Blu-ray technology was developed in the early 2000s as a form of disc storage for audiovisual media. Though streaming has become the means of most entertainment consumption these days, Blu-ray tech still offers some of the highest quality visual media viewing available.
The benefits of having a Blu-ray movie and TV collection include the fact that 4K resolution is more reliable when using Blu-ray disks than when relying on a home internet connection via a streaming media player. Additionally, when you own hard copies of your favorite movies and TV shows, they’re yours forever. They won’t suddenly disappear from your collection the way movies come and go from online streaming channels.
You can use a Blu-ray player as part of a television theater system or a home theater projector system, just connect the devices using an HDMI cable. And conveniently, all Blu-ray players also play DVDs—the older form of disk-based media storage.