Want to Play DVDs in Windows 8? Then Pay Up!

[blazorthon]

Well, it's certainly not an encouragement. The thing is, the metro interface feels like it was designed for a phone or tablet. That's fine on a phone or tablet, but.... my 35lb desktop computer isn't one of those. I shouldn't have to use workarounds here. Why would I be willing to pay extra for DVD capability when that was included for no extra charge before and I'm almost certain that they won't reduce prices because of it, pocketing the money instead?

You're not being forced to pay if you want DVD support if you just download VLC or another free media player.

You shouldn't need to do workarounds to get rid of Metro, but you do need to do them if you don't want to have it. It's not much worse than the fact that we shouldn't need farmers to grow/raise food for us to eat, but they still have to do it. The difference is that enthusiasts with Windows 8 are now the farmers.

Besides all of this, there's still the option of not upgrading to Windows 8.

 

[william559]

Just one more reason I will be pirating windows 11 and completely skipping all together windows 8, 9 and most likely 10.

 

[Tomtompiper]

Why pay up? Ubuntu is free!

 

[ohim]

So is there any other crap in Win 8 so that they can scrap it and let us chose a free one so the OS will be cheaper ?

 

[tindahbawx]

Never use WMP anyway, so it's hardly an issue.

 

[maddy143ded]

who uses DVDs these days? no this is the wrong question to ask....
the real question to ask is who uses Windows Media center/Player?
i make around office/multimedia 50 systems every year, some are reinstalls but most are fresh.
i have K-lite codec pack with Media Player classic as a default for all of them. Yes VLC is more of a favourite but MPC is less buggy....
you dont have to pay for playing anything on your PC. the best players out currently are Open Source or Freeware..

the best thing to do for MS is just give us plain vannila windows 7. with no extras like WMP, or Defrag, or anything really. just make sure the installation is like 2-3 gb at the most. everything in the technology world is compressing in size so why not reduce the windows installation size?

 

[__-_-_-__]

-> linux

 

[freggo]

"Windows Media Player" ??

Who cares about this piece of crap anyway.
VLC and others beat it hands down without the bulk.

Still, M$ just added another reason not to switch to Win 8.

 

[JohnUSA]

RIP Windows 8.
You died before you were born.
Stupid Microsoft.
I will never use this horrible OS. When I buy a new PC I will surely downgrade down to Windows 7.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]tomtompiper[/nom]Why pay up? Ubuntu is free![/citation]

So is VLC (which is compatible with both Windows and Linux if I remember correctly).

[citation][nom]JohnUSA[/nom]RIP Windows 8.You died before you were born.Stupid Microsoft.I will never use this horrible OS. When I buy a new PC I will surely downgrade down to Windows 7.[/citation]

Windows 8 is a great OS. Just use a few workarounds to ditch Metro.

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]"Windows Media Player" ??Who cares about this piece of crap anyway.VLC and others beat it hands down without the bulk.Still, M$ just added another reason not to switch to Win 8.[/citation]

If you acknowledged VLC's existence, then how is this a reason to not upgrade to Windows 8?

[citation][nom]maddy143ded[/nom]who uses DVDs these days? no this is the wrong question to ask....the real question to ask is who uses Windows Media center/Player?i make around office/multimedia 50 systems every year, some are reinstalls but most are fresh. i have K-lite codec pack with Media Player classic as a default for all of them. Yes VLC is more of a favourite but MPC is less buggy....you dont have to pay for playing anything on your PC. the best players out currently are Open Source or Freeware..the best thing to do for MS is just give us plain vannila windows 7. with no extras like WMP, or Defrag, or anything really. just make sure the installation is like 2-3 gb at the most. everything in the technology world is compressing in size so why not reduce the windows installation size?[/citation]

Windows Media Center is used by some people as a video streaming service to stream video to their Xbox 360. Windows 8 will supposedly ending that too, but at least that is a semi-valid complaint.

 

[ojas]

Yeah but i'm thinking...if anyone wants to make a HTPC based on win 8, it becomes a bit more difficult. See, WMP integrates into Media Center and i guess the same happens in Metro.

Though i think once you install any other media player you could simply copy the codecs or something. Or install the K-Lite codec pack.

still, this will be an issue for the dumb user.

I only support microsoft's move if they actually lower the price of the OS.

 

[classzero]

[citation][nom]amdfangirl[/nom]Someone needs to remind Microsoft they are selling software, not DVD/Blu-ray drives. What next? Microsft pretending to be an ISP and charging for a subscription to Internet Explorer.[/citation]

Thanks for giving them the idea!

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]classzero[/nom]Thanks for giving them the idea![/citation]

It's IE. Anyone who knows about other browsers knows that they are better. M$ can charge all they want for features that either aren't used much or shouldn't be used much even if some people use it as far as I'm concerned. The only problem with that would be those websites that only allow IE using visitors to use the site.

 

[classzero]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]The only problem with that would be those websites that only allow IE using visitors to use the site.[/citation]
thanks for the support

 

[eddieroolz]

Not really a biggie, and if it helps cut down on OS size and make it less malware-prone then I'm all for it.

 

[njt]

excellent news. people should really be using a halfway decent media player, so go download the FREE "media player classic" or "VLC". or any of the other 100000 mp software out there. google is your friend

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]windows8sux[/nom]98 = Good, ME = Bad, XP = Good, Vista = Bad, 7 = Good, 8 = ???If the pattern keeps up, were in for a shitty OS... I tried to consumer preview and just couldn't get around the fact there is no start menu, it's just plainly the most stupid OS from MS so far. The only thing good about it is that it doesn't have the same horrible performance that Vista had. And now something as simple as DVD playback is removed? Well at least we can hope that if the pattern continues, Windows 9 will be a awesome release that will have Blu-ray playback that will then after be removed in Windows 10![/citation]
It's not that hard to get around Windows without using the start menu..... In fact, for the average user, the start menu is nearly non-existant anyway.

Here's a tip for all those who's lives revolve around the start menu to the point that they simply can't live without it: Use the icons on the desktop. That eliminates 99% of the possible reasons for using the start menu in the first place. Unless you're just completely clueless about using your computer, the start menu is a non-issue because you rarely ever see it.

 

[captaincharisma]

not many people use programs like mspaint, sound recorder, character map anymore and yet they have been included with every version of windows since windows 3.1. maybe earlier than that

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]sykozis[/nom]It's not that hard to get around Windows without using the start menu..... In fact, for the average user, the start menu is nearly non-existant anyway.Here's a tip for all those who's lives revolve around the start menu to the point that they simply can't live without it: Use the icons on the desktop. That eliminates 99% of the possible reasons for using the start menu in the first place. Unless you're just completely clueless about using your computer, the start menu is a non-issue because you rarely ever see it.[/citation]

the illiterate computer users already clutter up their desktops with as many icons as possible but most of us do not want to mess up our computer screen with millions of icons possibly decreasing computer performance. the search function is still pretty bad. but thanks to the community there will be many programs out to put the start button back so its not that bad if you get stuck with windows 8

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]alphaalphaalpha3[/nom]Google is my friend? I'm gonna go use Bing just because you said that.[/citation]

Bing? what's that lol

 

[upgrade_1977]

As previously stated, another reason to stay with windows 7..

 

[cookoy]

A minor inconvenience to most of us

 

[yumri]

on another angle did they mean they will drop support for the OPTICAL DRIVE not optical media decodeing? If that is so then you will really see DVD and Blu-Ray disc sells go down since most if not all retailers include optical drives in every computer and laptop which they sell. Thus if the windows 8 OS does not support it i think windows 8 will never take off for any device with the capability to use optical drives.

 

[markdj]

If anyone pays for this they are retarded, plenty of free options

 

[ceh4702]

Go commandline or make your own menus. Go to home state. What exactly is so good about a start menu? You could put all the menus or shortcuts in a web browser.