Well the drive has to be a Blu-Ray drive for Blu-Rays require a certain laser in order to play and DVD players do not have that laser, but the Blu-Ray laser can detect and read DVDs
Yes
No, it will not play Bluray discs, but it is upscaling, so you can watch your regular DVDs at HD quality.
No. All current 3D disc content is HD and so use Bluray discs. You have to have a 3D Bluray player.
No. DVD quality will be displayed whether the player is a DVD player or a Bluray player. DVDs won't be the same quality as a Bluray disc of course.
people who have bluray players
Beacaus bluray is newer and they think everybody has a bluray player... eventually it will come on dvd.
Yes, the Toshiba C55T does play the bluray.
Of course, but not bluray. For that you have to get special software, AND a blu ray disk reader. It's probably not worth it if you can just buy one for your tv
Yes all bluray drives will play cds.
BluRay discs carry high definition television and therefore store data in a high density format. A standard definition DVD player will not recognise a BluRay disc and will simply report an error if one is loaded. On the other hand, a BluRay player will not only play BluRay discs but will also handle standard DVDs. Most will also recognise and play CD format discs. Most Bluray players will also down convert the HD signal from a BluRay disc so that it can be viewed on a standard definition television. In this case, of course, the image quality will be the same as any other standard definition signal. To benefit from the high definition signal, an HD television is also required.
As far as I know, you will need the Mac Blu-Ray Player (or similar) and an external bluray drive for your Mac. It will read a Blu-ray disc from an attached drive and play it in Mac OS X. During the Christmas, there is a big discount on the website, you can get more there:
So far, no Apple product has a drive that will play BluRay.