Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Jan 2007 14:40 UTC, submitted by archiesteel
Windows 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. The Vista system will be available to consumers at the end of the month. However, in an interview with The Times, one of its chief architects said that because of anti-piracy protection granted to the Hollywood studios, Vista would not play HD-DVD and Blu-ray Discs on certain PCs.
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RE[2]: Maybe...
by agentj on Tue 9th Jan 2007 15:08 UTC in reply to "RE: Maybe..."
agentj
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2005-08-19

Screw Blu-ray for now. It's too expensive - I think that I'll wait for the prices become comparable with DVD recorders and discs. Almost everyone on the planet can live without blu-ray crap (except greedy people).

As for buying films - there are tons of cheap older movies in the malls (for example ~3.5$ to 10$ in Poland per DVD or VideoCD box).

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