Yes. It plays Dvd's, games, and movies.
If you have a HDMI connection to a 1080P HDTV it will upscale the DVDs to near 1080P
My PS2 is from the PAL region because I live in the UK.
No. PS3 will, however, and right now buying a PS3 is cheaper than buying an actual Blue-Ray player. So yeah I'd definitely recommend buying the PS3 if you are wanting to delve into Blue-Ray. Hope this helped! :P
It is not available on the PlayStation Store.
I am not sure about the Region 8, but it CAN play Blueray and DvD's, this is why most people buy them, it is basically like a 1,000 dollar DVD player for around 400
If the PlayStation 3 being used has reverse compatibility it can play PS2 games online with PlayStation 2 players.
No, it can't.
No, PlayStation 3 is designed to play DVDs and Blu Ray movies.
Playstation 3 will play HD DVDs. You do not need an accessory to have the HD DVD work.
Yes.
The Playstation 3 plays both DVDs and Blu-Ray without a special adapter.
Yes, it plays blu-ray and regular dvds.
No PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 can play DVDs PlayStation 1 just will not be able to read the disc
Yes, just like the ps2.
Yes, a Playstation 3 can play a regular DVD. All Playstations can play regular DVDs.
NO PlayStation 3 games are distributed on Blu-ray Disc, which is read by means of a blue-violet laser with shorter wavelengths than the red laser used for DVDs (on which PlayStation 2 games are made). The PlayStation 2's optical drive only has a red laser, so it is only capable of reading DVDs and CDs. The PlayStation 3 has both blue-violet and red lasers, allowing it to read CDs, DVDs, and BDs.
Yes it will play DVDs besides playing Blue-ray Discs. It will also play CDs.
All blu-ray players come with backwards-compactability. The PlayStation 3 is a great console for blu-ray playing, as well as many other features of game playing. Yes, you can play normal DVDs on a blu-ray system.