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blue ray

simple question ,will blueray dvds play in normal dvd player ,without enhancments...son has a lot of blueray,s but I have old fashioned dvd player 3 years old.

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  • USM
    USM Posts: 317 Forumite
    No they won't.
  • zenmaster
    zenmaster Posts: 3,151 Forumite
    The short answer is no.

    The clue is in the name - Bluray uses a blue laser whereas a DVD player uses a red one so it's unlikely it could even read the disc, let alone decode it.

    Some titles come with a DVD copy on the disc as well though, so you might be lucky.
  • Nilrem
    Nilrem Posts: 2,565 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Blu rays won't play on a DVD player as mentioned.
    But DVD's will play on a blu-ray player (because the blu-ray plaer is more advanced so it's backwards compatible).

    As has been mentioned some Blu-rays come with a DVD in a double or triple play package.
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