Whats the difference between WinFast DVD and PowerDVD

[Akaz1976]

Leadtek GF4 comes with WinFast DVD and Vision Tek comes with PowerDVD and i was wondering if there was any major difference in two?

Akaz

 

[Workin']

IMO PowerDVD is the best DVD player software you can get. I have the multichannel version of PowerDVD 4.0 with Dolby Digital and DTS (which is probably NOT the version that comes OEM with a graphics card, however).

I don't know about WinFast DVD, that sounds like Leadtek's own software.

 

[Akaz1976]

If i dont have multichannel version of DVD software that means i can hear dolby digital sound from DVDs even though i have a 5.1 sound card and 5.1 spks set up?

Akaz

 

[Workin']

I think that depends on your sound card. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe on my setup which uses a Creative Audigy sound card, the only way to get multichannel DVD sound to my 4.1 speakers was using the proper DVD player software.

On the other hand, if your speakers use a digital connection rather than analog, then any DVD software will pass the multichannel signal out of the sound card's digital output where it will be decoded by the decoder in the digital speakers.

So I guess a lot of it boils down to which sound card and speakers you are using.