HD-DVD??? does my dvd player play it?

Question

so i have a Sony DVP-NS70H dvd player, it says high definition on it, but it doesn't say anything about HD-DVD. it does also say that it can play video up to a 1080i resolution. i know HD-DVDs can't be played on a normal dvd player, but i don't want to buy an HD-DVD and waste the money just to try it out. does anyone know if this model plays it or not?

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

It won't play an HD DVD disk unless it is a hybrid disk with HD DVD on one side and DVD on the other side. Sony is in competition with Toshiba's HD DVD format (actually the competition is over, Blu-Ray won. After Warner announced for Blu-Ray HD DVD movie sales went down to 15% of the High Def movie sales and Blu-Ray 85%)

Your Sony won't play Blu-Ray either. It only upconverts, or more properly upscales, DVD to 1080i resolution.

Answer 3

Sony makes Blu-Ray, so it wouldn't play HD DVDs regardless, but that model does not play Blu Ray either.  It is upgrading the picture by using a progressive scan, so it has a better picture than any off the shelf, Dora the Explorer DVD player.