If you try to play a DVD in Windows 8 you may have noticed that you are unable to do so. This is because Microsoft removed free DVD playback from Windows 8 due to the costs of licensing the codecs ...

If you get a new Windows 8 computer, you might be surprised to find out that it won't play your DVDs as Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, omitted this feature in the new version of the OS. Although ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft promised that it would offer its own DVD player app for Windows 10 a few months ago, ...

With the release of Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft made the decision to remove DVD playback, and forego the inclusion of Blu-ray playback. Whereas with Windows 7 you could slot a DVD into your ...

Microsoft may have inadvertently made a good case for embracing movie downloads and streams. The company has released an official DVD Player app that lets you play old-school disc-based movies in ...

A reader writes with a question about playing DVDs in Windows 10. “My new Windows 10 laptop (Toshiba Satellite C55-B5382) came equipped with PowerDVD 12 rather than any of the old familiar movie ...

If you partake in Microsoft’s free upgrade offer from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10, Windows Media Center will be removed without warning. In its place, a new app called Windows DVD Player has been ...

For years, putting a DVD into your Windows PC was as simple as dropping a disc into the tray and letting the movie play. Windows Media Player would spin up, autoplay would kick in, and before you knew ...

So far, Windows 10 has been a positive experience for the early upgraders here at IGN—but its lack of an included DVD player app is puzzling. Thankfully, it's pretty easy to fix this issue. You've got ...

Physical discs took another step toward extinction late Thursday after Microsoft announced that DVD playback will not be available by default on Windows 8. The new move adds another wrinkle to ...