Since I had been using Nero 8 for a couple of years and it's Nero ShowTime played BD-ROM media (movies), after paying for a plug-in, I assumed that Nero 9 would do the same thing. There advertisement doesn't say anything about not playing BD-ROM media, and, in fact, blatantly advertises their Blu-ray Disk Authoring Capability, which give the impression that it must play back Blu-ray content, if it authors it. After trying the free download, I discovered that all of the features weren’t enabled unless I purchased a license... read full review »