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To: Cedar

I see the Blu-Ray players for sale and notice they are higher priced than the DVD players. What is the difference? I have several DVD players and my Daughter pretty much keeps me permanently on Netflix as she uses it for gifts.

Can I play Blu Ray discs on my DVD players? I guess not but am not sure. Don’t really even know what Blu-Ray is.


8 posted on 03/14/2010 9:25:53 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog

Blu-ray gives a much better picture. For more details, just check back on this thread. There are really technical experts here at FR who will give a lot better explanation than I could!


11 posted on 03/14/2010 9:30:21 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: yarddog

No, you cannot play Blu-Ray on a standard DVD player.
The disks are definitely different and the quality is substantially better...


12 posted on 03/14/2010 9:30:35 PM PDT by HiJinx (Don't squat with yer' spurs on, a'ight?)
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To: yarddog

The difference between movies on Bluray and movies on dvd is like looking through piece of glass at a sculpture versus looking through a sheet of water at a sculpture. Bottom line, BR discs store up to five times more data than a dvd and therefore higher picture quality and sound quality can be enjoyed. To me, watching a bluray that I have already seen on dvd before is like watching the movie for the first time all over again.


14 posted on 03/14/2010 9:32:48 PM PDT by Vindibudd
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To: yarddog
Don’t really even know what Blu-Ray is.

Its like the difference between the telegraph and the telephone.

Nobody thinks they care about the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD, until the first time you see Star Trek, or Iron Man, and realize you have never really seen a picture before.

You won't want to ever go to a theater again either.

19 posted on 03/14/2010 9:41:35 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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