Can ANY Blu Ray Player work with ANY HD TV?

Question

Ive seen a Player with this description:

Blu-ray DVD performance is second to none for Full HD picture quality and now this 1080p performance has been extended to audio quality with the addition advanced audio decoding of Dolby Digital Plus , Dolby Theatre System HD and True HD audio quality.

But the TV I have is the other version, 7-something, I forget, 760? Im not sure but you know what I mean.

Will it work with this TV?

Also, do Blu Ray DVDs come in Widescreen or full? Or can you get Both?

Answer 1

your tv doesnt have to be 1080p to accept a 1080p signal.

it will jus downscale it to 720p if it can accept a 1080p signal.

Answer 2

Any Blu-Ray player can actually work on ANY tv... even if it's not HD.  But obviously it will only show an HD quality image on an HD tv.  Also, some very old HD TVs may not have compatible digital rights specs in which case Blu-Ray movies will only show in non-HD on those too.

In your case, you have a 720p TV most likely.  The Blu-Ray disc will play fine, it just won't play at the fullest resolution it can.  Either your Blu-Ray player or your TV will downscale the 1080p image to 720p.  It'll still look way better then DVD though... and how much you notice the differerence between 108p and 720p can depend on alot of factors as well.. like how big a screen your viewing it on and how perceptive you are in general.

Also, no Blu-Ray discs do not come in Full or Widescreen. All HD video is natively widescreen and honestly it'd be completely pointless because they're meant to played on an HDTV... all of which are widescreen (16:9).  Essentially on a HDTV FULLscreen is widescreen.... and 4:3 (square image) would be not the full screen.  Sometimes, however, there will be SD 4:3 content on a commerical Blu-Ray disc such as in some special features. Also, concievably when certain TV shows that were shot on film (but not widescreen) are released on Blu-Ray.. they will be 4:3 (not-so fullscreen anymore)... but in that care there won't also be a widescreen version.  For instance, the original Star Trek series was released on HD-DVD in 720p (it was shot on film)... I believe that it's 4:3.

I work at a public library where I order the DVDs and have always gotten the widescreen version when possible. Some people used to complain slightly because of the "bars" and they used to think it was cutting off the top of the picture. In actuality, most of the time the "Fullscreen" version is actually cutting off the sides of the original image and "widescreen" is closer to what you see in theaters. Now that HDTV and widescreen TV is on the rise.. having an entire collection of Widescreen DVDs is making alot more sense... ah sweet vindication ;)

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Yes, a 1080p player will work with a 720p TV.  It will just down-convert the picture to fit your TV's resolution.  You'll just have to fiddle with the display settings on the player.  For the best picture quality, be sure to use an HDMI cable.

Blu-rays usually have the widescreen format available.  Read the back of the case if you're not sure.  Some discs have both formats.  But why would you play fullscreen on a widescreen HDTV?  :)