Windows 8 Without DVD Playback Support
Microsoft has released the new version of Windows recently, called Windows 8. There were huge expectations about this operating system. Despite the fact that we can see upgrades in some features of the operating system from its previous version, there are number of drawbacks doesn’t support DVD.
One of the main drawbacks of Windows 8 is that, it doesn't support DVD. We have to manually install the Windows Media Center or any third party applications which can be used for playing DVD. The previous version of Windows supported DVD however they have to install third party software for playing Blu-ray videos. Anyway the Windows 8, which Microsoft claims to be the best operating system in the world, needs the manual installation of software for playing both DVD and Blu-ray videos.
Supports Dolby
On the other hand, in Windows 8 Microsoft included an inbuilt Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 channel audio and Dolby Digital stereo audio. There is talk that the Microsoft drops the DVD support because of the deal with Dolby. The audio nature of Windows 8 will be high. Nonetheless, you have to install Windows Media Center manually, for playing DVD or Blu-ray videos. For the release of Windows 8, Dolby Digital joins with AAC, MP3, ASF and WAV and released a codec which supports all these formats.
Install Media Center
The technical support for Windows 8 provides Add-on for installing Media Center to all models of Windows 8 which are sold to the users aside from in Windows RT. The individuals who have purchased the Windows 8 Pro can install the Media Centre pack directly from the Add features menu. Nonetheless, if you have brought the cheap version of Windows 8 you have to purchase Windows 8 pro pack, then you can install it specifically from the Add Feature, which the technical support for Windows 8 provides.
Other Options
If you are not interested in paying for DVD playbacks in Windows 8, there are a lot of alternatives available. Some of the free software that can be used to play DVD is VLC player and SMPlayer. They are the software which we can trust and both of these players are popular and used by the vast majority of the users in alternate versions of Windows. They can be used actually for playing Blu-ray videos. You can download them for free and install them into your computer easily.
There were great expectations during the release of Windows 8 and despite the fact that it doesn't meet the expectations; it is one of the best operating systems in the world.













