A statement out this week from Vole stated that Hollywood is stopping BluRay and HD-DVD from playing in 32-bit mode on the new Vista. This comes as a shock as MS stated that Vista was going to be completely backward compatable with previous installment of windows.
Also in the new OS is the dredded restriction malarkey, (or DRM) where everything is gonna be digitally signed, and restricted.
‘Speaking in Australia this week, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Steve Riley effectively revealed Windows Media Player 11 will not play HD content from HD DVD or BD sources unless it’s running under a 64-bit version of Vista. According to Riley, 32-bit mode is too open to hacks designed to bypass the optical discs’ copy-protection mechanisms.’ – www.theregister.co.uk
I know one thing’s for sure; Proffessionals and tech-heads simply will not buy the Vista, until BD or HD becomes more accessible and DRM is not included… and this is not going to happen.
Linux here we come!