DVD drives might be a vanishing species, but they are not yet completely extinct. New desktop PCs often include a DVD drive, as do older PCs that have been upgraded to Windows 10. And external USB DVD ...

So far, Windows 10 has been a positive experience for the early upgraders here at IGN—but its lack of an included DVD player app is puzzling. Thankfully, it's pretty easy to fix this issue. You've got ...

With the release of Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft made the decision to remove DVD playback, and forego the inclusion of Blu-ray playback. Whereas with Windows 7 you could slot a DVD into your ...

Windows 8 doesn't have native DVD video support, but there are several good options for watching DVDs in Microsoft's latest operating system. We'll show you a few of the more popular ones. Ed Rhee, a ...

Take advantage of the Apple computer at your office to play DVDs that contain technical manuals, applicant resumes or software tutorials. When you insert a DVD into the computer's DVD drive, the ...

Those who upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, or buy a machine with it already installed, may be surprised to learn that the operating system does not offer DVD playback as a default. As with Vista ...

Microsoft wants to charge you $15 to spin your old movies, and doesn't even support Blu-ray. Fortunately, there are freebie alternatives. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of ...

I have used DVD Decryptor in Windows and I have ripped the files to my HDD.<BR><BR>I would like to use mplayer to play these DVDs.<BR><BR>Currently I do this for each relevant file,<BR><BR>mplayer ...

In the New York Times today, there's an interesting article about a computer problem for PCs that has happened to me several times. I'll be getting set up in an airplane to watch a movie or ...