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WinDVD 7 or PowerDVD on your laptop?

post #1 of 24
9/25/05 at 11:33am
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Which one is better in terms of video and sounds?
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post #2 of 24
9/25/05 at 11:35am
I think WinDVD is.
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post #3 of 24
9/25/05 at 11:50am
windvd
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post #4 of 24
9/25/05 at 12:40pm
I have windvd 7 platinum and its fine, plays just about any video file. I think though, that they are more or less similar to each other.
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post #5 of 24
9/25/05 at 12:42pm
Theaterteck is the best I have tried out of them all and it intergrates into MCE
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post #6 of 24
9/25/05 at 11:26pm
My XPS2 came with a CD for installing CyberLink PowerDVD version 5.3.1012

When I re-formatted the drive, I installed this program last.

The output from PowerDVD seems to be interlaced, is that what you see?
Because of this, I don't want to use PowerDVD. How do I stop PowerDVD from opening and auto-playing a DVD when I put it into the drive and close the tray?

Is the output from WinDVD 7 interlaced (jagged edges) like PowerDVD? I don't want to use any player unless I can be sure that the output doesn't look interlaced.

I'm using Media Player Classic (MPC) because the output does not appear to be interlaced and there are no jaggies. If any of you are using MPC, would you tell me what your MPC Options>Output settings are, and why you're using those settings?
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post #7 of 24
9/26/05 at 1:23am
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder, thank you.
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post #8 of 24
9/26/05 at 1:39am
I use WinDVD and I personally think it's the best.
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post #9 of 24
9/26/05 at 2:19am
PowerDVD 6...very good. Never checked out WinDVD and frankly I never had the need to check out alternatives...cause it gets the job done really well with really little bit of CPU utilization.
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post #10 of 24
9/26/05 at 3:32am
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Originally Posted by knewman
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder, thank you.
Never heard of it. Care to share more?
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post #11 of 24
9/26/05 at 6:14am
You also have to realize that WinDVD is packaged with more computers for some reason. That being said, I used both extensively and I think both are equally very good, it's just a matter of preference. I use PowerDVD 6. I honestly don't think you could go wrong with either though.
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post #12 of 24
9/26/05 at 7:24am
Guys check out the reveiws theaterTek is the best and cleanest player and it uses the Nvidia codecs. It works in my movies plugin for MCE I use it on my desktop with an X800XL and also on my new (still even smells new) 9300 with all the goodies.
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post #13 of 24
9/26/05 at 7:43am
theaterTek=$70?
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post #14 of 24
9/26/05 at 8:19am
i use winDVD 7platinum and the video/audio quality is excellent....however when i enable the trimension function there is stuttering of the dvd playback.....does anyone else have the same problem???
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post #15 of 24
9/26/05 at 8:35am
I like winddvd because it let me zoom in and skip those annoying black bars.
I'm not sure if the other players can do this, but i havent seen it otherwise.
I'm using windvd6, i'll take a look at 7
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post #16 of 24
9/26/05 at 9:00am
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Originally Posted by JRMacumber
Never heard of it. Care to share more?
Google is your friend.
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post #17 of 24
9/26/05 at 1:58pm
I like my winDVD 7 platnum. Especially for it's time stretching so I can watch movies at whatever speed I want.
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post #18 of 24
9/26/05 at 3:45pm
power dvd clj deluxe is the far better than any other dvd softwares
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post #19 of 24
9/26/05 at 4:57pm
powerDVD 6, I like it a lot more then WinDVD. Also the video is not interlaced.
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post #20 of 24
9/26/05 at 5:11pm
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Originally Posted by megaphat
I like winddvd because it let me zoom in and skip those annoying black bars.

But isn't losing a portion of the movie off either side of the screen more annoying?

-Doc
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