Will a HD DVD work on a normal DVD player and TV?

Question

I accidentally bought a copy of 'Atonement' on amazon.co.uk, and didn't realize that it was a HD copy - until it arrived. Will it still work on my DVD player and TV, even though neither are HD or HD ready?

Answer 1

Maybe.  

But not the HD-DVD portion.  You see, some HD DVD titles were released in a "Combo" format.  This meant that it had both the HD DVD and regular DVD information on it and would be playable in a regular DVD player.  Take a look at the link and see if your copy looks like the picture.  If it says COMBO on your copy then it will play!

http://www.amazon.com/Atonement-HD-DVD-C...

Answer 2

An HD-DVD disc will not play in a regular DVD player while a hybrid HD-DVD disc will only have the regular DVD layer recognized by a DVD player.

If it's unopened, return the disc to Amazon.

Answer 3

an HD-DVD movie will only play on a HD-DVD player and regular dvd's will play on a HD-DVD player , some HD-DVD movies come in a combo that means that the same disc is one side HD-DVD and the other is DVD so this type of disc will play in a regular dvd if you play the correct side ...

so if you have this version it will work

http://www.amazon.com/Atonement-HD-DVD-C...

this other one i found on amazon.uk its not a combo so it wont work unless you have a HD-DVD player

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atonement-HD-DVD...

Answer 4

Sorry man it won't work on a regualr DVD player.

Answer 5

Nope.

Your dvd player will not recognise it.

Answer 6

Unfortunately no HD DVD's are burned ona special type of dvd that a regular dvd player won't play. It doesn't have the right lazer to recognise that type of format.