Reddit mentions of Sony DVPSR170 DVD Player (New for 2013)

What year are you living in? You can play Blu-Rays on both current gen consoles, and the PS3, and on separate Blu-Ray players from at least 25 different brands, for as low as £30 on Amazon, with free P&P (or far cheaper, if you look for something used). Blu-Rays can store vast amounts more data than DVDs, and at far higher bitrates, allowing them to play 2d or 3d video at full 1080p resolution, and on certain equipment at up to 4k UHD with HDR color. Even as a casual viewer, on a modern HDTV, you should be able to instantly tell the difference. As for them being "just a fad," they have been the dominant physical medium for home video for around 10 years now. Granted, you wouldn't see any benefit from the added resolution and bitrate on any of the older Doctor Who episodes, basically up until series 5 of the new show, so if that's all you want to watch or own physically, Blu-Ray is perfectly adequate for your use case. And of course, if you do watch other content, but you don't notice enough of a difference between the two to justify the added cost of a new player and more expensive discs, then by all means, save your money, I'm glad you're happy. But to go around saying Blu-Ray is "just a fad" that "only plays on like two machines" makes you seem ill informed and pretentious, and is simply incorrect.