Corel WinDVD 9 Ups the Ante for Video Players

[Chris Gohlke]

http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=724

"Whereas some might prefer the traditional interface and stability of CyberLink's PowerDVD 8 Ultra (£65/$99), WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is definitely the current champ. Having said that it’s not without its faults. Most noticeable is that you can’t select WinDVD 9 for playing only some video and audio file formats, as it does not use file associations. This means you can’t designate it as your default player for MPEG-2 HD and use something else for MOV and WAV files. Also, load times for movies stored on your HDD are long. Still, while it’s not entirely perfect, Corel has a winner on its hands - at least until the next release of PowerDVD."



Sure, there are cheaper and free options that do a nice job of playing video on the PC.  But, if you watch a lot of movies on your PC, you might appreciate the extra features this software brings to the table.

[Chris Gohlke]

http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=724

"Whereas some might prefer the traditional interface and stability of CyberLink's PowerDVD 8 Ultra (£65/$99), WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is definitely the current champ. Having said that it’s not without its faults. Most noticeable is that you can’t select WinDVD 9 for playing only some video and audio file formats, as it does not use file associations. This means you can’t designate it as your default player for MPEG-2 HD and use something else for MOV and WAV files. Also, load times for movies stored on your HDD are long. Still, while it’s not entirely perfect, Corel has a winner on its hands - at least until the next release of PowerDVD."



Sure, there are cheaper and free options that do a nice job of playing video on the PC.  But, if you watch a lot of movies on your PC, you might appreciate the extra features this software brings to the table.

[jeffd]

I've been using GOM player for my dvd's lately. Its an internal codec driven player like VLC, but ALOT better at dvd playback. It also has a video sharpener filter.