OK, I know this is an absolutely idiotic question, but until I see something in print, I'm not sure: Does this play just regular DVDs as well?
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Yes, this plays DVD's as well. It also plays CD's and burns and rips all of those media types too.
144497
In addition to commercial DVDs I have only tried dvd-r which it plays OK. Those are movies copied on my Mac.
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Thank you, Paul! I have the disc and the "Quick Setup Guide", but don't seem able to play certain DVD's.
2098848
It played a few for me, but not many. With most discs I tried it told me I needed to install the latest patch. I installed the patch and it still told me the same thing. Some of the ones it would *not* play for me were The Amazing Spider-man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Dark Knight Rises, and Game of Thrones. These are some pretty high-profile titles for it to not work. I think I was able to play Grimm Season 2 and that was about it. It played DVDs with no problems, but the interface is pretty terrible so it's not worth it.
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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.
509201
It can play a regular dvd.... It definitely can play jpg files off of a USB and it can play photos off of recorded disc as well
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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 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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My Unit never played DVDs from the beginning. Never played DVDs from the box. I thought it was a region code issue but it is not. Then I though it was an Firmware issue so I upgraded from V26 to V29. Still does not play DVDs. I bought it from Amazon LLC directly. If I would have found out this after I purchased the unit, I would have gave Amazon a piece of my mind. But it's too late now as a couple years has gone by. Please learn from my mistake. I bought a VERY EXPENSIVE CD Player (Philips HTS8100/37).
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Sorry, I have never tried to play a dvd that I recorded myself. It seems like the process should be the same as the motion picture companies use to create dvds so my guess is that the player should read them.
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Yes is plays regular DVD's. I never tested Netflix on the unit since I would have needed to hard wire a internet cable into the unit. It does offer Amazon and Netflix. However, I would recommend something with wi-fi built in if you have the option. As you read in my review this player didn't last very long for me. I currently have a Sony model that is holding up fine after about 9 mos of use.
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It has no problem in playing DVDs. You can use the software that comes with it or use whatever other compatible software.
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I have never played a DL DVD (which I would have created myself) on this player but having said that this should be able to play it. Till now it played all 3D blu ray, normal blu ray, dvd, mp3 disc, DIVX disc without any problems.
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This is not true. I play all my dvd's through my xbox 360. However some videos that are pirated don't work on ps3 or xbox (I don't do this but have people I know who do and had this happen). I have never had a problem playing dvd's I would take it back and get another one.
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As long you have the correct codecs for your OS, it should play. It has nothing to do with the dvd or blu ray drive, rather the player (software apps) playing the VLC files.
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It plays DVDs like any other DVD player. Just switch it to the DVD setting rather than the hard drive setting
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It is backwards compatible so will work like a regular DVD. Will play regular, blu ray and 3D DVD's. You can't run 3D unless you have a newer 3D TV, but any tv will show a regular or blu ray DVD.