One of the biggest draws of physical media in general and Blu-ray discs in particular is that you're no longer subject to the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The Sony UBP-X700U released earlier this year as a new entry-level 4K UHD media player with built-in upscaling for standard ...

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 ...