Can i replace my Philips Home theater dvd player with a blue ray player but keep the same speakers?

Question

HERE are some specs it is Philips HTS3410D 700 Watt DVD Home Theater System

if i can do this please give examples of Blue ray players i can buy THANKS!

700W total power

single-disc DVD player with progressive scan technology

plays DVD, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, SVCD, CD, CD-R/-RW, MP3-CD, JPEG, Picture CD, MP3

16:9/4:3 aspect ratios

AM/FM digital tuner with 40 presets

six-channel advanced class D amplifier

eight equalizer settings

trilingual onscreen display

parental control

54MHz/10-bit video D/A converter

192MHz/24-bit audio D/A converter

5.1 speaker system

dts, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II decoding

two-way, magnetically shielded center speaker

two-way satellite speakers

passive subwoofer with 6.5" high-efficiency woofer driver

color-coded speaker connectors

component video, composite video, S-video, digital coaxial, line outputs

AUX, TV inputs

headphone jack

AM/FM antennas

A/V cables

Answer 1

The only thing that really matters is whether you have an available digital audio input (sounds like you do). If you have a suitable input you can connect the audio out of the Blu-ray player to the input of the HT receiver and connect the HDMI Blu-ray video output direct to an HDTV. Without an HDMI input you won't benefit from the advanced audio formats (but don't have the decoders for them anyway).

BUT note that you must have an HDTV to benefit.

You should consider carefully whether you want to buy Blu-ray. It's expensive and many people don't feel there is sufficient benefit over DVD. Unless you have a 40"+ 1080p HDTV you won't get that much better picture than upconverted DVD ... but will pay much more. DVDs are not going anywhere soon.