Microsoft to broaden DVD support
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is expanding its involvement in the rewritable DVD market, announcing Thursday that future versions of Windows will support all major formats.
The software giant said at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in New Orleans that it will provide built-in support for DVD+RW, DVD-RW/-R and DVD-RAM in future versions of its desktop operating system. The move builds off the company's support for the DVD+RW format, which it announced at last year's WinHEC, and support for DVD-RAM in Windows XP.
At the very least, the support for the formats in Windows will mean that people won't have to download additional software to have their computers recognize newly installed DVD rewritable drives or discs.