If you are considering upgrading your home theater, include a Blu-ray player and movies on Blu-ray discs in the budget. These will give you several advantages over your old DVDs.

~1080p picture resolution which means incredible picture quality when you pair a Blu-ray player with an HDTV. You get brighter and vivid colors as well as crystal clear images. ~A variety of audio tracks in high resolution or lossless audio formats. ~Greater storage capacity on Blu-ray discs which hold almost 50GB each as compared to the 15GB capacity of DVDs. The extra space enables Blu-ray discs to hold more high-quality videos and audio tracks plus more of the movie extras like bonus scenes and commentaries ~Compatibility with existing DVDs; you don’t need to worry about not being able to use your old discs as Blu-ray players can also play DVDs