[78-L] DVD question--was: Re: A word of warning concerning playback

[Michael Biel]

But as I predicted, Blu-Ray players are starting to become fairly 
inexpensive at the low end, way under $100, and soon might be under 
$50.  They will play regular DVDs and CD, but might not play VCDs and 
other formats like that.  I lucked into an LG combo HD-DVD/Blu Ray 
machine which turns out to be hackable for multi-region.  Again my 
suggestion is to always try to ckeck on the web beforehand if the model 
is region-code hackable.  But we are finding that a lot of European 
Blu-Rays are region free, including one movie we got three months ago 
which is not being released in the US till next week and is a completely 
different edit from the British original.  The coding was designed for 
exactly that reason!

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  . 

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> At 06:29 PM 12/15/2009, you wrote:
>   
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>     
>>> At the same time, all sorts of things are being dumped in the $5
>>> bin because Blu-Ray is making the old dvd obsolete.
>>>
>>>       
>> Are "Blu-Ray" discs NOT playable on regular DVD players? I don't have
>> a "stand-alone" DVD player, but use my computer and monitor to watch
>> the few DVD's I have accumulated (usually $1 at Dollarama!).
>>
>> I always thought that "Blu-Ray" referred to an improved method of
>> recording the discs, which was still compatible with ordinary DVD
>> players...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>>     
>
> No, a Blu Ray disc will not play on a regular DVD player. You need to 
> get a Blu Ray which also will play your regular DVD's. 
>