DVD Player Recommendation

[James Colbert]

Can someone recommend a DVD player (aside from MCE or Media Player) that's
Vista compatible? I'm not all that impressed with WinDVD or Power DVD.

Thanks,
James

 

[Mr. Vista]

James,
What's wrong w/ WinDVD and PowerDVD?.

 

[Richard Urban]

The two you mentioned are among the best available.

What are you actually looking for, something FREE?

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[Michael Cecil]

The two you mentioned are among the best available.

What are you actually looking for, something FREE?

What about Media Player Classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
or VLC?
http://www.videolan.org/

 

[John Barnes]

Works well and free too.

What about Media Player Classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
or VLC?
http://www.videolan.org/
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[CZ]

Re: Media Player Classic http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/


John:

It does look like a very adequate app.
However, I get a "DVD: Copy Protect Error" message, and then the movie does
not play.
How old is the DVD player that you are using? My thought is that the newer
DVD drives may have features that "cooperate" with DRM in Vista, and if that
cooperation fails...

Note that WinDVD in Vista and PowerDVD in XP work fine on the same DVD
drive.

TIA

 

[John Barnes]

The DVD drive is probably about 2 years old. I have Power DVD on XP86 but
rarely boot there to use it. No movie I have played has had a problem, but I
don't watch many either.

 

[mxh]

James,
What's wrong w/ WinDVD and PowerDVD?.

Sorry for the delayed response. I've used WinDVD for years, but dislike the
latest version.

Thanks!

 

[mxh]

The two you mentioned are among the best available.

What are you actually looking for, something FREE?

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No. I prefer high quality and featurews and am willing to pay for it, even
if it's somewhat expensive, as long as it meets my needs and is a quality
product.

 

[mxh]

Thanks, Michael. I'll look at them, but am really wanting high end software.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Why don't you also post the question to
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video and see if the
afficianados there have strong preferences?

 

[mxh]

Why don't you also post the question to
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video and see if the
afficianados there have strong preferences?

Good idea. So far, Media Center works the best here.