Now that some operas, plays and music performances are available on Blu-ray DVD discs, the time is approaching when I should add a Blu-ray disc player to my system.

The trigger is "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the production on Opus Art-BBC of the Balanchine ballet set to the music of Mendelssohn, performed by the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Other recent issues include baroque opera.

Question- Will it work with my TV? (computer and elecronics ignoramus). I have just the ordinary DVD and VHS combined player hooked to it at present.

Your advice and recommendations would be appreciated.

Our local cable service offers HD but I don't particularly want their HD PVR box, which is rather expensive, and there are more good non-HD movies around than I will be able to watch in several lifetimes.
My interest is almost solely in the productions of the kind named above.

A Blu-ray disc player by Samsung is offered here for $399 after rebate. I haven't looked at prices and offerings yet.