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Hi,
It simply depends on the model of player. A lot of the current Bly-Ray players still have S-Video, Composite, or Component connections on the back (but not all players).
I think many Blu-ray Players will include analog outputs for a while yet, but it kind of defeats the object of Blu-Ray. It's possible that analog connections will soon become rare in favour of HDMI (a purely digital connection, the best picture quality available.)
I don't think it will be very long before Blu-Ray players have HDMI outputs ONLY.
The best analog connection for many years in the UK has been RGB via the SCART connection (many TV's support this). However, many Blu-Ray players do not have a SCART socket any more (used in Japan too?).
99% of TV's made in the last 15 years will accept a Composite video signal (single plug), but this gives by far the WORST picture quality (yuck!). Some older TV's will not accept an NTSC / PAL60 signal which many DVD / Blu-Ray players output nowadays.
Component analog connections (three plugs for the video / not including the sound!) are slightly newer, and give a vastly superior picture quality to composite or S-Video (if your TV has the inputs for Component of course.)
The picture quality with a Component connection will be very similar, if not better than RGB in most cases, but importantly, a Component connection also allows High Definition (HD) picture quality on newer TV's which support it.
Of course, with ANY analog connections you're sacrificing a lot of the HD picture quality benefits of Blu-Ray. If your TV accepts anything less than HD via a Component connection, then using a Blu-Ray player is fairly pointless, and you might as well stick with DVD only.
So, yes you can currently connect many models of Blu-Ray player to an older TV which does not have an HDMI input. HD via Component can also be excellent (almost as good as HDMI in most cases), but HDMI can give stunning pixel-perfect quality from Blu-Ray.
btw, please don't confuse Composite with Component!
In summary...
Composite (analog) = WORST picture quality + NO HD !
S-Video (analog) = slightly better than composite + NO HD ! (popular on US TV's).
RGB (analog) = much better than the first two. Usually not HD unless via VGA socket.
Component (analog) = similar to RGB, but also allows HD (if your TV supports it.)
HDMI (digital) = The BEST connection currently available. All "HD Ready" TV's should have HDMI, and support at least the 720p HD resolution.
(NOTE: Using the current highest HD resolution of 1080p is dependant on your TV.)
OzOnE.
Bluray players are high definition devices and therefore are incompatible with all older televisions. By "older" we can refer to all non high definition televisions. Any TV that does not have an HDMI connector will be incompatible.
However, all is not lost. Almost all Bluray players have an analog output such as composite or component. The signal will only be standard definition but if the TV doesn't have an HDMI input, then it too is almost certainly standard definition. This is the case whether a Bluray disc or standard DVD is being played. The Bluray player will operate perfectly well with this arrangement. As and when the television is replaced with a new one, the HDMI high definition output of the player can be used and HD discs can be seen in HD quality.
If your television has an HDMI input then it will handle the HD signals from a Blu-Ray player. If it doesn't then the analog SD outputs will still work but of course, not in HD.
No, they are written with different light which means that a DVD player cannot read blu-ray, however, a blu-ray player can read DVD's.
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