Do you need a hd tv to watch blu ray discs?

Question

Do you need a hd tv to watch blu ray discs?

Answer 1

if you have a ps3 you can play them on that to a standard tv but you will lose some picture quality.

Answer 2

no... you won't notice much of a difference on an SD tv though.  when you watch a bluray disc on an HD tv your eyes will bleed...

Answer 3

Well, technically no. The discs will display on your TV. But you'd be wasting your money buying a BlueRay player and BlueRay discs if you can't display their high resolution.

In fact, even regular DVDs look better on an HD set if played through an upconverting player.

Answer 4

Yes and no. Blu-ray Disc is a High Definition format that is made for high Definition Tvs. However, if you connect a Blu-ray player to a Standard definition tv, you are defying the purpose of Blu-ray. At that point, it is NO better than a standard DVD. The Blu-ray player will downscale to maximum 480p on a SDTV. You would be wasting your money on a Blu-ray player (avg around $450) and buying expensive blu-rays (avg $25) on something you can't even take advantage of. So yes you can see it, but it's pointless to buy one unless you have an HDTV. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

No you don't but the extreme high quality will be lost on a regular screen.