DVD player died. Should we go blue ray ?
We always carry a DVD player and assortment of discs. Have been used for rainy evenings with no OTA TV, or sickness, so staying around TT all day. Our small portable DVD player finally died. I'm ab...
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Any Blu-ray player (well, any I've ever come across) will also play DVDs (and, for that matter, CDs).
If you don't have and won't be getting an HDTV, there isn't a whole lot of reason to prefer the Blu-ray IMHO, though maybe eventually it will become hard to find things on DVD. On the other hand, there's not a whole big reason to avoid one, also. Do make sure that it has appropriate connections for your TV--e.g. a player with only HDMI out would be less than useful with a TV that lacks an HDMI input.
If you don't have and won't be getting an HDTV, there isn't a whole lot of reason to prefer the Blu-ray IMHO, though maybe eventually it will become hard to find things on DVD. On the other hand, there's not a whole big reason to avoid one, also. Do make sure that it has appropriate connections for your TV--e.g. a player with only HDMI out would be less than useful with a TV that lacks an HDMI input.
