Top 5 Best Blu-ray players with wifi

One of the great technological advances in recent times has been wireless technology, which has gone from strength to strength. The best Blu-ray players now come with wifi built-in, enabling you to be able to watch not just the discs that you borrow or own, but also the increasingly sophisticated and popular services that stream tv programs and movies across the internet, such as Netflix, CinemaNow, Vudu and YouTube.

The quality of the videos that you can now get across the internet has improved too, both in terms of the technical quality of the images and audio, and in terms of the services that are now on offer – the range of movies that you can watch instantly is simply huge and expanding all the time, it seems! It is a million miles away from the 'old days', when you watched a pixelated image that kept stuttering or stopping so that it could 'reload'.

In putting together my list of the top 5 best Blu-ray players with wifi, I have deliberately tried to provide a range of players in order to suit a variety of budgets and technical requirements.

As well as being able to play 3D Blu-ray discs in high quality, the DMP-BDT210 from Panasonic also allows you to access Skype video calls at the press of a button which is a very nice touch. This player also has one of the best Blu-ray player menu displays in terms of attractiveness and usability, in my opinion.

The BD630 from LG is basic but very good value for the price. It has internet access, enabling you to stream Netflix, Vudu, CinemaNow and YouTube straight to your television. The USB input is useful too, if you want to watch videos, listen to music, or view family photos which are on a USB storage device.

The Sony BDP-S590 is a great value machine with a fantastic fast load system and built-in wifi, enabling you to have Netflix and other video services streamed to your television. This Blu-ray player also has Blu-ray 3D playback capability with Full HD 1080p playback.

There is nothing fancy about the BDC5500 from Samsung, it is simply amazingly affordable and does the job. It is also easy to set up and use. (Note: Part of the reason why this Blu-ray player is so affordable is that you will need to buy a dongle in order to use the wifi feature with this machine.)

The BD570 from LG is the best Blu-ray player with wifi in my list with a multitude of fantastic features, as well as the ability to perform well as a high quality player. This machine can be plugged in anywhere and plays virtually any disc that you might want to! The built-in wifi also gives you fantastic internet streaming options.