Vista may not arrive with HD media support, but will allow Blu-ray

Here's another thing you can add to the list of things that might not be part of Windows Vista when it launches: support for HD media. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, support for next-gen media will occur "either at Vista launch or soon after," but that specific plans are "unknown at this time." There is some not-entirely-unexpected good news, though: despite Microsoft's backing of HD DVD, the company will support both HD DVD and Blu-ray; according to the same spokesperson, "there will be a great HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD experience for Media Center." Eventually.