Can a standard video DVD player play a Blue Ray disc?

Question

Can a standard video DVD player play a Blue Ray disc?

Answer 1

No!

The technology is different - finer track pitch, etc.  It would be like playing a DVD on an audio CD player.

However, all Blu-Ray players to date do play DVDs - because manufacturers are building in backward compatibility as a convenience to consumers (it is not compulsory!).

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

Nope

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

No the DVD Player has to Be Blu Ray Ready.

Answer 6

No it cannot because the laser used to read blu-ray discs are much finer than that of a dvd. With a dvd it would literally be reading across multiple lines of data and can not interpret that.

unfortunately many companies are deciding to move to blu-ray discs rather than hd dvds. so it may be better to just wait for the price of the new blu-ray player  to drop and then purchase one then.

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Answer 7

Blueray is a new format that is different from DVD.  But an HD-DVD player should play a DVD(though I have heared some are not backwards compatible), because HD-DVD is the next step past DVD.  It's like VHS and Beta max(if you remember them).  There are some multi-format players out now that play everything.  HD-DVD, Blueray, DVD, and I guess CD's, too.