DVD playback for other versions, when?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...dvdcodecs.aspx
"For Windows Vista
DVD playback capabilities are available in Home Premium and Ultimate
editions of Windows Vista and will be available for purchase for other
editions when the final version of Windows Vista is available."

I'm anxious to get my hands on a no-frills decoder to drop onto WMP and
thought Microsoft's would be the way to go.
Now that Vista has been released, where can I purchase the decoder from
Microsoft?

I thought about NVidia's PureVideo
(http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html) but question it based on age
(the trial release was set at June of 2006). I'm looking for something
optimized for Vista, thus Microsoft's.

Nathan

"Nathan" <Nathan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AA0BA22B-B1E8-432E-88CA-1454A9AFC224@microsoft.com...
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...dvdcodecs.aspx
> "For Windows Vista
> DVD playback capabilities are available in Home Premium and Ultimate
> editions of Windows Vista and will be available for purchase for other
> editions when the final version of Windows Vista is available."
>
> I'm anxious to get my hands on a no-frills decoder to drop onto WMP and
> thought Microsoft's would be the way to go.
> Now that Vista has been released, where can I purchase the decoder from
> Microsoft?
>
> I thought about NVidia's PureVideo
> (http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html) but question it based on
> age
> (the trial release was set at June of 2006). I'm looking for something
> optimized for Vista, thus Microsoft's.
>
> Nathan

You can get DVD support by downloading free codecs for vista here:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5326

And use Media Player Classic from here:

http://www.free-codecs.com/Media_Pla...c_download.htm