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| 534705 | 2007-03-21 00:47:00 | I have recently purchased a new DVD player. With the advent of Blu-ray supposedly taking over the home video (etc) scene, does this mean that current DVD's and players will become obsolete? Will Blu-ray discs be able to be run on DVD players? Cheers Gary |
garyasta (1151) | ||
| 534706 | 2007-03-21 01:12:00 | I have recently purchased a new DVD player . With the advent of Blu-ray supposedly taking over the home video (etc) scene, does this mean that current DVD's and players will become obsolete? Will Blu-ray discs be able to be run on DVD players? Cheers Gary Blu-ray discs (and HD-DVD discs for that matter) will not be able to run in normal standard DVD players . You will need a separate player for each typoe of disc (although there has been a multi Blu-ray/HD-DVD player in production - they just have to iron out the legalities of it . I wouldn't worry too soon - it will be alittle while (in NZ at least) before Blu-ray or HD-DVD take off due to costs and movie libraries etc . |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 534707 | 2007-03-21 01:32:00 | Hi Tukapa TKS Gary |
garyasta (1151) | ||
| 534708 | 2007-03-21 01:45:00 | It is not an overnight thing so expect a good few years out of your dvd player. Think of it as VHS and DVD. Just now it is DVD and Blu-Ray, HD-DVD. | trinsic (6945) | ||
| 534709 | 2007-03-21 06:12:00 | Many of the new set top DVD players that are being released come with an upscaler chip, that upscales the quality and resolution of standard DVD's. In many cases the quality is indistinguishable from the higher quality Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Seeing as many people already has established DVD collections, i don't see the need to rush out and adopt these new standards any time soon. Like any new standard it takes time for it to become established. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 534710 | 2007-03-21 11:54:00 | Theres no way Blu-Ray discs will play on your current DVD player (you dint buy the $2000 Blu-ray player did you?) You will need dedicated players or one of those Toshiba hybrid ones but anyway, it will all cost you a lot of pretty pennies. |
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