MBP 15" New battery or not?

my 19 months old MBP 15" (bought it in Feb '07) is unable to hold a charge for more than 25/30 mins at best. Admittedly I didn't calibrate the battery for several months of its life and it spends more time at home than out and about. Well it used to, now with a charge of 30 mins max I don't bother to take the MBP with me if I know I cannot plug it somewhere.
These are the reading in the system profiler:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: Sony-ASMB012-3624-28c1
Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0003
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0400
Cell Revision: 0303
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1100
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 1156
Health Information:
Cycle count: 30
Condition: Check battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1941
Voltage (mV): 12020
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 180
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 180
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Charging: No
I'm not really keen to shell out 100 quid for a replacement battery and wonder if the above reading are likely to worsen as time goes by.

See this article:
http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/
It may apply to you even if you are out of warranty coverage.

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Charging:          No
Full charge capacity (mAh):          0
Health Information:
Cycle count:          0
Battery Installed:          No
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System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          77
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Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          20
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
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Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
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Revision:          0x0000
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Serial Number:          0x00a0caf9
Charging:          No
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