When Blu Ray first came out, most people would say that Sony delivered a better system for playing them than most other manufactures, but today the playing field has leveled.
you would need one if you had bluray movies because they can't play on regular DVD players. Blueray players can play regular DVD's in better quality and they have cool features like netflix, blockbuster, youtube, and more.
A DVD player is a better decision than a BluRay player based on price alone. This type of player is cheaper. A BluRay player may be a better idea because it can also play DVDs and has more advanced features.
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No. All current 3D disc content is HD and so use Bluray discs. You have to have a 3D Bluray player.
No, it will not play Bluray discs, but it is upscaling, so you can watch your regular DVDs at HD quality.
Most Bluray players can play either DVDs or Bluray discs using a standard definition television. Almost all Bluray players have an analog composite, S-video or component output that can be used. Before purchasing, check that the player has an output that the television can accept. Note that the quality of the image will be standard definition and not HD. All Bluray players today limit their analog outputs to SD so even with an HD television, analog inputs will not deliver HD images.
Yes. Some Blu-Ray players can even play photo CDs and some can even display data on SD cardsAll players can, but not the very early ones (the first ones were manufactured in 2006)All Blu-Ray players can play DVDs and CDs
Standard DVD players and Bluray players normally only have outputs. Therefore, it isn't possible to connect them together.
No it won't. Many DVD players and Bluray players feature an up-scaling function to output standard definition content in an HD signal format. This does not improve the quality of image.
Some might. When picking out a player, be sure to read the product descriptions
No, they don't. Bluray players are capable of playing HD video content which is better quality than standard definition video. However, a Bluray player used to reply a DVD in standard definition will not improve the resolution of the image. This is the case even when the player up-scales the image to an HD format.
Bluray and HD DVD are the two trade names for high definition discs and players. Bluray is by far the better choice for the simple reason that HD DVD was withdrawn in 2009. Bluray had won the HD format war so HD DVD quietly left the stores. There are a number of HD DVD discs around as well as the players. As the two systems are in-compatible, don't trash your HD DVD player just yet. It will still do a do job of playing the HD DVD discs you still have.