File formats

[King.Bob]

Hi all,

Just wondering why reasonably priced DVD players (or even expensive ones) don't play far more different file formats than they do?

I'm not taking a dig a Sony, because all manufacturers are the same. My poor old pc which is way overdue for the knackers yard can play almost anything you can throw at it. I bet it would even play old 78's if I could squeeze them into the dvd tray.

Surely it can't be that expensive to make multi format DVD players, or is it some kind of legal thing that a person like me would not understand in a million years?

Yes I know you can get a few that play MKV, MP4's etc, but if my clapped out pc can play them, why not ALL DVD players????????????

[rotsen2]

It is even worse: not every sony-product can't even get along with file-formats and/or codecs of other sony products. Like my sony BDV-nf620 Blue ray home cinema set can't play the m2ts (AVCHD) files from my sony HD handycam via dlna (it does via usb) and can't play the avi files (DV-codec) from my older sony handycam (not from dlna or USB).

I'm even wondering why I bought multiple Sony products at all!