Reason 1,000,001 why Vista bites
From ZDNet:
The other day she decided to use the Cintiq screen as a screen for DVD playback. So she popped a DVD into the drive (I’m not sure what the title was, but I am certain that it didn’t feature any helicopter explosions, zombies, Aliens, Predators, or Crow T. Robot), fired up Windows Media Player on Vista Ultimate, moved WMP 11 to the Cintiq screen, and started the DVD.
And that’s when the problems started. The output resembled a full screen of jumbled up mozaic of small Tetris blocks that shifted every second or so. Uh-oh. Move the WMP 11 screen to a different screen and Sleepless in Seattle or whatever it was came back into focus, move it to the Cintiq window and back came the Tetris blocks (and where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are concerned, personally I preferred the Tetris blocks, but Kathie didn’t share - or appreciate - my input on this matter). Sure, she could play the DVD on one of the other screens, but that’s hardly the point.
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Two thoughts. One, this is another great reason why digital rights management (DRM) is bad for consumers. Two, only Vista could make DRM such a pain.
