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if you're currently shopping for an HD blu-ray player it's no longer necessary to spend hundreds of dollars while the latest for Cape players are still around 400 bucks you can get a standard BD player for $100 or less it will do almost everything you need and it will still look good on a 4k television these days most blu-ray players perform about the same in terms of picture quality and the biggest differences are actually in speed is difficult to tell a cheaper name-brand from more expensive one by how well it plays a movie but load times are where the improvements show the closer you get to $100 the more likely a player will have a snappier processor for example this means the difference between waiting a minute for Netflix to load as opposed to 10 seconds blu-ray discs will also load quicker with a better player if you're into streaming a good blu-ray player can replace a Roku box or your televisions Smart TV interface but try and make sure that the player has the services you use most in some cases you might be better off with a Roku almost no players have HBO when shopping for a blu-ray machine look for convenience features as well for example some remote controls also include shortcuts for services such as Netflix which can save you time also try to find a player that has the same inputs as you have on your TV or sound system some players only have an HDMI port and this won't work with most sound bars the bad news for people with all the TVs if your screen only has analog inputs such as the red green and blue component cables a modern blu-ray player won't work these days they're digital only if you're worried about 4k blu-ray making HD players redundant don't worry 4k and HD will coexist for a long time for example if you buy a 4k disc now it comes with the 1080p version in the box and many movies will never come out and for spending a hundred bucks on a good 1080p player now is a smarter move the waiting years for 4k to come down