With the cost of DVD players being so low at the moment if you don't already own one then now would be a good time to get one! A good quality DVD player can be bought for as little as £50, in some cases less, and DVDs themselves are also very cheap. Most high street stores will have a wide range of popular DVDs available for a few pounds each. Also, home DVD duplication means that you can burn films and videos you've downloaded from the internet to a DVD disc which you can then use in your DVD player.

Most commercially available DVDs will be subtitled, which is an advantage for people who are hard of hearing. Many DVDs will also have subtitles in a variety of different languages too.

Although Blu-Ray is set to overtake DVD as the dominate format, much like DVD did to VHS, the life span of DVDs seems to have been extended thanks to their very low cost. The DVD duplication capabilities of most home PCs, coupled with the very low cost of DVD discs from most high street stores ahs seen the sales of DVDs and DVD players stay steady, despite the available of the technically superior Blu-Ray players. Also the fact that most Blu-Ray players currently available are also capable of playing DVD discs too means that sales of DVDs are likely to remain high until the cost of Blu-Ray disc becomes lower.