
No, DVD players cannot play Blu-ray discs.ĭVDs are written and read with a red light beam (650nm wavelength). You can rest assured and buy yourself a Blu-ray player to play your DVD discs. When playing a DVD on a Blu-ray player, most of the time you are allowed to upscale the DVD videos to HD quality.

It’s for the same reason why you can play CDs on a DVD player and use your USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 flash disk in the USB 3.0 hub of your computer. Manufacturers always want a bigger share from the market, so they would make their products compatible with older devices. Moreover, Blu-ray players are also compatible with VCD and CD. Q6: How to Watch Blu-ray Videos on Your Computer?.

