The Best Blu-ray Player

Given the myriad of product models, it is increasingly difficult for first time buyers to make an informed decision. To help narrow your search, here’s a list of the Top 10 Blu-ray Players that is updated monthly. As individual needs and preferences vary, this list is compiled based on actual user ratings, search popularity and sales. Feel free to use this as a starting point to search for the blu-ray player that caters best to your needs.

The Consumers Electronic Association estimates that Blu-ray players have the potential to double this year to roughly 5.7 million units. Major retailers Amazon and Best Buy continue to account for a bigger share of sales of blu-ray decks. Amazon has lavished Blu-ray with a lot of merchandising and promotion attention, helping the online retailer grab a much larger share in the format than it has on DVD. Also, Blu-ray-based home theater systems have begun to emerge which will also add to the market base of blu-ray player buyers. NPD, the leading provider of comprehensive consumer and retail information, revealed in its recent blu-ray report that purchase intent for Blu-ray set-top boxes rose slightly, with 6 percent of respondents saying they would be “extremely or very likely” to buy such a device in the next six months, compared with 5 percent who responded similarly in the August 2008 report.