I bought a blu ray disc, and it came with a regular DVD copy. without even thinking, i just grabbed the first disc, and put it into my DVD player, and that disc happened to be the blu-ray version. now the back of the blu-ray disc has waves of color, and i dont know if i ruined it or not, does anyone know?

No, you didn’t ruin it. dvd players are strictly read-only, meaning that they will not rewrite or damage anything on the disc under any circumstances, unless the DVD player catches on fire or spits the DVD across the room, shattering it against the wall (which will almost NEVER happen, mind you!). The "waves of color" are just part of the reflection from the disc. In short, if you put a Blu-ray DVD into a standard DVD player, absolutely NOTHING will happen.

I need to replace the dvd drive on an original xbox, not the xbox 360, can anyone advise me on where is the cheapest place to get one?

idk if you can get replacment drives for xbox…but i say try ebay and GameStop/EBgames

What is the best DVD release from the Doors and why? Which come up in spots 2 and 3?

I like "Live in Europe 1968". It’s mono and black and white but it reflects the band show "as it was".

I would like to a recommendation on a good blu ray player. Should I get a standalone player and buy a Playstation 3 because of their reliability. Any recommendations is appreciated. It will be connected to a HDTV 1080p hi def TV.
I meant to say — should I get a standalone player OR instead a Playstation 3. Thanks.

As of right now the PS3 is the best choice….WHY?

Well right now the PS3 is one of the most reliable, durable and cheapest blu-ray plaer on the market today. THe PS3 is also the very few blu-ray players that can updates its firmware to the latest profile.

With this $399 price you get a blu-ray player and an ultimate game console which plays high def games, free online gameplay and can even install Yellwo Dog Linux operating system on the PS3 to use as a computer operating system…

So unless some company company comes out with a stand alone blu-ray player less than $200 or $300 the PS3 is your best choice.

I am trying to find a firmware update for my dvd drive, how do I find out what make the drive is? Also where can I update firmware?

Check out device manager, Right click on My Computer and Click on Manage. The drivers should be displayed there, right click on the DVD/CD drive there and you will see update and stuffs, alternatively you can open up your PC and look at the label on it and check out google for update.

Hope it helps

A movie called 9. Just 9. Oh! And district 9.

Obviously external is outside the computer but how can I buy an internal DVD Drive and install. Someone please tell me the difference?

The difference I believe you are talking about is that the External Drive is most likely going to use a USB or Firewire connection, which connect via inputs in the back panel or the front panel.

Alternatively, internal drives use either a SATA or IDE connection, which connect to the motherboard more or less directly. Instructions for install can be pretty easily found from your computer maker or the drive maker

by release date, so on Thursday I can find out what’s coming out on Tuesday.

comingsoon.net
it lists movies that are coming out between now and like 2012 or something. its a good site!

I have just aquired a large screen tv and I will watch lots of movies on it but should I purchase a blu ray disc player or should I continue with my dvd player? I don’t want to replace my library of dvds.

First off……There IS a huge difference, both in picture and sound. If you have a TV that is capable of showing a 1080P picture then it is well worth the money to get the Blu-Ray Player.

The first guy is correct in saying that a Blu-ray player will play your existing DVD’s, but what he left out is that IF you have the blu-ray hooked up to your TV using an HDMI cable then you can set the unit to play only at 1080P which will also make you regular DVD’s look better. Obviously they won’t look as good as the Blu-ray disc.
For those people that can’t see the difference…….chances are there is a problem with the setting on your unit, or they are not using the right cables, or the movie that they are watching was converted to blu-ray (HD) format instead of being recorded in it to begin with. Until this year almost every movie was shot with a standard def movie camera and then converted to HD. Now most movies are being shot in HD from the get go.

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I just got a PS3 and I do NOT have an HDTV, so if I bought a Blu-Ray/HD DVD, would it still sound like an HD DVD without and HDTV? Plus, what is the difference between Blu-Ray and HD DVD? Thanks!

If you do not have a HD TV then there will be no difference between a normal dvd and a HD/Blu Ray dvd. You need a HDTV to see the difference in quality , And i have to say a HDTV with a PS3 makes one hell of a difference , everything is much clearer and brighter and colourfull , and thats at 720p.

The main difference between HDDVD and Blu-Ray would be the fact that HDDVDs store up to 30gbs and Blu-Ray stores up to 50gb and can be used for games aswell , They are also created by different companys , Toshiba and Hitachi created HD DVD , Sony and Philips created Blu-Ray , Different film companys are support the different formats with only 1 or 2 supporting them both which means the range of films that appear on Blu-Ray will vary to the range of Films that appear on HD DVD , Blu-Ray would probably have more of a choice of films since more film companys are supporting it.

See here for a more detailed discussion.

http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/19/blu-ray-vs-hd-dvd-state-of-the-s-union-s-division/

Hope i helped.