Comments on: Can i replace my Philips Home theater dvd player with a blue ray player but keep the same speakers? http://www.dvdhometheatersystem.org/dvd-home-theater-system/can-i-replace-my-philips-home-theater-dvd-player-with-a-blue-ray-player-but-keep-the-same-speakers.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: agb90spruce http://www.dvdhometheatersystem.org/dvd-home-theater-system/can-i-replace-my-philips-home-theater-dvd-player-with-a-blue-ray-player-but-keep-the-same-speakers.php/comment-page-1#comment-221 agb90spruce Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.dvdhometheatersystem.org/dvd-home-theater-system/can-i-replace-my-philips-home-theater-dvd-player-with-a-blue-ray-player-but-keep-the-same-speakers.php#comment-221 The only thing that really matters is whether you have an available digital audio input (sounds like you do). If you have a suitable input you can connect the audio out of the Blu-ray player to the input of the HT receiver and connect the HDMI Blu-ray video output direct to an HDTV. Without an HDMI input you won't benefit from the advanced audio formats (but don't have the decoders for them anyway). BUT note that you must have an HDTV to benefit. You should consider carefully whether you want to buy Blu-ray. It's expensive and many people don't feel there is sufficient benefit over DVD. Unless you have a 40"+ 1080p HDTV you won't get that much better picture than upconverted DVD ... but will pay much more. DVDs are not going anywhere soon. The only thing that really matters is whether you have an available digital audio input (sounds like you do). If you have a suitable input you can connect the audio out of the Blu-ray player to the input of the HT receiver and connect the HDMI Blu-ray video output direct to an HDTV. Without an HDMI input you won’t benefit from the advanced audio formats (but don’t have the decoders for them anyway).

BUT note that you must have an HDTV to benefit.

You should consider carefully whether you want to buy Blu-ray. It’s expensive and many people don’t feel there is sufficient benefit over DVD. Unless you have a 40″+ 1080p HDTV you won’t get that much better picture than upconverted DVD … but will pay much more. DVDs are not going anywhere soon.

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