HDVDs - How to play them

HD DVDs?

If so, yes. You need an HD DVD player.

If you buy Blu Ray discs, you need a Blu Ray player.

These newer players will play regular discs too.

They run $300 and up.

Yes, they require a specific type of DVD player. I assume you are talking about an HD-DVD disk. Players are coming down in price but one will still cost you several hundred dollars. A quick search at Newegg showed the cheapest one to be $299.

Unless you have a high definition TV there is no point in getting a HD-DVD player. You won't see any difference compared to a standard DVD. I suggest you return the disks and replace them with regular DVDs.

Thank you for the info, Bella and Parados.

They just say HDVD-9 (on the back cover), not HD-DVD, but I suppose it is the same. I can't return them, I bought them when I was out of town. I guess I just have to get stuck with them.

By the way, it does not say Blu Ray, but NTSC, would that mean something? Although on the front cover, it says DVD ROM, that's why I did not pay attention to the HDVD-9, I thought it is just the name of the collection, until I could not play them.

I don't think hdvd-9 is high def. Where are you located?

NTSC is limited to North America. If you are in Europe then your DVD player probably won't play them since most of Asia, South America and Europe use PAL.