Microsoft's HD DVD confusion
August 28, 2006

Techie blogs have been abuzz over whether the 32-bit version of Microsoft Vista, the upcoming version of Windows, will support HD DVD after one of the company’s execs told developers in Australia last week that it wouldn’t.

Microsoft reps refuted that. And on home entertainment geek site AVS Forum corporate VP Amir Majidimehr, who heads the Consumer Media Technology Group shot down the talk, writing from vacation:

As I suspected, there is no merit to these stories. Vista will not in any way block playback of HD content (HD DVD or otherwise). We do have facilities in the operating system for applications to query whether there are unsigned drivers in the kernel, and as such, may be a potential risk to secure playback of high-def content.

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