Can a dvd players play a blu ray disk?

Question

Can a dvd players play a blu ray disk?

Answer 1

No.

Blu-ray players upconvert and play DVDs but not the other way round.

Blu-ray is a premium priced ($5 -$20 more expensive) HD alternative to DVD ... not a replacement for it.

You need a minimum of an HDTV to obtain any benefit from Blu-ray ... and ideally a large screen 1080p HDTV, with HDMI, and a good surround sound system.

For many people upconverted DVD is going to look very very close to the same quality as Blu-ray.

Answer 2

No

The data on Blu-Ray is smaller and compacted. A regular DVD player laser is to wide to read the blu-ray data.

Answer 3

No, afraid not. but a blue-ray player can play DVDs.