"Reading and burning DVDs in Windows 8.

Just recently my uncle died, after 76 years, and a DVD were made from photos of his life. I don't have a DVD player. So when I got a DVD in the past (with windows 7) I was watching it on my computer. And if I had a family DVD I would like to make copies for guard duty, I would burn it... Just recently, my old computer with windows 7 past as well. So I bought a new a Windows 8 and found that it will not play or burn DVDs. What can I do? And if I have to upgrade, I would do it with a program/system that is compatible with Windows. I don't have a lot of money through autour, but I don't want for a free system and take the chance of getting malware or virus... Help, please. What is the best program/system for windows 8, which will play and burn DVDs?

For DVD player, you need to just install K-lite codec pack, then you can play a DVD with windows media player on your windows 8. No need to buy anything.

For DVD burning, I would recommend you convertxtodvd , works well on windows 8, safe and easy to use.

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