The version of Windows Media Player that will ship with Windows Vista won't include playback support for either Blu-ray or HD DVD movie titles. "In box we have the Microsoft VC1 decoder...but in order ...

An update to our earlier post, it turns out the 32-bit version of Windows Vista can play next-gen protected high definition content. Microsoft reps said Senior Program Manager Steve Riley was mistaken ...

Raymond Chen has let slip that Windows Vista will be somewhat choosey with regards to which DVD drives it supports. Chen, who has worked on Windows development since joining Microsoft in 1992 and ...

This isn’t really news if you’ve been paying attention to the fine print about what is and what isn’t available in the various editions of Windows Vista. In fact it is just another in what seems like ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that the next version of Windows, named "Windows Vista", will eventually support HD-DVD, despite recent announcements of support for the rival format, Blu-ray.

We were pretty surprised last week when an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson declared that Windows Vista would include "a great HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD experience." The statement, after all, seemed ...

This is the first of a two-part series on getting your system (or systems) ready for Windows Vista. In this post I'm going to look at what you need to do (or at least think about) before putting that ...