Blue Ray DVD Players
Blue Ray DVD Players: Here to Stay
While the pricing factor of Blue Ray DVD players did seem to be a deterrent and kept many buyers at bay at the technology’s onset, people now have no apprehensions about investing in Blue Ray DVD players, despite their continued prohibitive pricing.
It wasn’t very long ago when the DVD players entered the market and we’d witnessed an almost overnight disappearance of the good old video cassette players and recorders that ran on the VHS technology. The Blue Ray technology could very well have the same effect on the existing DVD market.
Since an increasing number of people now have HD TVs, getting a Blue Ray DVD player only makes sense. Not only are Blue Ray discs capable of delivering far better picture quality than standard DVDs, but they also hold more than 6 times the data than standard DVDs. Also, while a standard DVD can produce up to 480 lines of content (on screen); a Blue Ray disc can produce up to 1080 lines.
Blue Ray players employ the ‘blue laser’ technology, which has a considerably shorter wavelength than the one found in the standard DVD players (which employ the red laser technology). Simply put, these DVD players are capable of creating pictures of way better quality than standard DVD players.
These players not only offer better picture quality, but also have a considerable effect on the audio quality as well. These DVD players are capable of supporting more channels for surround sound, as well as formats like ‘True HD’.
If you do plan on using your Blue Ray player to play music then you should check if the player that you intend to buy is capable of playing audio CDs. While most players would be capable of doing so, there are some that do not come with this feature.
Almost every major electronics manufacturer has entered the Blue Ray DVD players market, and makers of Blue Ray players include Amex, Apple, BluCobra, Curtis Mathes, Daewoo, Denon, Hitachi, Insignia, JVC, LG, Marantz, ONKYO, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sherwood, Sony, Toshiba, and Yamaha. This is not an exhaustive list, and there are other Blue Ray players’ manufacturers as well.
If you’ve been thinking about buying a Blue Ray DVD player to enhance your movie watching experience on your HD TV, but haven’t’ done so because you do not want to refresh your entire movie collection, you really don’t have any reason to worry.
Almost all Blue Ray DVD players that are available are capable of playing standard DVDs. Also, owing to their ability to upscale, your existing DVDs would play better with a Blue Ray DVD player.