I dont understand about blu-ray disc's. I know its a CD that uses blu-ray for HD. But, can any DVD player play a Blu-Ray disc?? If i went out to the movie store and rented a movie that is blu-ray, Will it work on my 5year old DVD player?
2006-09-29 20:24:52 · 2 answers · asked by cratty_3 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Each CD or DVD appliance uses a laser to read optical information on the disk. Older technology used magnetic "heads" to read analog info off of a tape. CD players have a different laser than DVD players, and the new HD-DVD and Blu-Ray DVD players have their own proprietary lasers to read the data (unreadable by your standard DVD player).
Recommendation: Forget about it. Buy yourself a nice, cheap upconverting unit and watch standard DVDs for now. IN a year, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will have battled it out and a dominant technology will emerge. Player prices for that technology will come down significantly (you'll feel silly next year for dropping $750 on a Blu-Ray player this year when they go on sale at Best Buy for $299).
2006-09-30 05:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by jumping_in_101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you need Blue Ray HD DVD player. Blue ray DVDs have more information packed into same amount of area. You need blue laser device to read that higher density DVD.
2006-09-30 03:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋