Will it simply play a DVD or Blu Ray disc? Everything I read is about burning.
1320628
NO, it records, but does not function as a player. You will be able to preview what you compose before recording
1373313
No, it only plays one disk at a time, but will play both Blu-Ray and DVDs from all regions.
1319524
You need to have dvd or bluray player software mine works great. Burns blueray and dvds fine also as long as you specify the speed and not use autodetect
454364
I play mine on a sony Blu-ray/DVD player. It plays both DVDs and Blu-ray discs and have had no problems.
1818427
I have played with a third party software, Blu ray movies. So it should also play DVD movies too.
321250
Yes this will play any cd,dvd, bluray. It will also burn all of those. I burn bluray movies and it works great. You will need to purchase the SATA connector wire separately, see link: Monoprice 108782 18-Inch SATA 6Gbps Cable with Locking Latch, Blue
1858820
Yes. It will play CDs. Optical drives like this Samsung are ALL backward compatible to older disc formats. If it plays Bluray, it will play DVD and if it plays DVD, it will play CD.* *Because they still build all Bluray (blue laser) optical drives with DVD/CD (red lasers) as well
1488205
No you must have a blu-ray burner. Blu-ray burners will burn DVD's, but not the other way around.
2126751
The does not have a CD or DVD or Blu-ray drive so will not play Blu-ray dics. I bought a portable disc drive to burn CD's / DVD's that attaches via USB.
1312355
It's a device meant to work with a computer to burn Blu_ray discs, so it's not for broadcasting. You burn the disc, then you can play the disc on your tv through the blu-ray player unit. So if you want to play blu-rays, you just need a blu-ray player that hooks up to your tv, and you can get that for under $75.
2015409
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.
291772
It does play Blu-ray Disc (BD). I always discard bundled software because they are all bloat/ads-ware offering what I don't want & need. Download no-charge VLC Media Player, and it plays BD movies great!Windows Media Player also plays BD movies, but I much more prefer VLC Media Player.
1818426
I am not the seller, but if it will read a Blu-ray, it will certainly read/play regular DVDs. Plus the specs say it will: look at READ DVD-ROM(which means that it will read DVDs that are already burned with information).
977097
It will play both, HOWEVER! It will not play Bluray movies without purchasing additional software for Bluray playback because Sony corporation owns the Bluray standard. I do not buy Bluray nor do I buy Sony products for that reason. I use free VLC player for DVD movies.
579151
No, it has a DVD SuperMulti drive. It will play DVDs, but not Blu-ray discs.
1233043
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 DL DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW CD: CD-R, CD-RW
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I concur with Gel Man's response. The unit will burn basic DVDs (no Blu-Ray, Dual Layer, etc.). The USB cord that comes with the unit has a single USB connector that plugs into the unit and two USB connectors that must be plugged into the computer in order to provide the USB 5 volt amperage required to power the unit.