My Blu-ray Experience or How I Came To Know Something About Blu-ray Movies

My blu-ray experience has been a journey. Honestly, I am amazed at where I have wound up with regard to blu-ray movies. I actually have some general knowledge about blu-ray technology and have written over 30 pages dedicated to some of the best blu-ray movies, technology and movies in general.    

I was led, initially with some reluctance, to my current state of blu-ray knowledge by my technology-loving husband. (Do you have one of those?) I actually thought that this Hub could be entitled, 'How the Blu-ray Experience Came To My House.' (Okay, I changed the subtitle to match that thought.)

In the year 2000, my husband really, really wanted a Pioneer 43-inch plasma television that retailed for a around $16,000. Thank goodness he had the sense to know that spending that much on a television was...crazy and so, he waited. And waited. And waited. And waited some more.

In 2008, I began my journey into the world of blu-ray when I wrote a somewhat successful page on Squidoo called the 'Top 10 Best Blu-ray Movies 2008 For Sound & Picture Quality.' That article was based on Sound & Vision magazine's list from the summer of 2008 and a lot of research on my part and it was the start of my interest in blu-ray movies.

Once I started talking blu-ray lingo, my family went into shock. They listened slack-jawed as I laced my sentences with knowledge about blu-ray discs and movies but more importantly, my husband took my newfound interest as a green light and, by Christmas 2008, he could wait no more. Santa arrived with a rather large sleigh that bore a brand-new home theatre set up.

Fortunately, for us the price of HDTV had come way, way down and, after the experience of living through a basement renovation, we found ourselves with a new recreation room in our basement, the proud owners of a Panasonic TH-50PZ850U 50-inch Viera 1080p Plasma HDTV and a Sony Playstation 3 blu-ray player.

How about you, have you started your blu-ray journey yet? How are you enjoying it? Me? Why, I'm lovin' it!

Brenda

I've just discovered an exciting new blu-ray player, the LG BD590. What's exciting about it? A few things, actually.

• It has an instant open tray and is quick loading. Considering the frustration of waiting for a tray to open on our blu-ray player, this advance is, in my mind, tremendous.
• It features wireless networking which makes it easy to tap into your home's system and the internet.
• It makes media streaming simple so whatever your choice, be it NetCast, Netflix, Pandora, Picasa, VUDU, CinemaNow, YouTube or Accuweather, it is yours for the taking
• Finally, and most importantly to me, this blu-ray player features top quality audio and picture quality.

If I was in need of a new player today, I would certainly be considering the LG BD590.