Regular DVDs: This is probably a stupid question but, this HD DVD/Blu-Ray combo player can also play regular DVDs right?
204625
Yes. The Samsung 5000 duo has the Reon up-convert chip, which is highly regarded. Not sure what LGE used in the 200.
2264250
I have a regular TV (Standard Def) with component inputs, can I use this player (as a standard dvd player) with my regular TV. I plan on buying a HDTV in the future and I want a standard def. dvd player for now.
255327
No it just plays regular dvds and music cds, it is a very nice little dvd player.
680738
Yes, I have successfully played DVDs on this model. The user manual says it plays DVD-video, DVD-R, DVD-R DL in addition to Blu-ray. It also plays CDs, SD cards, and USB media.
564959
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.
2231980
Typically, in the electronics world, players are backwards compatible. Since this is Blue Ray DVD technology, it should play the older DVD formats the came before. I'm not an expert on this, but I don't recall ever having a DVD (Blue Ray, HD, SD) or CD that would not play in this 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.
1948055
Well, you'd need a very expensive blu-ray burner on your computer if this is what you wanted to do and the results would not be an improvement over the dvd quality. Instead, this player allows you to play your regular dvds and it will up-convert the signal to a more HD-looking quality. Regardless of what medium you transfer your dvd movie to, it will still be standard definition.
1543567
Yes, it does. In fact, all blu-ray players are backward compatible so it can play your regular DVDs and even upscale them which improves the quality over standard dvd players. Blu-ray players also play many kind of formats such as music CDs, mp3 CDs, jpg. CDs and several more. Streaming ability of services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc. is actually why most people buy such systems. In other words, you get much more than just blu-ray capability...
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.
2122845
im sorry i forgot to tell you not only will it play regular dvd';s it will process them to give you a better quality than they are, and i have had this one for a long time now no problems.
578778
Yes it will. Blu-Ray players will play standard dvd and usually upconvert them even, though standard non blu-ray players upconvert ones or not WILL NOT play Blu-Ray discs.
151261
Yes, it does play both. Blu-ray, obviously, in HD. And has a nifty upconvert feature for DVDs which is almost HD quality to the DVD.
818672
Ammy, Yes this unit plays regular DVD's! I have this same unit and it is great. It's small and tucks away nicely. Bryan Miller
564955
It USED TO play both blu-ray and non blue-ray DVDs. All blu-ray players that I know of ARE SUPPOSED TO play both. After a software update, it stopped playing regular DVDs (other people mentioned this, too). After trying to find a FIX on the internet, we gave up and purchased a SAMSUNG blu-ray player. I recommend that you buy a new model (and not LG). They are inexpensive. Unless this model is FREE, you would be better off getting something else. [Note: LG might now have a correction for the software update problem. We dumped ours about 2 years ago.]
1677811
No Sir, its only a Bluray player, it will not record In the Bluray format. However it will record regular DVDs.
752510
This will only play content from CD/DVD disks. If the disk says "blue-ray" (which is popular for new HD movies) this won't play it! You will need to look for a player that can play blue-ray disks.