Windows 8 has no free DVD playback
http://pureinfotech.com/2012/05/04/w...a-center-pack/
Windows 8 will not play DVD discs anymore, unless you pay for the Media Center pack Here is something interesting, you may already know that Microsoft plans to sell Windows Media Center as a separate paid pack, but now the company has just revealed that Windows 8 will also stop the support for DVD playback. This won’t be the case of course, if you upgrade to the Media Center pack that you only will be able to install if you have the Pro edition of the upcoming OS or installing a third-party DVD application. In the announcement in the "Building Windows 8" blog, the software maker explains that most of the videos play today on the PC and mobile devices come from online sources such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and many other services and it continues to grow in a rapid pace; in the other hand DVDs and TV broadcast are “in sharp decline” even Blu-ray is losing momentum on the PC, which translate in to “a significant amount in royalties” to continue the support for these playback scenarios. |
Licensing for DVD playback just isn't worth the money. That's why they're subsidizing it using Media Center fees.
Totally understand this decision. |
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Welp looks like I am going to keep Windows ME
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You can download free shit to do that.
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Unless they are saying that the DVD drives themselves will not be able to read DVD movies (that I don't understand) this is really just useless, just download a free video player that can handle them instead.
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good ... i don't want that media shit on there anyway.
prefer 3rd party apps |
big whoop
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Outstanding. |
VLC player FTW! Microsoft can go blow a goat.
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That makes me MORE likely to get it.
Media Player Classic >all |
Another reason I love pulling those licenses for free.
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