PowerDVD4 ir WinDVD4? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

-Ever- · 01-23-2004, 12:37 PM

I've got an older copy of PowerDVD xp4.0 and a copy of WinDVD4 just came with my new MSI motherboard. I really don't watch dvd's all that often but definitely don't want to load both of these softwares. Any comments?
Thanks
-T

sailor · 01-23-2004, 02:08 PM

Theyre both good pieces of software. I personally run PowerDVD.

Bigwahzoo · 01-23-2004, 02:12 PM

I am not sure if you are running Windows but if you are newer versions of windows media player will play DVd's and then you don't need any software.

I personally use Win DVD but I never tried the Power DVD. Could one really be that much better than the other?

sailor · 01-23-2004, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by Bigwahzoo
I am not sure if you are running Windows but if you are newer versions of windows media player will play DVd's and then you don't need any software.

I personally use Win DVD but I never tried the Power DVD. Could one really be that much better than the other?

No, they both are about the same, and as far as I know, both work just as well.

Many people dont like to install or run WMP, myself included, so I need DVD software on my machine.

-Ever- · 01-23-2004, 03:13 PM

Great guys. As long as there isn't any huge difference I think I'll be just fine.
Thanks

-T

mpedrummer2 · 01-23-2004, 10:31 PM

There is a huge difference, but I'm not sure if you'll care.

PowerDVD 4 has a built-in surround decoder, while WinDVD doesn't. This mattered a lot for me because my soundcard doesn't have a builtin decoder like many consumer cards do.

MPEDrummer

viper11885 · 01-23-2004, 11:04 PM

I mostly prefer PowerDVD. Just got use to it since I picked that one up first.

Both are really good programs though.

ToolBag · 01-24-2004, 12:10 AM

I love powerDVD since it seems to run soo much smoother on my system, very powerful and still very lite.

01-23-2004, 12:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	PowerDVD4 ir WinDVD4? I've got an older copy of PowerDVD xp4.0 and a copy of WinDVD4 just came with my new MSI motherboard. I really don't watch dvd's all that often but definitely don't want to load both of these softwares. Any comments? Thanks -T __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

01-23-2004, 02:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Theyre both good pieces of software. I personally run PowerDVD. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

01-23-2004, 03:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	Great guys. As long as there isn't any huge difference I think I'll be just fine. Thanks -T __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

01-23-2004, 10:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
mpedrummer2 Insane	There is a huge difference, but I'm not sure if you'll care. PowerDVD 4 has a built-in surround decoder, while WinDVD doesn't. This mattered a lot for me because my soundcard doesn't have a builtin decoder like many consumer cards do. MPEDrummer __________________ My sig can beat up your honor student.

01-24-2004, 12:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
ToolBag Insane Location: Chicago	I love powerDVD since it seems to run soo much smoother on my system, very powerful and still very lite. __________________ Jesus was a ruffies victim! Dan 3:20

01-23-2004, 02:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bigwahzoo Insane	I am not sure if you are running Windows but if you are newer versions of windows media player will play DVd's and then you don't need any software. I personally use Win DVD but I never tried the Power DVD. Could one really be that much better than the other?

01-23-2004, 11:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
viper11885 Insane	I mostly prefer PowerDVD. Just got use to it since I picked that one up first. Both are really good programs though.