Blu-Ray
It’s a quiet day at work and I haven’t posted here in some time so thought I’d share some of my musings.
Today I find myself thinking about Blu-Ray…
For a number of reasons I have held off getting a Blu-Ray player up to now but it seems to me the time is probably right to get one.
- Blu-Ray is clearly the dominant only HD movie disc format following the demise of HD-DVD (I still have a few of those along with my X-box 360 HD-DVD add-on). There does not seem to be any obvious successor in the pipeline so Blu-Ray will probably be with us for a few years to come
- Most shops have a decent sized Blu-Ray section now with an increasing selection of titles at better prices. This is only going to improve further. Nowadays if I’m thinking about buying a DVD I’m always reluctant to do so knowing there is a better higher-def alternative out there. When I get the new Star Trek movie or a new U2 concert disc, I’d rather it was the best possible experience available..
- Blu-Ray players now seem to be coming down in price, and the strong Australian dollar is only going to help that
So I’m starting to look at Blu-Ray players – might use up some of the credit on my interest-free store card account thingo as I shouldn’t really be spending disposable income on that sort of thing at present (so I’ll spend 2011 or 2012′s instead! lol)
Any suggestions of good, cheapish Blu-Ray players would be appreciated… I’m intending to stay away from the Sony Playstation 3 as we already have 2 games consoles in our home and don’t want to complicate things by adding another – plus I believe they don’t work with universal IR remotes.
Hopefully I’ll get a Blu-Ray player soon and the Santa can bring a few discs this Christmas… 
Tags : blu-ray, christmas, Technology
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