Blue Ray Disc Players

6 Responses to “Can Blu-ray Player Play Regular Dvd Disc?”

1. rand7263 on July 28th, 2009 at 12:02 am

   Regular dvd’s use a red laser while blu-ray discs use a blue laser. The two are incompatible. But most blu-ray player manufacturers will include both kinds of lasers so they are “backwards compatible”. Much like how dvd player manufacturers include an extra laser to read cd’s, so they are “backwards compatible” to that format as well.
   It would be idiotic for blu-ray player manufacturers not to make them “backwards compatible” with regular DVD’s, but just check the box to make sure.

2. O_O ; on July 28th, 2009 at 12:53 am

   Yes, otherwise PS3 owners wouldn’t be able to play their copies of Guitar Hero II and they’d be very angry. Haha.

3. foxtrot on July 28th, 2009 at 1:16 am

   NO, blu-ray discs use a different laser length than a dvd disc.

4. Jericho on July 28th, 2009 at 1:50 am

   Yes, not only will they play DVDs, but most of them will upscale (or upconvert) regular DVDs so they look better than on a normal DVD player. You must use the HDMI cable to take advantage of this upscaling, however.

5. Neoz on July 28th, 2009 at 2:24 am

   I would think so because my PS3 is a blu-ray player and i watch regular DVDs on it

6. ? on July 28th, 2009 at 3:19 am

   Yes Blu ray players are backwards compatible with DVD’s

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