Blu-ray
The future of Digital Blu-ray Disc, also know as BD, is a High Definition (HD) media format. Its main use is for disc storage of HD Videos The discs are the same as standard DVDs and CDs. The name "Blu-ray" comes from the "blue" laser beam that reads the data from the disk instead of the red laser used to read DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray is the latest technology that offers the ultimate in HD entertainment with these great qualities:
Blu-ray History: In the 1990s, DVD movies were produced and by the year 2000 they quickly became the major home video format. The problem was storage capacity. With DVDs only able to store 4.7GB of data, a new media was needed to hold HD content. The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the world including Sony, Samsung, and Sharp. Blu-ray technology is more expensive to produce than DVDs. As prices come down, more households will be able to afford a Blu-ray player and enjoy HD Digital TV at its best! One of the most highly publicized disc players is Sony's Playstation 3 If you have Blu-ray, you’ll need to know about HDMI Cables If you are looking for a brand new exciting movie experience, then you should consider Blu-ray players and movies. Home theater equipment needed for optimal Blu-ray performance: 
Blu-ray features: Bonus view, refers to a collection of features available on all Blu-ray players made after October 31, 2007. These features offer Picture-in-Picture (PIP) and secondary audio features on compatible Bonus View Discs. Blu-ray movies use this feature to enable a small window of video commentary, where a director or actor talks about a scene while it happens in the background. Not all discs have this feature. BD-Live, a new Blu-ray feature that allows you to access internet content via your Blu-ray player. It allows you to download special features, live events, gaming activities, previews and more. Your Blu-ray player must have an Ethernet port and be connected to the Internet. Not all Blu-ray players have a network connection. You will need a Blu-ray player that has the BD-Live functionality. Since this feature is fairly new, some Blu-ray players and Discs may or may not have this feature so be sure to check before you buy if it this feature is important to you. Now that BD-Live capability is almost the status quo for new Blu-ray Players, companies are going farther out of the way to make their players stand out. The LG BD390
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Blu-ray Players
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has built in Wi-Fi and can stream Netflix movies, YouTube and CinemaNow.
