Blu-ray DiscBernstein ResearchBlu-ray Disc says Blu-ray players will be in approximately one percent of U.S. households at the end of this year, suggesting the high-def disc format will experience a boom over the next three years.

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Point Break Bu-rayNow this is a movie worth waiting for on Blu-ray. No crazy CGI, no fake wave footage like "Perfect Storm". Just a balls out action film that should look good in widescreen.

Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.com are all offering the collection free to those who buy the Samsung player, with each retailer aiming to one-up the others over the retail price for the player. As of Oct. 13, Amazon.com was selling the BD-P1500 for just under $230.

Toshiba has released its first attempt at getting near HD quality when viewing standard-definition DVDs. The XD-E500, now available from select retailers, up-converts to 1080p, and gives you three modes to improve the quality of your DVD image. In a preliminary spec sheet, Toshiba outlines how this new player will improve your viewing experience.

Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need.

Parks Associates, the Dallas-based research firm, says worldwide Blu-ray player sales will jump 800 percent over the next four years to 40 million. That's according to an article by Video Business.Parks estimates that standalone Blu-ray player sales (not including the Sony Play Station 3, which has a Blu-ray player inside) will hit five million worldwide this year, compared to 800,000 in 2007.

Onkyo has announced that despite switching to Blu-ray support in February after the demise of rival HD DVD, its first Blu-ray player will not be available until the holiday season of this year.

The player is designed to integrate with Onkyo's high-end A/V receivers and will have full 1080p/24 support

LG Japan will deliver the just-announced BD370 network Blu-ray player later this month in Japan, naturally sans-Netflix and CinemaNow support. The Ethernet port still finds meaning in life through BD-Live and YouTube videos, but don't look for any acTVila support here.