Be gone thy old DVD!
The OldNewThing reported that Windows Vista will not have support for “really” old DVD drives. Sounds spooky but what does this mean for you? Almost certainly, the answer is “absolutely nothing”:
First, there is no change to the way data is read from DVD drives, so data discs will still work the same way as they do today. Second, all new DVD drives will continue to run as they did before; the only change is that the risk of mis-identification as an old drive has been removed. Only if you have an old drive will you notice anything different, namely that encrypted/regionalized DVD movies will no longer play. And since the average drive lifetime is only three years, the number of such old drives that are still working is vanishingly small. Not even the optical drive test team can manage to keep their old drives alive that long (via arstechnica.com).
Maybe a bit arrogant from Microsoft but hey, we gotta move forward;)
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1 opinion for Be gone thy old DVD!
Albert
Jan 9, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Mine DVD Drive is also Fubar and it 5 yr old
a small number of DVD will run
Example got the double DVD of Dawn of the Dead that includes Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead will run
but
Shaun of the Dead not
Also with Games
Need for Speed Most wanted will run
but Call of duty 2 DVD edition not
its anoying
and my dad tele its the dust
wierdo
it the age moron
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