Do you need to buy something in order to play a blu-ray disc? Like a new kind of dvd player for blu-ray?

Question

like a wii game needs specifically a wii console. what about blu-ray?

Answer 1

Yes, you need a blu-ray player.  Luckily blu-ray players can also play your old dvds as well as blu-ray discs.  

Blu-rays are not like traditional movie discs.  Instead of a video file they have a java program written on them that runs the movie in high-def.

Answer 2

You will need a blu-ray player to play blu-ray discs. Blu-ray players cost $300+ including the PS3. They are able to display up to 1920 x 1080 in resolution, making the picture quality better than DVD (720 x 480). They also have better sound quality due to the codecs used, and higher bit-rates.

However, unless you have an HDTV, it will be no different than normal DVD's. So if you have a non-HDTV, don't waste your money buying blu-ray discs and players that will mean no difference to you.

Answer 3

You would have to buy either a Blu-Ray DVD specific player, or a PlayStation 3. As far as I know, regular DVD players don't recognize Blu-Ray discs. I've never tried it.  

Answer 4

Yes you need a Blu-Ray Player or a Playstation 3 both will play the Blu-Ray high-defintion disk.The reason for this that a new player was required to play such high definition movies.You can find players for like $400 to like $1200.A high def T.V. is also benificial.

Hope this helped