Originally Posted by joebenz
:werd: that will be f'n BS if whatever wins doesnt play my DVDs. i will be an angry person that has >500 DVDs and cant play them on whatever new player comes out.
http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#2.4
While backwards compatability is not required by the Blu-Ray spec, it's very easy to make Blu-Ray players that will play DVDs, and I doubt any blu-ray player to hit the market early on will be blu-ray only.