It took a while but laptop manufacturers are finally jumping on the blu-ray bandwagon to provide notebooks that come with decent blu-ray players. It also helps that the price is dropping on blu-ray drives, making these laptops more affordable than they used to be. You are still going to have to spend a decent amount of money on these laptops, so if you are looking for a budget laptop, look elsewhere.

With that in mind, here are 5 top blu-ray notebooks that are actually worth buying.

Sony VAIO VGN-CS160J/W 14.1-Inch Laptop: a great laptop. Decent screen size. 4 GB of RAM and a decent CPU. Here is what you get: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premium.

Sony VAIO VGN-FW370J/B 16.4-Inch Laptop: another killer laptop from Sony. Very powerful too (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premium).

HP Pavilion HDX18-1020US 18.4-Inch Laptop: has got one of the biggest laptop screens you can find (2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premium).

ASUS N90Sv-A2 18.4-Inch Laptop: this is one killer laptop from ASUS. It is essentially a gaming laptop with blu-ray support (2.66 GHz Intel T9550 Processor, Full HD 1920 X 1080, 4 GB RAM, 1000 GB Hard Drive, Blu-ray Combo Drive, Vista Premium)

HP Pavilion DV7-1260US 17.0-Inch Laptop: a budget laptop among the other ones in this list. Comes with a 17 inch screen and decent power (2.2 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-74 Dual-Core Processor, 4 GB RAM, 400 GB Hard Drive, Blu-ray Drive, Vista Premium).

So what’s your favorite blu-ray netbook? Here is still hoping for a Apple blu-ray Macbook.

LD BD 390 Blu-Ray is a cool player that allows you to stream YouTube videos and Netflix content on your HDTV. If you have bought LG BD 390, you are going to need a few add-ons to get the best out of it. You are going to need cables, a good remote, and maybe a stand for your blu-ray. If you are looking for LG BD 390 accessories, here is a few add-ons you should check out:

A/V Cables

Mediabridge 6ft Ultra-High Speed HDMI Cable: a long HDMI cable for your Blu-Ray player. Believe me you are going to need one.

Belkin PureAV AV21000-06 6-Foot Component Video Cable: a decent video cable for your LG 390.

S-Video Cable 25 ft. Gold Plated: a high quality video cable for your blu-ray player, projector, and more.

Surge Protector:

Monster Cable MP AV600 Power Protector: protect your gadgets against surges wit AV600.

Belkin SurgeMaster 6-Outlet Surge Protector: another cool surge protector for your player. It’s cheap too.

Universal Remotes:

Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote: one killer universal remote for your player. Can learn IR codes from existing remote controls.

Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote: another powerful remote optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems.

Warranty

2-Year Service Warranty plan: protect your device against failure for 2 years!

Did I miss anything?

Talk about a super slim blu-ray player. Here is us thinking that only HDTVs can get slimmer. But Samsung is proving that you can give it anything, and it can find a way to slim it down and come up with a more modern design for it. Samsung BD-P4600 is truly a modern blu-ray player. It comes with the latest developments in the industry and is made to bring a more interactive blu-ray experience. Here are a few noteworthy features:

• Wi-Fi: network blu-ray players are the future of this business. Using Ethernet is not as convenient as streaming content through your Wi-Fi network. You get a Wi-Fi adapter with your blu-ray player, making it easier to have a more interactive blu-ray experience.
• Netflix Integration: watch Netflix movies right on your blu-ray without too much trouble. You need to have Netflix unlimited to take advantage of this feature.
• Streaming: you can stream Divx, images, and … to your blu-ray player.
• Storage: you get 1 GB storage for BD Live content. It’ll be probably enough for now, but I am sure newer models will add to this.

Samsung BD-P4600 is a very cool blu-ray player, but it will cost you close to $500. It’s a very fine looking blu-ray player, but if you are looking for a netbook blu-ray player, you may also want to consider LG 370.

Apple fans have been waiting for too long for the company to finally bring Blu-Ray functionality to Apple Macbooks. It seems Apple is finally softening its stance and getting ready to take the plunge. It’s just a rumor at this point but CNET is reporting that the recent changes in iTunes indicate that Apple is getting ready to bring Blu-Ray to Macbooks.

Let’s not kid ourselves. Steve Jobs has bee vocal about the licensing issues of Blu-Ray, and the technology may die sooner than its predecessors. At the same time, Apple can’t just keep ignoring this market. New laptops are now entertaining blu-ray players and writers which means Apple Macbooks will be in a significant disadvantage without these players. Apple computers are great, but at some point you can’t justify not having a blu-ray reader/writer. The challenge for Apple will be to introduce Blu-Ray devices without increasing the prices too much. After all, Macbooks are already premium laptops.

When will be see Blu-Ray on Macbooks? The earliest chance will be on WWDC. That’s going to be one exciting event.

Your take: would you like to see Apple add Blu-Ray to its Macbook line up.

Sony introduced BD Live a while ago to bring more interactivity to blu-ray. If you think you are getting the most out of your HD content without BD Live, think again. With BD Live, you can chat with the director, play internet games, chat online, and do much more.

Samsung BD-P1600 and LG BD 390 are just a couple of blu-ray players that support BD Live. You will need an Internet connection to take advantage of BD Live, but once you try BD Live, you’ll never want to watch HD movies without it.

Your take: is BD Live for it? Would you upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray for BD Live?

LG is one of those companies that tries to push the envelop and go where others have not gone yet. The new LG network blu-ray players are part of LG’s efforts to bring YouTube and other web content to your HDTV by using your broadband Internet connection. LG BD 370 is a cool blu-ray player that allows you to use your Ethernet connection to get YouTube and Netflix videos right on your HDTV. With Disc Player you can even use your LAN to get content on your HDTV. It comes with wireless N compatibility, and that makes things even more convenient.

With BD 390, you get Blu-Ray Player with 1GB memory  and NetCast for YouTube & CinemaNow capability. You can download Netflix content to your player with your wireless connection, so you won’t have to necessarily have an Ethernet cable close by. I do like to see more memory on future models, but this is a good start.

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