My wife got me a great gift for this last birthday. She tends to be a pretty fantastic mix of practical and fun and this gift was no exception. I was given a pretty sweet gift that can be considered both of those things. She got me a Panasonic blue ray player that is just what I was hoping to get for this birthday. She knew that even though we have a nice DVD player, this one would be the upgrade that would make our system the kind of great entertainment system that we will enjoy far more than we otherwise would.