What is the Blu-Ray DVD all about?

[TVFactFan]

What is the difference between Blue Ray and the regular DVD i bought from the store 6 years ago? Do I need a Blue-ray DVD player to play a Blue Ray DVD?

[Dork]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

What is the difference between Blue Ray and the regular DVD i bought from the store 6 years ago? Do I need a Blue-ray DVD player to play a Blue Ray DVD?

Yes, you need a Blu-Ray player to play Blu-Ray discs and the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD that Blu-Ray has better video and sound quality than DVD

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Dork

Yes, you need a Blu-Ray player to play Blu-Ray discs and the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD that Blu-Ray has better video and sound quality than DVD

I see never ends, and I will never blue ray DVD player

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I see never ends, and I will never blue ray DVD player

I do hear that regular DVD's can play in a Blue Ray Player though. It's just that Blue Rays won't play in a regular DVD Player.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

I do hear that regular DVD's can play in a Blue Ray Player though. It's just that Blue Rays won't play in a regular DVD Player.

which means a blue ray dvd player is $668

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

which means a blue ray dvd player is $668

I know they're expensive. I don't have one and don't know if I ever will.

[JamesG]

Blu-rays are not DVDs; they are a separate format all together.

The Blu-ray discs are pretty much enhanced DVDs. It has higher resolution, at full HD (1920 x 1080), while a regular DVD uses NTSC resolution (720 x 480).

The Blu-rays are also capable of squeezing more information on them (25 GB for a single layer disc, 50 GB for a dual layer disc), while the maximum for a DVD is about 9 GB.

The increased storage space allows for a more detailed picture and better sound.



Also, to experience the quality of the Blu-rays you have to have an HD-TV.

You cannot play Blu-rays on a DVD player, but Blu-ray players can play regular DVDs. If you play a regular DVD on a Blu-ray machine, with an HD-TV, you will see the difference in quality on-screen.



They say that the cheapest Blu-ray player on the market is the Playstation 3, which is what I have. You get your video game system, Blu-ray player, DVD player, and even Audio CD player in one machine.

A lot of people I know don't have separate Blu-ray/DVD players, they just use the PS3 as their home entertainment system.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Blu-rays are not DVDs; they are a separate format all together.

The Blu-ray discs are pretty much enhanced DVDs. It has higher resolution, at full HD (1920 x 1080), while a regular DVD uses NTSC resolution (720 x 480).

The Blu-rays are also capable of squeezing more information on them (25 GB for a single layer disc, 50 GB for a dual layer disc), while the maximum for a DVD is about 9 GB.

The increased storage space allows for a more detailed picture and better sound.



Also, to experience the quality of the Blu-rays you have to have an HD-TV.

You cannot play Blu-rays on a DVD player, but Blu-ray players can play regular DVDs. If you play a regular DVD on a Blu-ray machine, with an HD-TV, you will see the difference in quality on-screen.



They say that the cheapest Blu-ray player on the market is the Playstation 3, which is what I have. You get your video game system, Blu-ray player, DVD player, and even Audio CD player in one machine.

A lot of people I know don't have separate Blu-ray/DVD players, they just use the PS3 as their home entertainment system.

I'm not impress and will be content with my regular DVD player

[ryan423]

Blu-Ray players, and good ones at that you can now find for under 200 dollars. Not a large price to pay for quality...

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by ryan423

Blu-Ray players, and good ones at that you can now find for under 200 dollars. Not a large price to pay for quality...

Then after I buy that something else will come out in 2013 called Light Blue-Ray

[Pavan]

Blu-Ray is not new. It's been out since like 2003. It is in high definition. DVDs are not in high definition. Blu-ray player is REALLY worth to have; I have one on my computer.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Pavan

Blu-Ray is not new. It's been out since like 2003. It is in high definition. DVDs are not in high definition. Blu-ray player is REALLY worth to have; I have one on my computer.

How much clearer do you need a picture to be???

[Pavan]

If you have HDTV, you will never want to watch regular TV again. It is looks A LOT better and well worth it. I've been watching in HD since 2008.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Pavan

If you have HDTV, you will never want to watch regular TV again. It is looks A LOT better and well worth it. I've been watching in HD since 2008.

I'm watching HD TV now and it's not that big of a difference.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Then after I buy that something else will come out in 2013 called Light Blue-Ray

That's pretty much what happens. There's always something better that comes along. I was late in going from VHS to DVDs. I'll be real late going to Blue Ray. lol The only good thing is that DVDs play in the Blue Ray player. You get all your movies on VHS then they tell you to get them on DVD. They're much better. Then they tell you that Blue Ray is better yet. I'll be dead and they'll still be trying to get me to try something else. lol