Poll: Software DVD players

[Wingznut]

I just got a DVD-rom, and I'm curious to see what the consensus choice is.

 

[Xmech]

I'm using Power DVD 2.5 which came with my Prophet2Ultra card. It plays DVD's with no frame drop that i can see



:|:Q

 

[nickburns]

another vote for PowerDVD 2.5, i have alsoused just about every other player out there too and most of them rank closely together but IMO, powerDVD pulls slightly ahead

 

[Doomguy]

WinDVD has the best image quality so I use it.

 

[kami]

PowerDVD 3.0 is a lot better than 2.5.

WinDVD does not have better image quality, at least compared to PowerDVD3. PDVD3's colors are richer. WinDVD downmixes 5.1 to 4.1 better than PowerDVD though.

Personally I use WinDVD 2000 2.3 since I have 4 channel speakers.

 

[chuckieland]

never try poweDVD
but winDVD is excellent

 

[IamDavid]

Power DVD is my favorite..

 

[BigToque]

Cinemaster 2000

 

[Shu8]

i like windvd2000

 

[Brandino]

I bought powerdvd 3.0 and it does the job great. I really enjoy the dolby headphones feature- creates a truely realistic sound

picture quality is also excellent- leaps and bounds above pdvd 2.5 and windvd in my opinion

 

[AmdEmAll]

Im using Windvd that came with my Leadtek GF2.

 

[phantasm]

Kami,
I'm not convinced that PowerDVD is better than Cinemaster based DVD programs like the ATI DVD player that came with my ATI Rage Pro card. I don't know about WinDVD but I'd say that Cinemaster and PowerDVD are the two top ones.

 

[madthumbs]

>>&quot;WinDVD does not have better image quality, at least compared to PowerDVD3. PDVD3's colors are richer. &quot;<<

Is this with the default color settings? My version of WinDVD allows me to adjust color settings. My video card toolbox does as well.

 

[Zucchini]

windvd 2000 2.3 DOES have better image/sound quality then powerdvd 3.0. I have both, and while powerdvd does almost catch up, it doesn't quite make it. It still doesn't decode the lfe channel. The reviews at digital-digest.com back me up: )

 

[kami]

<< I'm not convinced that PowerDVD is better than Cinemaster based DVD programs like the ATI DVD player that came with my ATI Rage Pro card. I don't know about WinDVD but I'd say that Cinemaster and PowerDVD are the two top ones. >>


The Cinemaster engine used to be the best...and I used to use the ATI player but the latest versions of PowerDVD and WinDVD are leaps and bounds ahead of cinemaster, IMO.

 

[SpeedGod]

another vote for power dvd 2.5

Using it with my pioneer drive, and a 8mb POS video card. of course with a 1.16Ghz T-Bird. =)

 

[Superunknown]

I use the ATI player that came with my All In Wonder..seems to work fine..although its a bit picky with Windows 2000

 

[Zucchini]

double post

 

[Zucchini]

Review of windvd 2000 2.3 -the best picture/sound
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/software/players/windvd.html

Review of powerdvd 3.0 -the best interface, getting closer to windvd.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/software/players/powerdvd.html

Review of Cinemaster 2000 -was good a year or two ago, is now crap
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/software/players/cinemaster.html

software decode tech has slowly been refined.. looks great now

 

[subman]

one more vote for powerdvd 3.0

 

[John]

WinDVD 2.3 multi-channel !

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

Is there any other place to buy windvd multichannel 2.3 other than intervideo's website. 50 bucks for a software player is insane!!! I think that is why so many people just used hacked versions of windvd.

 

[John]

That's the only place I am aware of. I paid 50.00 for it and have no regrets.

 

[Oreo]

Cinemaster has still got the best image quality, but nowhere near as many settings and configs as PowerDVD 3.0, so they´re both good in different ways

 

[Zucchini]

oreo,

no way thats true

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/software/players/cinemaster.html