Hey folks, I was wondering if anybody knew of a PC Blu-Ray recorder that was Windows Vista certified, or failing that, at least works with Windows Vista. I know the Blu-Ray recorders are still new on the market, but I'm just looking around. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My Plextor PX-B900A works in vista ... i'm using nero 7.8.x to write onto blu-ray, more 3rd party software such as powerDVD is required to playback blu-ray movies, because Microsoft- in its rush to complete Windows Vista in time for its scheduled November 06 release to enterprise customers - has removed full Blu-Ray and HD DVD movie playback support in the 32-bit version of Vista. Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

When you say "more 3rd party software such as powerDVD is required to playback blu-ray movies..." you mean playback on a Vista PC right? Nero should be sufficient enough to burn the data, and you should be able to play it directly on a standalone Blu-Ray player without having to modify it any further via another 3rd party software. Correct?

i don't have a stand alone blu-ray player, but yes, in general that should be 'sufficient enough' Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

Actually, the inability to do this with built in code in Vista 32-bit did not have anything to do with Microsoft rushing Vista for a November release. Microsoft claims they stated this as early as May of last year it would not support this and allow ISV's to do this. http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w... Conflicting statements however were made concerning this. In other explanations, it was said the reason was because it would be too easy for content leaking to happen with unsigned drivers that are allowed in Vista 32-bit. Regardless, neither reason was due to rushing the product. TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE! http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12.html

in it's rush to meet the deadline, microsoft was unable to close the leak in time, so hd-dvd playback support was removed altogether. Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

That's not the issue. An unsigned driver could be a hacker's driver, which could be designed to thwart copyright protection. The ability to leak the protected stream through a driver which the origin cannot be determined is trivial. This has nothing to do with "rushing to market". It's a deliberate decision. It's debatable if this decision is good or bad, but the technology behind it is not debatable. TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE! http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12...