Can ordinary DVDs and HD DVDs be played on Blu Ray players?

Question

Can ordinary DVDs and HD DVDs be played on Blu Ray players?

Answer 1

Ordinary DVD's can be played on a Blu-Ray player. HD-DVD cannot because it is a different format.

There is a player by Samsung which plays both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats though.

Answer 2

Yes ordinary DVD's can be played in a blue ray player or HD DVD player. There are expensive players that will play both HD & blue ray, I think samsung make one but not sure, but most will play one or the other format.