# Netflix-compatible DVD player **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-compatible-dvd-player/564787 "2010-12-20T02:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-compatible-dvd-player/564787/1 "2010-12-20T02:49:42Z")
I’m looking to buy my wife a DVD player that is compatible with Netflix, for our bedroom TV. This way she can watch Netflix movies and shows in bed. However, I haven’t looked at DVD players in a long time, and could use some help. The TV in question is a standard TV, and I will be connecting it via those cables with 3 outputs (video, left audio, right audio), forgot what they are called… However, I might upgrade the TV in 6 or 7 months when I graduate, so would like the ability to hook up to an HDTV. Also, it would be advantageous to have an HDMI in on the player, but not required. So, what should I be looking for when I go out tomorrow? I really have no experience with the latest technology, so wouldn’t know what is a good price, or what exactly I should be looking for. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-compatible-dvd-player/564787/2 "2010-12-20T02:59:03Z")
> [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > I’m looking to buy my wife a DVD player that is compatible with Netflix, for our bedroom TV. This way she can watch Netflix movies and shows in bed. However, I haven’t looked at DVD players in a long time, and could use some help. > > The TV in question is a standard TV, and I will be connecting it via those cables with 3 outputs (video, left audio, right audio),\*\* forgot what they are called… \*\*However, I might upgrade the TV in 6 or 7 months when I graduate, so would like the ability to hook up to an HDTV. Also, it would be advantageous to have an HDMI in on the player, but not required. > > So, what should I be looking for when I go out tomorrow? I really have no experience with the latest technology, so wouldn’t know what is a good price, or what exactly I should be looking for. > > Thanks! RCA Cables! I personally still think that the Ps3 is the best bet, but admittedly I’m biased my enjoyment of video games. But the blu-ray players that are Netflix ready tend to retail around 150 USD, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-compatible-dvd-player/564787/3 "2010-12-20T05:21:28Z")
Just about any blu-ray player seems to have netflix support. As well as pandora radio and other network audio and video streaming apps. My Samsung was less than $150 and I was looking at another at Walmart a couple of days ago that was somewhere in the $95 range. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-compatible-dvd-player/564787/4 "2010-12-20T13:25:10Z")
I helped my parents pick out a Samsung bluray player that had Netflix/Pandora, it was $130 and had wireless access, which meant we didn’t have to run any ethernet cords anywhere. There was a wired version for about $100. Buy your HDMI cord now, from somewhere like [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) or [monoprice.com](http://monoprice.com) so that you don’t pay BestBuyRetail prices. (Though if you’re in a time crunch, I did find a 6 foot HDMI cord at Target for $17 - I was shocked.)