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Play ordinary DVDs on a Bluray?

  • 22-10-2008 8:36pm
    #1
    who007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭


    Hey,
    I bought a bluray dvd player (Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player)
    and watched two ordinary DVDs on it (I haven't bought a bluray dvd as yet) and the quality was really good with no issues. The next day I tried to watch another and when I placed the DVD in the machine I got the message LOADING on the display - which didn't change so eventually I thouhgt it might have been the dvd. I tried the original dvd I had watched and it too didn't get past the LOADING message.
    So I got the player replaced today but whe I was opening it there was a sticker I hadn't previously noticed saying not to play ordinary DVDs (or some such words - am not at home right now).
    s there some difference in the laser layout o something that may have caused damage when I played ordinary dvds in it? I got it as part of a package and wouldn't have bought a blu ray machine otherwise, so don't have any plans to go buying bluray discs as yet.
    Lomg and short of the question: Was this a coincidence or can I or can I not play ordinary DVDs on a Bluray player?


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  • #2
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    who007 wrote: »
    Hey,
    I bought a bluray dvd player (Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player)
    and watched two ordinary DVDs on it (I haven't bought a bluray dvd as yet) and the quality was really good with no issues. The next day I tried to watch another and when I placed the DVD in the machine I got the message LOADING on the display - which didn't change so eventually I thouhgt it might have been the dvd. I tried the original dvd I had watched and it too didn't get past the LOADING message.
    So I got the player replaced today but whe I was opening it there was a sticker I hadn't previously noticed saying not to play ordinary DVDs (or some such words - am not at home right now).
    s there some difference in the laser layout o something that may have caused damage when I played ordinary dvds in it? I got it as part of a package and wouldn't have bought a blu ray machine otherwise, so don't have any plans to go buying bluray discs as yet.
    Lomg and short of the question: Was this a coincidence or can I or can I not play ordinary DVDs on a Bluray player?

    Blu-ray players are backwards compatible with DVD so you shouldn't have an issue playing back DVDs bought from a store. You might find an issue with home-made DVDs due to authoring or disc compatibility issues e.g. DVD-RW, DVD+RW etc, but on the whole you shouldn't have any issue with any Blu-ray player regarding DVD playback.


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