questions → can i play a blue ray dvd in my regular dvd…

vote-for22vote-against

Can I play a Blue Ray DVD in my regular DVD player?

Jan 6, 2012 1:37 PM

I guess what I am asking is will I be wasting my money on a Blue Ray movie if I don't have a Blue Ray DVD player?

I can't justify buying a Blue Ray DVD player until my existing one breaks.

wigi wigi

11 Answers answer

Sort By:

vote-for13vote-against

No.

90mcg112 90mcg112
vote-for7vote-against

A DVD player will not play Blu-Ray discs.

pxb006 pxb006
vote-for26vote-against

Most Blu-Ray players will play Blu-Ray's and DVD's, but the reverse is not true for DVD players. Otherwise why would anyone want to purchase a Blu-Ray player?

hackman2007 hackman2007
vote-for5vote-against

@hackman2007: OK thanks - I didn't know there would be an issue. This helps a lot.

wigi wigi
vote-for7vote-against

@wigi
Actually blu-ray players are not that expensive anymore. Here is a refurbed one from Best Buy on-sale for $39. Unfortunately it's sold out online but keep your eyes open and you should be able to find one for less than $50. Especially if you settle for a base model with no wifi capability.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dynex%26%23153%3B+-+Factory-Refurbished+Wi-Fi+Built-in+Blu-ray+Player/4684718.p?id=1218508071305&skuId=4684718&st=blu%20ray%20player&cp=1&lp=15

jimmyd103 jimmyd103
vote-for4vote-against

@jimmyd103: Thanks, I'll check it out.

wigi wigi
vote-for3vote-against

Your DVD player will NOT be able to play Blu-Ray movies.

Blu-Ray discs are read with a different physical laser (one more toward the "blue" end of the visible spectrum as opposed to the older "red" lasers used for DVDs). In almost every other regard, Blu-Ray discs are the same as DVDs, but due to using a laser with a shorter wavelength (hence the color shift), disc makers are able to encode more data in the same space.

As far as I'm concerned, a PS3 is still the best Blu-Ray player out there (and it probably will be for some time).

secretagentman02 secretagentman02
vote-for2vote-against

I knew there would be someone to mention the PS3 as a Blu-ray player. With Blu-ray players now less than a quarter of the price of the PS3, there’s really no reason to get a PS3 to just play Blu-Ray movies (especially at the price of $39.99). The cheapest Blu-ray player will look and sound just as good as the PS3.

bobthegoat2001 bobthegoat2001
vote-for0vote-against

No, you can not. i tryed that and it didn't work out. IM LOOKINJG FOR ONE THOUGH!!!!

angelachenismyrealname angelachenismyreal…
vote-for3vote-against

Ha, there is no such thing as a blu-ray DVD. DVD is the brand name from Toshiba for their laser disc technology. Blu-ray is the brand name from Sony for their laser disc technology.
There are blu-ray discs and there are DVDs. Saying that you have a blu-ray DVD for sale is like saying I have a Pepsi Coke for sale. Both are brand names.

kiddtigger kiddtigger
vote-for0vote-against

I don't know, but maybe you can tell me if I can play my 8 track tape in my audio cassette player?

tomas123 tomas123

Stats

Asked
Jan 6, 2012 1:37 PM
Asked By
wigi
Answered
11 times
Viewed
60862 times
Voted Against
12 times
Voted For
34 times

Similar Questions

Related Deals

Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

Never-ending savings are still to be found on Deals.Woot each and every day, so come on in. Don't think of it as a time for tears. Think of it as a way to bring us all closer together under one roof.

Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.