. I have an Integra 7.8 receiver. So I'm thinking either something in the DMP-BD35K/S350 range or the higher end of either of those.

Problem for me is that I feel burned by Sony with the S300. Or maybe I just hate the blu-ray format with all of the updates all of the time, but in any case, I'm HD addicted so I have to put up with it.

One important thing I would like is a player that will upconvert as well as my Toshiba XA2 that now just serves as an SD player because it's so good at it. I'd love to replace two pieces of equipment with one. Do any of the newer players upconvert as well as the XA2?