If they eliminate this, they'd be hurting their own sales. I've been looking at some forums around the Net and quite a few of them are linking to this thread which shows there's enormous interest in enabling HD DVD playback in version 8. I think many more people are considering the upgrade if they know that HD DVD playback can be enabled. I refuse to distribute the files as they come from a leaked internal beta, but, the fact is that Cyberlink underestimated the interest in HD DVD playback. Honestly, I think they should release an upgrade pack to those who previously owned 7.3 for free to restore the functionality. This little "hack" shows how easy it would be to reenable it. Even if they did it with the caveat that "hey, use it at your own risk as we definitely do NOT support it at ALL. You have problems, you're on your own" I think people would accept that. Customers who are new to PowerDVD 8 are late to the party anyway so they shouldn't miss HD DVD support. But those of us that had 7.3 and bought the upgrade to 8 should be allowed to play HD DVD's in 8.