Windows 7 Media player will not play back BluRay disc's

It is well within Microsoft's capabilities to add native BluRay support to Windows Media Player. Why havent they? Cost. BluRay data disks are supported by Windows, because the technology needed to read a BluRay data disk doesn't have any licensing issues associated with it. The technology to play a BluRay movies on the other hand require a "license". Every company that makes a standalone BluRay player bought the rights to use the technology, as did every (legitimate) company that makes a BluRay movie playing software. The costs for these license is recovered by the company when they sell you the player/software. Microsoft could, of course, also by the rights to include native BluRay movie support, but they would then have to pass on the cost to you. In your case, this would probably be fine, but think about all the people that don't watch BluRay movies on their PCs... BluRay drives are still rare to find in computers, and even those who have BluRay hardware, don't always want to watch movies on their computer. Why should they pay $20 for Windows for a "feature" they never use? Unfortunately you are in the minority at present. As soon as that changes (meaning that a significant portion of Windows purchasers have the hardware ability and desire to play BluRay movies), you can bet support will come with Windows.

Another possibility to consider: Remember which format Microsoft backed before BluRay won out the market? Could it possibly be that they're still sore they backed HD-DVD, the losing format?

You are the moron idiot.

Everything on pc or electronic has a license attach to it moron. Now a company as big as Microsoft should had already made its product compatible with one of the most popular format in the market. What will be the cost of it, maybe 1 to 2 dollars per customer. Will it be worth it for the customer to have it on the operating system rather than on a third party software, it is a biggggggggggggg yessssssssssssssssss. So please stop acting like an idiot and save us the time with your stupid comments.   

If it were something Microsoft could buy, they would. But they have tried a number of times and have been denied. The exclusivity of the codec is invaluable to companies like apple who will not let Microsoft purchase it. And mostly to frustrate Microsoft users (which has clearly worked) and persuade them to look beyond Windows when choosing an OS.

Microsoft using the codec and selling a billion copies is like you downloading a bootleg movie which is still in cinemas and selling a billion copies of it. Even if you wanted to you couldn't buy it, so you just do it illegally and distribute it knowing you'd face an enormous fine.

Companies don't spend 80mil developing a new format just to share it with their competition.

You are the moron idiot.

Everything on pc or electronic has a license attach to it moron. Now a company as big as Microsoft should had already made its product compatible with one of the most popular format in the market. What will be the cost of it, maybe 1 to 2 dollars per customer. Will it be worth it for the customer to have it on the operating system rather than on a third party software, it is a biggggggggggggg yessssssssssssssssss. So please stop acting like an idiot and save us the time with your stupid comments.

The people on this forum cannot be serious.

You total morons can't understand the concept even after it has be explained thoroughly.

Yes it has a Blu Ray drive. So burn files to a Blu Ray disk and surprise, surprise...   ...you can view them.

But Blu Ray was an expensive technology to develop. And while Sony, Apple, Dell, HP and about 15

other companies were involved in the development of Blu Ray via The BDA (BluRay Disc Association), Microsoft was (Intentionally) excluded.

It's not a case of them not being able to include the codec and it's not a case of them wanting to sell you additional software. It's a case of IF THEY INCLUDE IT, THEY WILL BE SUED FOR DAMAGES, ALL KINDS OF THEFT AND COPYRIGHT.

They don't own or have the right to distribute the Blu Ray codecs.

Asking Microsoft why you cant play Blu Ray movies on Windows & is exactly the same as asking why they haven't included software that lets you play PS3 games?

It's got the hardware capabilities right? So why not?

I can even open up a PS3 game and copy files, open them up, etc. And Microsoft are probably capable of creating an emulator to play PS3 games in windows. But do you not understand the legal consequences of this sort of thing?

The hardware and the software included with a Windows PC does what it is supposed to do.

It reads and it writes to Blu Ray disks. I can open up a Blu Ray disk, copy files, burn to it, mount it with Alcohol 120%, play .wmv files from it with no problems.

I'm open to any questions or comments on anything I've mentioned but don't bother repeating the last 30pages of "It should be included"

Buyer Beware.