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 ...

Microsoft wants to charge you $15 to spin your old movies, and doesn't even support Blu-ray. Fortunately, there are freebie alternatives. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of ...

Editor's take: Monthly Windows updates routinely break OS features that many people rely on for their daily computing tasks. Yet, Redmond seems unfazed about occasionally making life harder for users ...

I'm a huge advocate for the 4K Blu-ray format, hence why I've been listing the gains of physical media to anyone who will listen for the last three years. Higher fidelity audio, no lagging or ...

VLC Media Player is one of the most popular media players on most platforms, including Windows and Linux. Being capable of playing media from the Blu-ray disks, many ...