There's only one reason for getting a Blu-ray player - you want to see a high-definition picture that's better than the one you get through your HD TV channels or from the DVDs you own or rent. A Blu-ray player takes care of that nicely. It supplies a high definition picture that can be up to 1080p resolution, the highest resolution available for home viewing at this time. You also get audio that is just as significantly better than the audio supported by DVD or provided through the television. In use, it's no different than playing a DVD, although there are more controls to use on the remote. Hooking it up can be just as easy as setting up your DVD player, although again there are differences such as using HDMI for transmitting both picture and sound. There are plenty of Blu-ray players to pick from too, and with varying features that don't necessarily increase the price. Best of all, you can get the same quality if not better in the physical "build" because Sony and Samsung and all the other makers of BD players are in their third or even fourth generation models already. This means that all the little kinks and problems of a new technology (i.e. the BD player) have been mostly worked out.
