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Blu-ray Players are Ideal

Much as DVD blew VHS out of the race with its massively superior vision and sound quality, and increased flexibility, Blu-ray is now starting to overtake DVD as the standard home theatre format. Many folks already own HD-TVs, and if you need to milk their high-spec, then you must invest in a Blu-ray player to truly get the best of them.

Blu-ray discs have greater than six times the capacity of DVDs, and can therefore hold much more pictures and at a far greater quality. While DVDs had a maximum vertical resolution of 576 pixels, Blu-Ray discs can hold a huge 1080 pixel high image, displayed in full up to 60 times a minute. This is what is known as 1080p, and may be normal standard on the Blu-ray players you find. Along with an enhanced color handling system, this guarantees that you've got a smooth, pristine picture that is as close to a theatre as you can get at home.

They not only have an improved picture, but Blu-ray players offer even greater sound quality than before, with now even more surround sound channels available, and support for up to date hi-def audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD.

If you're worried about having to renew your entire DVD collection, well don't be. Blu-ray players are complete backwards compatible, meaning that they are going to be ready to play all your old DVDs. They also have upscaling capacities, inferring even DVDs will appear even greater than before on your HD-TV.

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