Single-button pause and play for DVD and Blu Ray

No I would expect a blu ray player to play DVDs as good as a standalone DVD player. Blu Ray players don't magically improve DVDs. The problem would appear to be that the One blu Ray player doesn't perform well when playing DVDs in comparison to other
Blu Ray players.

I don't own a single Blu-ray. All I own are normal DVDs. Can I play those without an app?

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i think games will be on dvd . all games will be installed so theres no need for that much space (theres no blu-ray games on PC) and they will save money on production

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Games will be on Blu Ray.No need for the space? GTA5 needs to come in 2 DVD's on 360 and so did BF3. PS3 is Blu ray and has no such issues.

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two dvds are significantly cheaper then a single blu ray disc. the drive pulls data off both formats at the same speed so that isnt an issue either.

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neither console is worried about pirating. most of these games are going to require an online check in to play or be played entirely online for both single and multiplayer.

The menu button on the xbox one media remote does not work in the blu ray app. It will not pull up the blu ray dvd menu. The menu button on the gaming remote will pull up the blu ray menu. Can you notify me when this is resolved. The menu button does work
every where else except in the blu ray app.

[quote user="FullHornet"]It makes absolutely no sense why an Xbox One would play DVDs and Blu-Ray's and not play HD DVDs.[/quote]HD DVD and Blu-ray are formatted differently on the disc. Blu-ray players cannot read HD DVDs and vice versa. The exception being
multi-format drives designed to read both (I have two).



Beyond the physical inability to read an HD DVD in a Blu-ray drive, there's the issue of software. HDi Interactive Format was the standard used to create HD DVD menus and other content on-disc outside of the actual movie files. Blu-ray uses scripts and Java.
Unless playback software can understand HDi Interactive Format, HD DVD menus won't work and the disc won't play.



If it was possible for Blu-ray players to play HD DVD, people wouldn't be holding onto HD DVD drives.