w8ing2exhaaaale

I have a Vizio Blu Ray Player that just stopped playing my blue ray DVDs. I mean it won't play any blu rays at all. I've already heard about updating the firmware, but from reviews I have read on this player that does no good. Even after people updgraded the firmware, its still a piece of junk and won't play blu rays. So now I'm just fed up and I don't want to be bothered with having to upgrade firmware . I just want to buy and use and be done with it. So I'm thinking of going back to a regular DVD player (non blu ray). My question is: Will I still have to be worried about a regular DVD player not playing ALL DVDs (non blu ray) and will I have to be bothered with firmware updates with a regular DVD player?