Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Jan 2007 14:40 UTC, submitted by archiesteel
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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2006-05-29
It is basically not a problem with those PCs it is a problem with the choice of Graphics Card and Monitor.
It is the same with any HD-DVD or BlueRay Player/Monitor/System not only with computers and it is known since the beginning.
"HD Televisions" won't work either without an drm protected channel. Some "HD Ready" displays sold are already incompatible.
It is the fault of the content mafia. Macs will suffer from the same problem once they have HD-DVD/BlueRay options. Linux most likely will be left out all together.
Someone should crack this drm crap, but from what i have read about it, it will be much harder this time (yes, i'm aware about muslix64, but his solution is not a final one).