Will players work on standard TVs?

[bjg21gjb]

So I really want to start buying my stuff on Blu Ray, but i'm currently oveseas for 5 months and dont have my hdtv set up over here.

I was gonna buy a cheap blu ray player over here, but was wondering if they will work on standard fullscreen tvs. I know I wont get any of the amazingness of the blu ray picture, but I figure I might as well save re buying things in the future and start now.
Unless it wont work at all.........

Cheers

[Ukujiku]

Yeah, it should work great. As long as it comes with the correct connections it'll work fine.

[connect42]

It will work just fine. I helped a friend set his new Blu-ray player up on his REALLY old TV. It plays the Blu-ray discs perfectly - just not in HD. Now, he, like you, will get a new TV next.

[[1080-p]]

Originally Posted by bjg21gjb

So I really want to start buying my stuff on Blu Ray, but i'm currently oveseas for 5 months and dont have my hdtv set up over here.

I was gonna buy a cheap blu ray player over here, but was wondering if they will work on standard fullscreen tvs. I know I wont get any of the amazingness of the blu ray picture, but I figure I might as well save re buying things in the future and start now.
Unless it wont work at all.........

Cheers

yeah blu-ray can be played on old tv sets but i found out you still need additional speakers to make up for certain sound that 4x3 tv sets lack

[dobyblue]

I still use a 32" 480i CRT with component cables for Blu-ray.
It's miles better than DVD even in standard definition.

Of course I have about $8,000 worth of audio equipment for the soundtrack playback which definitely helps, but make no mistake it's easy to see the visual differences that a nice bold MPEG-4 encoding makes with black shadow detail, macro-blocking, pixelation, etc., etc.

[bjg21gjb]

Thanks everyone! Very helpful.