Ron wrote:
On 10/20/2013 4:45 AM, ...winston wrote:
Ron wrote:


Media Player is included with Windows 8.
Media Center is not included with Windows 8.

Media Center plays DVD's, Media Player does not.

*Windows* Media Player won't play DVDs?


Correct on Win8 or Win8.1 (any version) MP doesn't play DVD's
...and Media Center is a Windows Pro only option (Media Center is not
available for Windows 8 Core or Windows 8 Enterprise)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-playback-help


This computer came with Power DVD so I never even tried to use WMP to
play a DVD. The second paragraph is the real reason why WPMP no longer
plays DVDs.

snip

According to Microsoft, DVDs are old-school technology that’s no longer
needed. Today’s ultrathin laptops and tablets don’t even have DVD
drives. Most people watch movies by streaming them to their computers
over the Internet, Microsoft says. Or, they watch their DVDs on TV.

Also, Microsoft no longer wanted to pay licensing fees to the companies
owning the patents to the MPEG-2 decoder and Dolby Digital audio support
required for playing back DVDs.

snip



The second paragraph probably covers the business reason but not
entirely inclusive of all reasons....since OEM's are involved for the
majority of sold o/s - cost passed on to OEM and OEM also responsbile
for support.



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...winston
msft mvp consumer apps