Blu-ray Disc: Cutting Edge without Budget Cutting
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to buy a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, your wait might be over. Since the inception of the Blu-ray Disc, the market has been steadily expanding with many advances in performance and the addition of several new features than what was available just a year ago. Like most new technologies, it takes time for the price to come down enough before the product can become affordable for everyone to own.
LG Blu-ray Disc Player – Model: BD370
Such is the case of Blu-ray Disc players—the next generation format for optical disc storage. Now you won’t need to borrow your kids’ Playstation 3 just to watch your collection of Blu-ray Discs. Not to mention that as of June 2009, there are now more than 2,500 titles available. You already have an HDTV and cables that can support HD images, add the perfect complement to your ultimate entertainment Mecca—a Blu-ray Disc player.
COOL FEATURES
One of the best features of Blu-ray Disc players is their capability to also play DVDs, CDs, MP3 files, and even display JPEG images. Nearly all Blu-ray Disc players house a dual-laser optical pickup mechanism. One laser will be blue (hence the name “Blu-ray”) for playing HD discs and one laser will be red for playing/displaying other media. Just to be certain your BD player has both lasers, read the product packaging or literature provided with the player.
Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Player – Model: DMPBD60
Some of the newest BD players have begun to incorporate multimedia features such as the ability to stream movies, TV shows, and vides directly to your HDTV using Netfix® and YouTube™. If your BD player has this capability, simply connect it to your broadband home network through the built-in 802.11 WiFi connection, Ethernet (wired) port, or USB (wired) port.
UP-TO-DATE
Because the technologies involved with Blu-ray improve and change virtually by the month, it is important to keep your player as up-to-date as your Blu-ray Discs. It’s a good idea to regularly check for firmware updates to ensure the latest BDs continue to be compatible with your player.
Samsung Blu-ray Player – Model: BDP1600
Most manufactures—LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sony—are making these necessary updates easy to locate and install, and many Internet-connected BD players feature both manual and automatic updating functions.
IS MY DVD COLLECTION OBSOLETE?
Another reason why some people have not stepped up to BD is the fear of their DVD collection becoming a victim of planned obsolescence. Not a problem with BD! There is no need to sell your DVD collection on eBay or head to the nearest pawn shop. Your DVD collection, which has been the envy of the neighborhood, won’t need to hit the auction block.
Sharp Blu-ray Player – Model: BDHP22U
It was never the intention of the Blu-ray developers to create an optical disc format that was totally proprietary. In fact, their development was exactly the opposite as they were looking for a format for everyone to be able to store and play HD. But, manufacturers of Blu-ray Disc players are not obligated to ensure their players are backward or reverse compatible for playing standard DVDs.
Sony Blu-ray Player – Model: BDPS360
If a Blu-ray Disc player is reverse compatible, your DVD collection will look and sound even better. That’s because most Blu-ray players will support upscaling the images of traditional DVDs (480p) to 1080p and 1080i.
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