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Along with the laptop I purchased 6 months ago came a copy of WinDVD 8 which is supposed to be Blu-ray compatible.  Unfortunately, it doesn't work for all but the earliest Blu-ray discs.  This is a problem.  I looked for a patch, but there doesn't seem to be one for the standard (not Gold or Platinum editions) edition.  So, what should I do?

I know there's currently no free Blu-ray player software.  However, I really don't wanna shell out $50-100 bucks for some program.  What's the chances of a free player emerging in the next half year or so?  Generally, I use VLC, and it can read the individual files if used in conjunction with AllDVD, but that doesn't really work that well.