Did you know that you may finally stream online content, like movies or you tube videos to your large screen TV without using a computer or having to buy some special box designed to do this? The internet TVs are out now and a whole new line of Blu-ray players that can do this for you as long when you have a broadband fast connection.

There are actually about 20 TVs selling for around $1000 and a half dozen Blu-ray players for around $150 that may stream online movies. All the newer TVs hitting the market will soon have the internet movie streaming (how you can help) feature and may be coming out sometime this year. And some tech people predict that all of the newer Blu-ray players will have it on all their models. They are going to include this feature on the lower priced models too.

There are other electronic devices like the popular game boxes on the market that also have internet streaming features.

While one of these TVs or Blu-ray players don’t offer a full internet browser that may go anywhere on the net, it shall allow the streaming of movies and tv programs from several online companies. You may watch videos from YouTube, news, sports, and even more from Yahoo and watch some digital photos stored at selected online sites or enjoy music from internet radio stations. Of-course movies and tv episodes will charge for a subscription or could be pay per view.

Streaming video is easy to setup for use on either the tv or Blu-ray player. Most services will give an excellent quality picture but don’t expect it to equal an HD Blu-ray disc.

Whenever you are looking to upgrade your DVD player to a Blu-ray player you should look at among the internet capable models or one that comes in a home theater bundle. The DVD players could possibly get the exact same internet content as the TVs do. The advantage of going it this way is you get to tweak or adjust the TVs settings from receiving the content from a DVD player.

When getting a Blu-ray player for internet content look for a BD-live model. These models require a broadband connection but some also come with wi-fi that you can tap off your houses wi-fi signal. It’s worth the extra money if you’re able to go this way and also you don’t have a broadband cable connection where your entertainment system is setup.

Additionally be aware that each brand of TV or Blu-ray player has partnered with a particular streaming service. Your content will vary, so look for the services you want to have and after that buy the player that carries them.

When you hook up your TV or Blu-ray player to your network you are going to use your remote to to get to your apps. You’ll see some icons or widgets appear at the bottom of your screen. This is much like widgets or icons on your computer but will be for the services that came with your device.

You shall have thousands of movies close at hand. You may browse a library and order with just a couple of clicks. Fees vary but are virtually the exact same as driving to the local video store. And no late fees! Some services give a monthly fee, others with unlimited services.

Picture quality could possibly be like standard definition and high def streams will be more like DVD quality. As the equipment hits the market increasingly more we can also expect the services to improve in the not too distant future.