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Blu Ray Reviews Online Help You Decide

By Nikos L Maxwell

Remember when buying a movie was as easy as saying, "Hey I liked that, so I’ll add it to my collection for $10-$20?" With the new Blu Ray HD DVD titles running you about $40, the decision is suddenly not as simple.

Consumers today are more and more concerned about getting the most bang for their buck, yet want a Blu Ray collection that can really impress. There are several sites offering comprehensive Blu Ray reviews to help you decide whether you want to buy or simply rent the next high-definition experience.

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Blu Ray Reviews Online

One great site for Blu Ray reviews is the Blu-Ray.com site itself. Naturally, the ratings may be one star higher than other sites, but here you can see screenshots to get an idea of just how crisp and vivid the picture will be.

The chart at the top of the page will allow you to quickly assess the basics: the kind of video codec/resolution, how many channels of audio, what subtitles are available, how many Blu Ray discs are included, the price and user rating. You can even check out a user forum, as well as a news page that includes any updates relevant to the title you’re browsing.

If you’re getting started with a collection of Blu Ray titles, then there are some top-sellers you should be aware of, according to Blu-Ray.com’s Blu Ray reviews. Nothing is better than an action-thriller in high-definition Blu Ray format.

Action Thrillers On Blu Ray DVD

Some starters for your new DVD collection include: 300, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, I-Robot, The Fifth Element, Independence Day, Men In Black, Batman Begins, The Chronicles of Narnia, Natural Born Killers, Pan’s Labyrinth, Blade Runner, National Treasure 2, Troy, I Am Legend, Predator and Twister.

The thing you should note about Blu Ray discs right now is that they’re still in their infancy stage, so filmmakers and advertisers haven’t fully developed all the interactive features just yet. In the future, there will be games, user blogs, live chat, trivia, featurettes made exclusively for Blu Ray HD DVDs, downloadable trailers and more.

Looking For Blu Ray Players

Perhaps you haven’t purchased that fancy machine yet, so you’re looking for Blu Ray reviews that cover the various players on the market. The first thing you should understand is that Blu Ray has just recently won the format war against Toshiba/Microsoft’s HD DVD, so a lot of their vision hasn’t translated into machinery just yet.

For instance, many of the new players being manufactured as late as this summer will only be in the basic, bare bones Blu Ray 1.1 format, meaning that it won’t have the capacity to go online to get new content or play all of the interactive features, although it will still have the superior sound and audio quality that Blu Ray discs are noted for.

Blu Ray 2.0 is expected to really hit the markets as early as the fall, allowing users many neat features and the ability to sync their machine up to the internet, their cell phones and more! Buying Playstation3 is a good way to get a Blu Ray player that has the capacity to be upgraded.

For more on Blu Ray reviews, check Blu-Ray.com for the latest news.

About the Author:
Nikos L Maxwell has written a number of articles on digital photography and digital editing software including Digital Editing Software, Adobe Photoshop Tutorial, Large Images, Edit Pictures, Fuji Film Digital Cameras, Video Editing Computers, Digital Image Processing, Ray Disc, Blu Ray, Blu Ray Disc, Blu Ray HD DVD, Blu Ray Vs HD DVD, DVD Duplication, Ray HD, HD DVD.

Keep a lookout as more articles are added from this popular author on this website in the near future.

More Blu Ray Facts....

Have you made the switch from DVD over to Blu Ray yet? If you have not then what is stopping you? It could be the price to pay for all of those movies that you love and own on DVD.

Many people find that slowly re-acquiring those beloved movies over onto the more expensive Blu-Ray version is a tad bit expensive but there are ways around this. Did you know that some programs allow you to burn a Blu-Ray version of your favorite movie? The trick is to find the right software programs.

Owning a Blu Ray collection is something most movie collector’s dream of nightly. The problem is the expense of acquiring all those favorite movies again but in Blu-Ray format. It can quickly add up to a major expense. There is a solution to this problem though.

It involves burning the DVD’s over into Blu-Ray format with the right software program. If you do not have the software program this may be a problem but thankfully there are programs out there that you can purchase.

The opportunity to own a Blu Ray disc collection is a great one and should not be passed up. But what do you do with all of those DVD’s you collected over the years?

Plus let’s not forget that Blu-Ray discs can be quite expensive in comparison to DVD’s. Converting all of your collection over into Blu-Ray can be a chore, a very expensive one at that. The answer to your problem is to burn the DVD onto Blu-Ray format.

Are you a movie fan that just is not pleased with the quality of your DVDs? Is the color and sound not what you expect from your extensive collection? Maybe you should try swapping those old DVDs for Blu Ray discs. You will be surprised by the difference in picture quality and sound.

But these discs do not come cheap. They are more expensive than DVDs but well worth the price. The trick is to burn your own Blu-Ray movies at home with a software program designed especially for burning movies.

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