Best Blu-Ray Player 2010 - Compiled by Home Entertainment News

In order for large media and technology companies to continue squeezing money out of our pockets, they came up with new formats for recording movies. They were HD DVD and Blu-Ray, and just like the battle between Betamax and VHS, someone had to win, this was Blu-Ray.

The benefit to you, the consumer, of this new recording format is a higher definition picture, one that can only be seen on a high definition television. To take advantage of this new level of picture definition you will also need a new device called a Blu-Ray player, of which we have collected the most popular reviews into our best Blu-Ray player list of 2010, enabling you to find the best one on the market at the moment. This list is an ever changing one, so you can be confident of finding the best player.

1 - Panasonic DMR-BS750


Panasonic DMR-BS750 Blu Ray Player: price from £444.00 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

2 - Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) slim 250GB


Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) slim 250GB Console: price from £248.25 - find the cheapest price for Consoles and buy in our partner shops

Yamaha BD-S1900: Premium Blu-ray Player with a Premium Price Tag

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

The Yamaha BD-S1900 is the new Blu-ray disc-player introduced by Yamaha Electronics recently. Both this and another model called BD-S1065 were designed to complement the new and existing AV receivers manufactured by the company.

3 - Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) 80GB


Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) 80GB Console: price from £209.00 - find the cheapest price for Consoles and buy in our partner shops

4 - Samsung BD-P1580


Samsung BD-P1580 Blu Ray Player: price from £89.00 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

Panasonic DMP-BDT300 3D Blu-ray player announced

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Panasonic unveil a 3D Blu-ray player, the latest in the company’s 3D product strategy.

5 - Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) slim 120GB


Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) slim 120GB Console: price from £237.49 - find the cheapest price for Consoles and buy in our partner shops

6 - Sony BDP-S360 (BDPS360)


Sony BDP-S360 (BDPS360) Blu Ray Player: price from £119.00 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

Sony 3D Blu-ray players to ship in March

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Sony’s 3D Blu-ray players, first unveiled at CES, have now been priced and given firm release dates.

7 - LG BD390


LG BD390 Blu Ray Player: price from £199.89 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

8 - Sony BDP-S760 (BDPS760)


Sony BDP-S760 (BDPS760) Blu Ray Player: price from £279.99 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

Can Blu-ray Emulate The Success of DVD?

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Photo: Samsung

Blu-ray technology, the high definition format of DVDs, has had a rocky path to adoption. Having had to fight a long, protracted and expensive battle with HD DVD to become the format of choice, it now faces an even greater threat in the form of digital content delivery services. It’s unlikely that it will [...]

9 - Panasonic DMR-BS850


Panasonic DMR-BS850 Blu Ray Player: price from £629.00 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

10 - Sony BDP-S370


Sony BDP-S370 Blu Ray Player: price from £159.86 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

New Blu-ray releases

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

New releases mean that a Blu-ray collection can be expanded with brand new movies and all of the old favourites, too.

11 - LG BD350


LG BD350 Blu Ray Player: price from £103.99 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

12 - Panasonic DMP-BD60 (DMP-BD60EB-K)


Panasonic DMP-BD60 (DMP-BD60EB-K) Blu Ray Player: price from £125.00 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

DoStudio 1.6 set to change the functioning of the Blu-ray Authoring solution

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The Blu-ray Authoring solution is all set to undergo a major change with NetBlender recently announcing the release of DoStudio 1.6, which is a significant upgrade from its predecessor.

13 - Philips BDP2500


Philips BDP2500 Blu Ray Player: price from £89.95 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

14 - Panasonic DMP-BD65


Panasonic DMP-BD65 Blu Ray Player: price from £169.99 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

Over Fifty Percent of Western Europe is living without HDTV, less than Ten Percent have Blu-ray

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Though HD is the new standard and you will be hard pressed to find a new television that isn’t HD Ready, less than 50% of Western European households have made the switch into high definition, according to a new study by Futuresource Consulting (see graph below).

15 - Sony BDP-S363


Sony BDP-S363 Blu Ray Player: price from £109.01 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

16 - Toshiba BDX2000


Toshiba BDX2000 Blu Ray Player: price from £115.15 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

Hewlett-Packard HP BD-2000: Even the Computer Maker is Getting in on the Blu-ray Player Action

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

The Hewlett-Packard HP BD-2000 will let you enjoy high definition home theatre experience.

17 - Panasonic DMP-BD80 (DMP-BD80EB-K)


Panasonic DMP-BD80 (DMP-BD80EB-K) Blu Ray Player: price from £164.95 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

18 - Logik LBD2000


Logik LBD2000 Blu Ray Player: price from £74.95 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

UK’s first 3D Blu-Ray gets tentative date

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Monsters vs. Aliens will be the world’s first 3D Blu-ray when it comes bundled with Samsung’s 3D TV and 3D Blu-ray player lineup.

19 - Samsung BD-P3600


Samsung BD-P3600 Blu Ray Player: price from £209.90 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

20 - Samsung BD-P4600


Samsung BD-P4600 Blu Ray Player: price from £179.95 - find the cheapest price for Blu Ray Players and buy in our partner shops

New Year Resolutions for your Home Entertainment intrests

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

2009 is just a few days away and New Year Resolutions are being made left, right and centre So instead of making the usual boring Resolutions like losing weight, stop smoking and drinking less. How about trying to relate your New Year Resolutions to your home entertainment system. Think about it, you will have [...]