Is it worth getting a portable Blu-Ray player or should I stick with a portable DVD player?

1. What is the difference between both anyways?



2. And, is there a portable blu-ray player in Australia anyway?



Thanks.

Oh, you don't have the bottom questions if you dont want to, it's just a question, to help me learn about it a little more.

If you have anymore info, please, do tell.Is it worth getting a portable Blu-Ray player or should I stick with a portable DVD player?
There are portable Blu-ray players (for example both Samsung and Panasonic make them) See link to one review. They typically have a 9"-10" 1024x600 screen so they downsample the 1080p Blu-ray video to the lower screen resolution. That said, portable DVD players typically have 800x480 pixel screens so the primary advantage of a portable Blu-ray player is not really a great 1080p image (at 9"-10" you wouldn't be able to appreciate it anyway) but the ability to play your expensive Blu-ray disks where you couldn't with a DVD player.

Portable Blu-ray players are much more expensive than portable DVD players, so whether the slightly better image and increased flexibility of being able to play Blu-ray disks %26amp; DVDs is worth it would be up to you.

Personally, I have no interest in either.Is it worth getting a portable Blu-Ray player or should I stick with a portable DVD player?
Blu-ray is a high definition format, DVD is not. You can play DVDs on a Blu-ray player but not vice versa.



So a Blu-ray player will give you better quality but it is not something that is really worthwhile on a such as small screen - DVD would be perfectly adequate. Portable Blu-ray players are also a lot more expensive.



That said though, I really wish I'd waited and bought a portable Blu-ray player. I have a DVD one now, and with my increasingly large collection of Blu-ray discs, I'm obviously finding that I have less and less to play on the DVD player!Is it worth getting a portable Blu-Ray player or should I stick with a portable DVD player?
The difference is that a DVD player only plays DVDs and CDs. A Blu-Ray player will play BluRay discs, DVDs, and CDs.



Also, BluRay players tend to be a bit more expensive than DVD players.



That's pretty much it really. The external dimensions are pretty similar, and with some manufacturers, you really can't tell the difference between their BD and DVD players externally without looking for the logos or turning them on.



If I had to choose between them, I'd go with DVD.



The reasons are:



1. The screen size on a portable player is small. You're just not going to see the difference in image quality on that screen.



2. Blu-Ray copy protection requires frequent updating of the firmware to maintain compatibility with newer titles. This can be a bit of a pain, since a portable player isn't generally connected to the internet, you lose the on-the-fly updating for the incompatible titles. Some manufacturers don't even provide updates, so at some point, you'll run into BD movies that just won't play on your player -- this is more of a complaint about how studios handle BluRay in general, as this is a problem even on home players.



3. Aside from the higher resolution (which you likely won't notice on the tiny screen), the big deal with BluRay are the extra features. Due to the higher storage space, BD movies tend to have more extensive extras. However, again, since you won't likely be connected, you would lose access to some of them -- notably the online content that requires net access.



Basically, all the neato features that you'd buy BluRay for are either inaccessible, or rendered pointless because of the limitations of the portable players, which makes it hard to justify the price premium.

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