Microsoft Windows to support blu-ray HD content
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
A forthcoming addition to Microsoft's Windows operating system will give users the ability to burn optical discs encoded in the Blu-ray high-definition movie format directly from their desktops and without having to use third-party software, according to Microsoft.
The Windows Feature Pack for Storage, currently in beta testing, includes an application programming interface for Blu-ray media. It "enables the Windows platform to do master-style optical burning on Blu-ray media," Microsoft said in a statement posted Monday on a Web site it maintains for developers.