Getting a blu-ray player

[Dr. Love]

Suggestions? Would I want one with wi-fi? Why?

[Superjay39]

Wi-Fi is good only if you have a good wi-fi area. Otherwise I would stick with a moderatly priced HDMI cable.

[High Life Man]

I have a Samsung, no wi-fi. Ran a cable to it, faster that way anyway.

I think I paid about $120 for it at Best Buy around Christmas. Don't pay $50 for a HDMI cable. Go to monoprice.com and spend $5.

[VAiN]

If you're into games a PS3 is also a blu-ray player...

[RA1DER]

Go with a PS3 if you can, even if you're not into gaming. It ranks with the TOP Blu-Ray stand alone players and unlike stand alone units that in short time are either discontinued or not updated with firmware as frequent, the PS3 is. As for HDMI cables, I agree with other poster...skip on Monster or any other high priced brand they try to sell you, don't go to cheap either though. I myself haven't purchased from monoprice.com but I've heard nothing but good things about them. And wired is always best!

[High Life Man]

Full disclosure: Monoprice got hacked and they lost a ton of CC info - mine included. They were cool about it, were honest and paid for a year of fraud protection for each person. Not much good it does after the fact, but it was a good gesture. The bank took care of everything else.

That being said, i've had nothing but good luck with their HDMI cables which are about 1/10th the price. Unless you're an AV Rainman, you aren't going to know the difference.