DVD players and drives cannot handle Bluray discs, whether recording to them or reading from them.
Bluray players and drives on the other hand can use DVD discs as well as Bluray discs.
NO
No it cant
It is a DVD-RW drive.
A DVD player cannot play a BluRay disc. A BluRay player can play both BluRay discs and DVDs.
Currently, no. You should get a PS3 to do that.
DVD-SuperMulti Dual Layer
DVD players cannot play Bluray discs. The lasers and the data storage are different so no data can be read from a Bluray disc in a DVD drive. That is the case whether or not there is any up-scaling available in the player. Bluray players on the other hand are quite happy to play DVDs as well as Bluray discs.
Yes, BluRay DVD players also play non Blu-Ray DVDs with no problem.
Computers can only play Blu-Ray discs if their optical drive is a Bluray drive rather than a DVD.
No
Yes
From toshiba's website on a Satellite laptop specs: DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer) supporting up to 11 fomats
No and HD DVDs have been permanently discontinued
A DVD will play on the computer because the computers are made to play DVD's. The Xbox 360 will not play DVD's because they are made to only play BluRay discs.