One reviewer indicated that this TV DVD combo only plays BluRay DVDs and not standard DVDs. Can this be true?
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The reverse might be true! We play standard DVD's every day effortlessly. However. there IS a decal on the front of the TV which states that Blue Ray DVD's CANNOT be played on this unit so we've not tried Blue Rays. Hope this helps. We are very happy with this product in every aspect. Charles
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This RCA TV definitely plays DVDs! It was a Christmas gift for my daughter and she said that it plays her DVD movies flawlessly. I cannot answer about other region formats and have had no experience with using a dish, but it works beautifully with Roku streaming video and computer streaming. Neither of us have BluRays and know nothing about their requirements. Actually, when I was researching I didn't see any models with built-in BluRay - but that might have been because I wasn't looking for Blu-Ray. I have the same model (one year older) and we are both very pleased with audio, picture quality, color and ease of operation. and yes, it can be mounted. We are both very happy with this choice. This RCA TV definitely plays DVDs! It was a Christmas gift for my daughter and she said that it plays her DVD movies flawlessly. I cannot answer about other region formats and have had no experience with using a dish, but it works beautifully with Roku streaming video and computer streaming. Neither of us have BluRays and know nothing about their requirements. Actually, when I was researching I didn't see any models with built-in BluRay - but that might have been because I wasn't looking for Blu-Ray. I have the same model (one year older) and we are both very pleased with audio, picture... » Read More This RCA TV definitely plays DVDs! It was a Christmas gift for my daughter and she said that it plays her DVD movies flawlessly. I cannot answer about other region formats and have had no experience with using a dish, but it works beautifully with Roku streaming video and computer streaming. Neither of us have BluRays and know nothing about their requirements. Actually, when I was researching I didn't see any models with built-in BluRay - but that might have been because I wasn't looking for Blu-Ray. I have the same model (one year older) and we are both very pleased with audio, picture quality, color and ease of operation. and yes, it can be mounted. We are both very happy with this choice. « Show Less
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That is not true as I only use standard DVD's and it is beautiful and works perfect. I really like this TV and would definitely buy it again as it does exactly what I purchased for.
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Honestly I don't know. This television did not work when I received it. It would not even turn on so I couldn't see if the DVD player only took blu ray. Very disappointing.
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Thanks. I've done all that with no results. My last resort is to test the player with a few other Blu-Ray discs. If they play with no problem, I'll return this set to Amazon and ask for another one.
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Hi, this item can play regular DVD wonderfully. But this item cannot support digital tv signal, just analog tv signal as stated.
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The answer to both would be yes. I don't think I've ever heard of a Blu-ray player that won't play DVD's as well.
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Thanks for the reply.I assume it's a non-issue, but does it also do a good job of playing Pal DVDs on a PAL TV?
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I think if it's not a HD player it wont read it. At least that's what the manual says, and other threads that I've read. That goes for DVD's too. If it's not a HD player it won't read it and won't play it. I believe that this unit isn't HD.
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I read the other answers that stated the disc is a blu-ray and I have to disagree with that. The disc says it is for blu ray players but it is still a regular dvd. I used it in a non blu ray dvd player, and it worked, a blu-ray disc cannot be read by a dvd only player.
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I never thought to try those disks, but I just tried a music CD and it played fine. I don't have any music DVDs to try, but my guess would be it plays them also. It obviously does play movie DVDs.
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yes they will play normal dvd's if you have any recorded in mp4 or windows media ect check to make sure it plays those types of files blue ray is just a lot more lines of resolution giving better picture quality match it up with a tv with 720 or 1080 and you should get very nice picture!
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I have only played original Bluray DVDs thru the BlueRay DVD player, not thing else, so it is unknown to me.
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Thanks, Bishop, for your reply. I liked your last statement (very funny!). A couple of hours after i went out to get this model at Best Buy (i just couldn't wait!), a friend showed me the all-region equivalent (also from Pioneer) featured on this same Amazon site! Well, at least they claim it's all region, but seems some customers have had to get guarantees from the supplier that the unit will indeed play all types of discs. A bit confusing. ;)
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I don't know. I haven't been able to get the dvd part of the tv to work. My son - the electronics "expert" - has not been able to get it to work. He says I should contact the manufacturer. I bought the tv online, it's not worth my time and effort to dig" just to get the dvd player to work, so I just don't use the dvd part. The tv is fine. I can probably contact Amazon, but I have not -- too much trouble for such a small amount of money. The moral of the story is, "You get what you pay for" ???? ...or maybe I should contact Amazon. I don't think a stand-alone dvd/blue player costs that much. The price (even for just a tv) was good, I thought.
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I think that's the one biggest flaw with this Sony model. If it senses a 720 or 1080 signal, it won't allow you to select Normal setting. A 4:3 image gets blown up and distorted by either "full" or "zoom" settings. I solved it with DVDs by changing the setting at the level of the Sony player. But I haven't hooked up to a hdtv digital box yet, so I'm not sure how I'll deal with it then. You could use your DVD player as a tuner, possibly, but I hope there's a better solution than that or the TV gets sent back.
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No! and you probably already found this out on the blue ray side... This feature only works on DVD's They have disabled this feature on PowerDVD 13 and 14 for Blue Ray discs.
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Mine plays DVDs better than any DVD player. Return your unit and get another one.
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No, it's not a BluRay player, but it is 'multi-region'. Search Amazon for BluRay players if that'swhat you need.
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the Tv is not recieving a truue digital signal.... you must connect thru the HDMI or colorstream ports and ALSO have a true digital signal coming in to get a 1080p on start up.... most DVD's (not blue ray) can not generate true 1080... and some cable networks you need a 1080 converter..... dish satelite or digital over the air should draw a 1080 response.. hope that helps... PS: my Tv works great... and has since I bought it.. Joe