Home audio & video: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player???
Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player???
by bysusan - 3/30/07 1:47 PMHey guys, I was wondering if its possible to play regular dvds on an HD-DVD player. I keep buying regular dvds, but if I am not going to be able to play them on a HD-DVD player then I dont want to buy anymore because whats the point. I dont want to build a big library only to have it not work in standard dvd players 5 years from now.
Can anyone tell me if HD-DVD players are compatible with regular DVDs??
Thanks guys I appreciate your info...
(NT) Yes you can.
by jcrobso - 3/30/07 2:24 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanSD DVD on HD
by Dan Filice - 3/30/07 2:25 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanI don't have a new HD player, but the claim is that the new players are backward compatible and they do the up-resing for standard DVDs. Stewee may know. He has a Blu-Ray player. Stewee, please try this and report back.
Dan
MR BAND I WOULD WAIT A LITTLE .
by stewart norrie - 3/30/07 3:58 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanI took the plunge and bought the Sony stand alone Blue Ray player. Hoping that blue ray would win over the h.d. player.I do believe Blue Ray will win. But the chip havent fallen yet Blue Ray has the edge in many ways 1080P Which does look better than 1080I especially on a large screen size. Yes standard d.v.d.s look great the player does an excellent job at up converting Now Blockbuster has h.d and blue ray movies for rent rite of the shelf Anyway please wait awhile I know the blue ray players are really going down in price In closing I just bought the new Casino Royal blue ray movie beautiful as nice as 70mn.m. film good luck stewe
You are assuming HD-DVD will win the war, but...
by ahtoi - 3/30/07 4:14 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanwhat if Steweeee is correct! You just can't worry about the future you can't control.
NOT THAT DVDs ARE MY SPECIALITY BUT THE GENERAL.............
by Riverledge - 3/30/07 4:29 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanCONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE THAT DVD's will play on the new HD/BLU machines.
Back-wards compatible is what they say. Personally, I don't know.
Best of luck
RIVER YES BOTH FORMATS WILL PLAY STANDARD D.V.D.
by stewart norrie - 3/30/07 9:49 PM In reply to: NOT THAT DVDs ARE MY SPECIALITY BUT THE GENERAL............. by RiverledgeIn A way even thou I own one I wish both formats would fail What is happening is when I want to see a new movie its either in b.r. or h.d This cra-p has gone to far At this time the only thing that would work is d.v.d.s having blue ray on one side and H.D on the other. PS-3 is a good selling point for Sony but I dont know if gamers gamers would use Blue Ray disks It seems Gamers would not be into home theater use happy day stew
Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player???
by Fazone - 3/31/07 1:11 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanI don't know about regular consumer players but,I can play regular DVDs on my laptops HD-DVD player . It may all be mute point now with LG's new BH100 dual format player.
Absolutely
by tptjr - 3/31/07 3:44 PM In reply to: Is it possible to play regular DVDs on an HD-DVD player??? by bysusanI have Toshiba's new HD-A2 HD-DVD player and yes, not only does it play DVD's but it upscales them so they look better than my old Panasonic DVD player(which also upscaled via HDMI). The funny thing is this format war is to me insignificant. I think Blu-ray will probably win so I bought HD-DVD. Why? Because right now the least expensive HD format that upscales regular DVD is HD-DVD.(Sonys Playstation 3 does not) Blu-ray also has had some picture quality problems with players(the first Samsung Blu-ray) and some of Sony's Blu-ray movies were mastered in the old MPEG2 format lowering picture quality. By the time things settle there'll be $200 Blu-ray players and I'll be able to pick up HD-DVD's for a song. Plus, and this is the most obvious reason, I get to watch and rent HD movies now!
Oh, and one more thing about 1080p vs 1080i...it all depends on your display. In other words if your HDTV displays everything in 1080p(like my Samsung 5687) then it displays the same picture whether it's fed 1080p or 1080i so the 1080p advantage is zero...for me anyway. Hope this helps.
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