Micro$oft: Not All Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Will Play on Vista

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Microsoft has been forced to acknowledge that a substantial number of PCs running the new version of its Windows operating system will not be able to play high-quality DVDs.
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The admission will be a blow to Microsoft, which is hoping that more users will turn to their PCs for watching films and other content.
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“Any computer which has an LCD monitor is potentially at risk of not being able to play this content.”

This will Only encourage more hacks on the HD medium....


[edit on 1/8/2007 by a1ex]

[edit on 1/8/2007 by a1ex]

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[edit on 8/1/2007 by Umbrax]

Actually the protection used on HD-DVD and Blu-ray has been hacked.

Microsoft is part of the HD-DVD camp, so this is probably another blow to that medium. I think M$FT bet on the wrong horse... Apple, Sony, HP and many other players are supporting Blu-ray and that seems to be the technologically better format and through the PS3 many more Blu-ray players will be out there soon. If I had to bet, Blu-ray is going to be the format of the future and HD-DVD will go the way of the Betamax. Although dual-format readers are going to be coming out, I think the industry will converge on one standard.