Do you need a 3D TV with this DVD/Blu-Ray player. from what I read this does play reg. DVDs as well--is that correct?
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We do not have a 3D tv. We get an amazing crisp picture on our Samsung LED tv.
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Yes, it plays regular DVD's but you do need a 3D TV in order to view a 3D DVD- as well as 3D glasses.
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3D DVD player will play regular un-3D Blu-Ray DVDs as well as non-Blu-Ray DVDs and does not require a 3D TV.Frank Mason
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This DVD/Blu-Ray player does not require a 3-D TV to connect to, it works on our HDTV fine. It plays regular DVD
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You do not need a 3D TV except to watch 3D DVD's. If your going to get a 3D TV later buy this, otherwise you can get a cheaper Blu-Ray player.
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We have a Samsung HD digital TV that is about five years old now that is connected to the new Blu Ray player, we play reg. dvd's, Blu ray dvd's, and stream netflix with no problems. Hope this helps.
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This Blu-Ray player does not require a 3-D TV to function properly. It works with our HDTV just fine and it plays both regular DVD's and Blu-Ray discs with equal efficiency.
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You can watch without 3D. It only works when you use a 3D Blue Ray disc and the system is asking you to start 3D. Normally it runs on 2D (normal).
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Yes, it's actually a 3D Blu Ray player. It will work as a regular Blu Ray player for non 3D TVs
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If you're looking to watch 3D Blu-rays on your Samsung 3D-ready DLP, right now you are limited to purchasing a Panasonic 3D Blu-ray player that supports output in the "checkerboard" format (e.g. models bdt100, bdt300, bdt350 etc.) that's all you need besides your glasses and emitter setup. if you want to use other players, watch cable/dish 3D, or play 3D games (i.e. PS3) you will need a "checkerboard" adapter from Mitsubishi and you have to hack the EDID of your TV. do a Google search on that and you'll find what you need to get started.
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Yes, it does. All blu-ray players should be able to play both formats. You just can't play a blu-ray in a standard dvd player.
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Hello Michael... The 3D feature can be turned on or off using the remote and the 3D effect is phenomenal. This is on the 65 Inch set that I have. I have the 55 Inch as well which is NOT a 3D set. It comes with 8 sets of 3D glasses which are the same as the ones you get in the theaters. To play 3d Blu-Ray's you will need a 3d Blu-Ray player (don't even bother with DVD any longer). You can not go wrong with this 65 Inch Vizio. I own 4 Vizio units and they have all been beyond my expectation... John Hess
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Hi Shaune Lewis,This was the kind of solution I was looking from a long time and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience thro' this post.I have a Sony BDP S-570 Bluray player which says it is 3D ready and a Viewsonic PJD 6531w 3D ready DLP projector...But I am not able to play a 3D bluray disc (christmas Carol 3D) with this setup from my Sony BD player... Could you please suggest the best option to bridge the gap b/w my Sony BD player BDP S570 and Viewsonic Projector PJD 6531w..?Thanks for your time in responding to the post...
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If you have a 3d player hooked up to the unit then the 3d signal will be passed cleanly thru to the tv. Further its only useable with a tv with an arc hdmi input. The 3d player will detect that it is hooked up to the tv thru this audio return channel and then will display 3d. If you have an input set to [on the Sony] something other than the dvd player when first turned on then the 3d player will not detect 3d tv function and might give a no 3d tv detected code. Just make sure input on Sony is correct and trun dvd off and back on and it will then reset to dectect 3d tv.
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As far as I know, it's JUST a DVD player...Blu Rays won't play on DVD players but DVD's will play on Blu-Rays. I think the price would be a lot higher if it were a Blu Ray player. Do not buy this if you're looking for a Blu-Ray Player.
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Hi, always, as a general rule, to view the 3D effect it is required a 3D capable TV, if you use a 3D Blu Ray movie with a non-3D TV you will only see a normal 2D Blu-Ray. So to answer your two questions, yes and yes. As a final comment, I don't recommend this player, look for Sony.
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120HZ is a must for 3D movie watching. If your DVD is not 3D, it probably would not go that fast. I wonder anyone had experience in 3D playing on this player?
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you will need a media player that can do blu-ray. There are some free ones out there; however, PowerDVD14 by cyberlink runs specials all the time and you can get it relatively inexpensive. I think I paid like 80 dollars for mine and it runs fantastic. The player itself (the item on amazon) is stupendous. I highly recommend it. You also need to make sure your resolution on your screen can handle hi-def. If you have an HDMI output more than likely you do, if not check and make sure your resolution is at least 1024 by 728 Good luck
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I know this is an old question but in case anyone new is looking I just want to clarify that yes it will play regular DVD's (NTSC only - does not play PAL) and it will automatically up convert them to HD. However, and Amazon still has not fixed the false claim that it will convert non-3D DVD/Blu Ray to 3D. If a film is not in 3D this will NOT magically create a 3D version.
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i wanted to know that too so i asked pioneer by email."do i need an explicit 3d labeled blu-ray drive to play 3d movies? or do ijust need a 3d SOFTWARE capable?as opposite of the BDR-209DBK model (wich explicite says 3D capable), thisone doesn't say anithing about 3d compatible anywhere on theexpecifications."their answer: " The BDR2209 is not 3-D capable.Thank You,Pioneer Customer Service"so i dont know if it has to be an special reader for 3d or what!. i thought it was only a 3d software but after that answer i dont know what to think anymore. i wanted to know that too so i asked pioneer by email."do i need an explicit 3d labeled blu-ray drive to play 3d movies? or do ijust need a 3d SOFTWARE capable?as opposite of the BDR-209DBK model (wich explicite says 3D capable), thisone doesn't say anithing about 3d compatible anywhere on theexpecifications."their answer: " The BDR2209 is not 3-D capable.Thank You,Pioneer Customer Service"so i dont know if it has to be an special reader for 3d or what!. i thought it was only a 3d software but after that answer... » Read More i wanted to know that too so i asked pioneer by email."do i need an explicit 3d labeled blu-ray drive to play 3d movies? or do ijust need a 3d SOFTWARE capable?as opposite of the BDR-209DBK model (wich explicite says 3D capable), thisone doesn't say anithing about 3d compatible anywhere on theexpecifications."their answer: " The BDR2209 is not 3-D capable.Thank You,Pioneer Customer Service"so i dont know if it has to be an special reader for 3d or what!. i thought it was only a 3d software but after that answer i dont know what to think anymore. « Show Less
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A blu ray 3D player hooks up the same way you would hook up a regular dvd player. There are places in the back of the tv for the hook ups.
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It's supposed to play both, however after six months mine stopped playing regular dvds and will now only read blu-ray. It is also SUPER SLOW to load. You'd be better off getting one of the new quick loading ones. You can put a blu-ray in this one, go to the kitchen, make dinner, come back, and it still might not be done getting ready. Especially with newer discs that need a downloaded update to the machine's software.
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It will play pretty much any type of media disc, including 3D Blu-ray.If you want to write data to a disc, here are the supported formats:Blu-ray: BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R LTH, BD-RE, BD-RE DLDVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RWCD: CD-R, CD-RW