So if you pop in a DVD "infected" with Protect DVD-Video, it can't be read by Windows Media Player, Media Center Edition, or any DirectShow-based software, thanks to a Universal Disc Format that tricks your machine into believing that the IFO file is zero bytes long.

ENGADGET: Protect DVD-Video prevents discs from playing on your PC

It can be awkward to drop in on a client and then ask if you can use the machine's Remote Disc feature to wirelessly borrow the optical drive on one of the client's computers if he hands you material on a CD-ROM.

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But while Sony's and Microsoft's boxes will eventually offer expensive high-definition disc players and complex processors, Nintendo's new machine will take a different tack, says Perrin Kaplan , vice president of marketing and corporate affairs for Nintendo of America.

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