Comment by probably_wrong

I'm not going to knock the idea down because that's how I grew up but, depending on your setup, buying a Blu-ray player means you have to hook it up (do you have enough inputs? Enough room? Do you need an extension cord?), choose the right source every time ("no, you're in HDMI1, you need S-Video"), have a second remote ("Have you seen the remote? No, the other one"), figure out why the box is empty (perhaps the disc is under the couch? And why does it have marmelade on it?), etc.

Maybe there's a plus to solutions like those where you learn how things work because you need to get them all to collaborate. But that's a different discussion.