the end of expensive dvd players

[Greg12]

cnet news;

windows xp will ship with the new windows media player 8. though much is unknown, it is know that it will feature a mpeg 2 decoder built into the os.

you will be able to play back mpeg 2 files with the player without any third party programs

[Greg12]

update. the mp3 and dvd will be a 30 dollar add on.

xp will have no mp3 out of box support

[SingSing]

Watch Movie on Computer screen is just no fun.
We will still watch it on the big screen.

The decorder most likely will make making SVCD much easier.