Power DVD 5 vs. ATI MMC 9

[apoppin]

To play DVDs, i always used ATI's MMC which came with my 9800xt and before that the older version that came with the 8500 . . .

. . . now MMC v9 IS greatly improved over the older versions BUT i just got CyberLink's PowerDVD 5 with my new DL burner . . . it works awesome without any 'glitches'.

should i even bother installing ATI's mmc? [i'm on a clean Win2K install]
will i miss anything by not having MMC?

 

[Cobalt]

PowerDVD is great, it's the only player that has let me watch DVDs on my 3520A so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say stick with it.

 

[BlueWeasel]

PowerDVD5 is great, IMHO -- plenty of features, but not a resource hog. I recently gave v6 a try, but went back to v5 after seeing the upgrade wasn't worth it for me.

 

[apoppin]

thanks for the quick replies!

i'll stick with Power DVD . . .
:thumbsup:

 

[Mongals]

I like windvd 6 if you are looking for an alternative.

 

[HDTVMan]

Power DVD for SVHS and DVD.
VLC media player for TS files.
Microsoft for WMV.
Divx Player for what else Divx.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: HDTVMan
Power DVD for SVHS and DVD.
VLC media player for TS files.
Microsoft for WMV.
Divx Player for what else Divx.

Nice thing aboot a universal player like Media Player Classic is that it will play anything so long a the decoder/filter is installed (many are actually included), as opposed to players which limit playback to the formats that one company wants to promote.

 

[apoppin]

i had WinDVD with my notebook . . . very nice and i didn't bother with MMC then.

HOWEVER, since i got PowerDVD5 for "free" with my DL burner . . . i'll keep it installed and FORGET ATI's MMC

thanks for your further replies

:thumbsup:

 

[apoppin]

Now that i had a few days to watch DVDs on PowerDVD 5 - i can say i will NEVER watch any on ATI's MMC.

PowerDVD is SUCH a superior program . . . . i
:thumbsup:

i don't know why i put up with the MMC for so long
(sure, i am cheap . . . )
:roll: