Windows Vista 32 Bit Edition Loses HD Playback (NOT!) Articles / Uh-Oh Bad PVR News Posted by rampy on Aug 24, 2006 - 07:06 PM Windows Vista 32 Bit Edition Loses HD Playback [1] "Microsoft revealed today that no 32-bit versions of Windows Vista will be able to play back “next generation high definition protected content” (translation – studio-released BluRay and HD-DVD movies). By far the majority of PCs use 32-bit processors, because despite AMD’s efforts to push 64-bit CPUs into the marketplace early, Intel’s first widely-promoted 64-bit CPU is the just-released Core 2 Duo." see also Slashdot: No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista [2] UPDATE: or does it? Windows Vista 32-Bit CAN Play HD DVD, Blu-ray Movies [3] "...it turns out the 32-bit version of Windows Vista can play next-gen protected high definition content. Microsoft reps said Senior Program Manager Steve Riley was mistaken when he told a group of Australian developers that Vista couldn't handle the high definition movies. But the Microsoft representatives said the support will come from third party HD DVD/Blu-ray movie playback software developers like CyberLink who already make DVD playback software. This article is from Build Your Own PVR   http://www.byopvr.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.byopvr.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=597 Links in this article   [1] http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/08/1139/microsoft-cuts-another-feature-full-hd-playback-in-32bit-vista   [2] http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/08/24/1325214.shtml   [3] http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/windows-vista-32bit-can-play-hd-dvd-bluray-movies-196535.php