Vista Won't Play With Old DVD Drives

tlhIngan writes "From a developer's blog, Windows Vista will no longer support DVD-ROM drives that do not handle region coding in hardware (RPC1 drives) - thus preventing playback of DVDs that are region/CSS encoded with those drives. Not a big problem, as RPC1 drives haven't been officially manufactured since 2000 (and Microsoft claims their drives are all broken), but for those with hacked drives (RPC2 with RPC1 firmware), or move the RPC1 drive to new computers, well, no more DVD movies for you!"

Comments

Re:Why

[md81544]

Why would I want Vista? I've already got Linux and it's awesome. It's going to be EVEN MORE AWESOME when Vista finally ships...

whooboy.

[User 956]

Since we're all a bunch of criminals anyway, this can only help to save us from ourselves.

Save us from ourselves? Dude, if you're trying to pirate movies with one of those ridiculously slow 1x DVD-ROMS from 1998, Microsoft is doing you a favor in making you fork over 16 dollars on a new one.

(I don't see the big deal. I mean, does anyone complain they can't plug their 40 meg MFM hard drive into their new motherboard that only has IDE and SATA ports?)

Re:use the google, my friend.

[User 956]

Man, the pedants are ravenous this morning. Your point has already been addressed, chief, and you're wrong. Sorry to dissapoint you.

Perhaps you can spend the rest of your morning watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns in your parents' basement and pointing out all the inconsistencies to your cat.

Re:No, that's not a troll.

[Scrameustache]

A "troll" is indeed more applicable to someone who intentially tries to disrupt in a hostile manner,

Depends on how narrow your definition is.

Some disturb in apparently non-hostile manners, some just want attention. Your definition sounds more like flamebait, which is a distinct label around these parts.

Happy new year, may your trolls choke on chicken bones!

Re:Wow. Seriously.

[geekboy642]

No mod-points, but welcome to my blacklist.

Idiot.