2006-10-29 06:43:32 · 7 answers · asked by dave b 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
No. Blu-Ray discs and HD-DVD's will not play on regular DVD players--they use a different type of laser and the data is packed more densely into them. DVD's, on the other hand, can play on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players.
Re: Craig below--not all HD-DVD's are "combo discs" that have a DVD side and an HD-DVD side. Only a few titles are like that, and they're indicated as such on their packaging.
2006-10-29 06:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by themikejonas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No unfortunatly you cant, and here is why:
The new format is called a Blu-ray Disc because a blue laser is able to cram more data onto discs than the red rays currently used. Your dvd player now uses a red laser to read and write data, when a disk wrote with blue rays is inserted then the red laser is to big and sees multiple lines of info that it cannot read resulting in a disk error. Dont worry to much for now though because the standard dvd will be here for some time to come and all the new movies will be avail on them for years to come(just like vhs did). More than 25 million DVD players have been sold since the format was launched in 1996, and the number of films sold on DVD in the UK more than doubled last year. The companies that have worked on it are Sony, Matsushita, Philips, Samsung, LG, Thomson, Hitachi, Pioneer and Sharp.
Hope this helps you
2006-10-29 16:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by Cerwin Vega Man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but you can play DVD's on your blu-ray player
2006-10-29 14:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by Bullz_ eye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no blue ray is adiffernt format you can play your old DVDs in them blue ray discs can hold up to 50 gig of info while a DVD can hold 4.5 gig of info, blue ray disc display there movies in 1080p it amazing how close it is to film mode as you can get
2006-10-29 15:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by richard r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it uses a different laser and a different format than a regular DVD player.
2006-10-29 15:57:00 · answer #5 · answered by coco2591 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you cant Blu Ray is for Sony only yeah it sucks
2006-10-29 14:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope you cannot. Only the HD Dvd's you can, as the HD Dvd's have 2 sides, one for HD the other for SD.
2006-10-29 14:46:20 · answer #7 · answered by Craig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋