XBOX ONE - PLAYING A DVD

Noddy244 · Feb 19, 2015

Intending to purchase a brand new Xbox One and having it posted to me in order to use. My question is this: where I am going to be using it there is no Xbox Live service, so from straight out of the box am I able to play DVd's or do I first have to
download the BluRay Player App?

In other words - does this App come already pre-installed?

Many thanks for replying,

Noddy.

:)

-ChaoticGood-1 · Feb 19, 2015

Xbox One: Blu-ray and DVD movies

Yes, Xbox One can play both Blu-ray and DVD movies. No HD DVD

HKvalhe · Feb 19, 2015

Missing Fullscreen 16:9 DVD-playback on Blu-Ray app

The feature of playing DVD movies in Fullscreen 16:9 rather than in 4:3 Letterbox, has been a missing feature on XBox One since the first XBox One was released. It used to be a feature on XBox 360's DVD player. Now this feature is greatly missed in latest
Blu-Ray app updates on XBox One. PLEASE include the option of playing any DVD movie on 16:9 Fullscreen again. It would be great

soccerp1ay3r · Feb 19, 2015

Noddy244,

Unfortunately you first have to download the Bluray player app. It does not come pre-installed.

If you have the option maybe you can just take it somewhere and download the app and whatever else you want, then take it home. The app itself is not that large of a download and shouldn't take long.

SalutarySum5 · Feb 2, 2016

So I got to say this is really messed up that it doesn't come pre installed. Luckily I still have my 360. But this is a big thing the fact that there are many apps that don't come pre installed xbox you should have thought of this.

Misses Quinzel · Oct 31, 2018

Hey there, SalutarySum5! Not a lot comes pre-installed on the console so that users have a choice over what is on their console that they will use. You can still download the app and play discs in the console once it's done.

This thread is nearly a year old. If you need assistance with a support issue, please post up a new thread so that our community can help you out individually. Thanks for understanding!

DONALDO20030603

I have the same problem with DVD playback, however, it's only on DVDs recorded on a toshiba DVD recorder. Bought DVDs play in the correct aspect ratio on Xbox one, but recorded DVDs play in 4:3. However, on every other DVD player, they play in widescreen.
On Xbox 360 I can adjust the aspect ratio in settings. I cannot find how to do this on the Xbox one.

M3tal Daz3

Each Xbox One console is manufactured for a specific Blu-ray and DVD region, following international standards. The Xbox One console can play Blu-ray discs and DVDs that are sold in the same region as the console.

Some Blu-ray discs and DVDs are not region-encoded or are coded to all regions. Region-free Blu-ray discs and DVDs will play on any Xbox One console.

support.xbox.com/.../watch-bluray-dvd-movies

Arminator

What DVD are you trying to play? What prevents you from playing the DVD? Did you make sure that the DVD matches your region, and isn't imported?

All 200+ DVDs and BluRays in my collection work perfectly fine on my Xbox One X as well as my old original Day One Xbox One.

TaffDavies

Exchanged the Xbox at shop I bought it from, it played one DVD so I thought great but no same problem when I tried another one yesterday and the DVD plays fine in the other Xbox, PS3 and DVD player at home and a Xbox s at someone else's home!! Needs sorting!

Theory of Game

You would need an external drive to play HD-DVDs, as the Blu-Ray drive in the Xbox One cannot possibly read the HD-DVD format. Since HD-DVDs are no longer being made, I'd say it's extremely unlikely that HD-DVD support will be added to the Xbox One.

XBOX ONE - PLAYING A DVD