


"Windows Media Player will continue to be available in all editions, but without DVD playback support. And, like most of the official Windows 8 pre-release literature, it contains ambiguous language regarding what's actually included in Windows 8: The quote most sites are referencing comes from Microsoft's blog. They only facilitate DVD playback, not Blu-ray. On some Windows 8 reviews, like many other publications that got their information from Microsoft, originally reported that the Media Center and Pro Pack contain codecs for both DVD and Blu-ray movie playback.
