My player won't run them HOWEVER, I do see one with the same model number and price advertised on the 'Net that says it does play Blue Ray. Maybe there are two versions. I really can't explain what's going on there.
I haven't tried to play one on it yet, so I don't know. I can tell you this. It doesn't play all foreign digital formats. I've already run into a few DVDs that won't run. It does have a coax audio output, so the sound is excellent.
We connected the DVD player to our TV directly with RCA cables. There is an RCA input connection on our TV. If there is no RCA input connection on your TV, you can purchase an RCA to HDMI adapter that will work. I’ve used this on a TV without RCA input and it works fine.