[W I N D O W S 1 0 R E V I E W] Movies & TV: Microsoft mails it in

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The Movies & TV app was spare to the point of unbelievability, but it’s now a bit better. At first launch, there’s very little beyond four words on the left-hand rail: Movies, TV, Videos, and Downloads. The latter is populated only if something is being downloaded in the background. Otherwise, both TV and video are populated only by content you’ve purchased from Microsoft, or from ripped videos you own (right?). Even more disappointingly, there’s no way to organize your videos. The app doesn’t allow you to edit metadata, nor can you create any new folders. That’s simply basic functionality that should have been in there since the beginning.

At least the app supports a number of modern streaming codecs. Which ones? Well, Microsoft doesn’t actually tell you. The lone bright spot is Microsoft’s actual Movies & TV store—once you get there. There’s a wealth of content to buy and rent, at reasonable prices. Just enter your password (or your PIN) and, provided you have a credit card on file, it’s yours. There are a number of caveats (go.pcworld.com/caveats), though, which are worth reviewing.

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