Of course, you'll be able to use a piece of free third-party software, like VLC, to watch a DVD. And to make it clear, we are only talking about video DVDs, not data DVDs. But, uh, it still seems like somewhat of a step back in time. So what gives?
The Windows developers justify the decision by explaining DVD use on computers is "in sharp decline", adding that it would have to spend "a significant amount in royalties" to offer support for optical media. Instead, online media is the focus for Windows 8: H.264, VC-1, MP4, AAC, WMA, MP3, those kinds of file types.
So, what seems like an odd decision is just a big money-saver for Microsoft. And it won't really affect end users, who can just download a piece of free software. But that doesn't stop it feeling plain weird.
5 comments:
That's odd news in my opinion but I'm glad there's a solution to this problem.
Sounds not really cool!
I guess they are going to try to sell you an app just so you can play DVD's?
sounds odd, but yes i think they will probably sell an app for it, and most likely if you try to play a dvd there will something popup like "dvd play is not installed, buy now, click here".
I can certainly understand why they would choose to downplay the DVD whatnot with other digital formats being so prelevant (and easier to distribute), this also strikes me as laziness from Microsoft's end. Eh, won't harm me too much, I'm already using mobile devices like flash drives more than I use DVDs or such.
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