American DVD won't work in Europe for two reasons. First, the color encoding system is different. Although North American and European color encoding work in similar ways, they are not compatible.
The major issue is that commercial DVDs have a region code imbedded in them. A DVD coded for the North American market will not work in players made for Europe or other parts of the world. There are a small number of DVD players that ignore the region code but they are hard to find and normally have no manufacturer's warranty.
It is far, far less complicated to simply buy the right DVD for the player.
Yes, dvds can be played on bluray players.
Yes, blue-ray players can play regular DVDs. However, regular DVD players cannot play Blue-ray DVDs.
DVD players or Blue Ray Players work.
All DVDs can play on Blu-Ray players
The laser that is in most DVD players can also read CDs, which is why most DVD players can play audio CDs. The laser in straight CD players cannot read DVDs.
HD DVDS are DVDs that can be played on high definition TV players. The regular DVD can be played on any TV and is not in the same definition as the HD DVDs.
Since all Blu-Ray players can play DVDs, they would play like any other player
Yes, Blu-Ray players can play regular DVDs.
All Blu-Ray players can play DVDs
Blu-Ray players are compatible with DVDs
Yes.
Yes