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KnifeMissile · 01-04-2005, 07:11 PM

I got WinDVD with my motherboad (why? I don't know...) and I was thinking of giving it to my sister who needs a DVD player for her computer. However, she got PowerDVD with her DVD drive. So, she now has a choice between WinDVD and PowerDVD.

So, which would you all recommend? WinDVD or PowerDVD?

bendsley · 01-04-2005, 08:10 PM

I have always used PowerDVD and loved it. Today at work actually, a guy asked me to look at his Sony VAIO that had WinDVD with it. Wouldn't play a DVD for anything, not even in WMP.

I installed PowerDVD 6 and it worked like a champ.

BuDDaH · 01-04-2005, 08:11 PM

Don't bother yourself, WinDVD and PowerDVD are the same, just branded and licensed to different distributors... (Example: SuSEX Linux or RedHat Linux, no difference in the program or performance, just different marketeers..)

bendsley · 01-04-2005, 08:21 PM

I assume you are talking about SuSE linux and not SuSEX, as in that was a typo. And NO, SuSE and REDHAT ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT THE SAME.

JeremyS · 01-05-2005, 06:51 AM

I've always used PowerDVD. Had no problems out of it.

sob · 01-06-2005, 09:22 PM

I've used both with no problems.

Does anybody know if what I suspect is true, namely that the programs some DVDs want to install on your computer are basically anti-piracy programs?

Like Intervideo?

cyrnel · 01-06-2005, 09:50 PM

I used to prefer PowerDVD but have grown tired of both programs' controls and overlay problems on secondary video. Compatibility varied widely between ATI & NVidia output. Lately I just use <a href="http://www.doom9.org/software2.htm#players">Media Player Classic</a> with one or another MP2 codec. Simple, and it's much more predictable. No reboots required.

View Poll Results: Should she use WinDVD or PowerDVD?
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Who cares? As if there's a difference between them...	3	30.00%
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01-04-2005, 07:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	WinDVD vs PowerDVD I got WinDVD with my motherboad (why? I don't know...) and I was thinking of giving it to my sister who needs a DVD player for her computer. However, she got PowerDVD with her DVD drive. So, she now has a choice between WinDVD and PowerDVD. So, which would you all recommend? WinDVD or PowerDVD?

01-04-2005, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	I have always used PowerDVD and loved it. Today at work actually, a guy asked me to look at his Sony VAIO that had WinDVD with it. Wouldn't play a DVD for anything, not even in WMP. I installed PowerDVD 6 and it worked like a champ. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

01-04-2005, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
BuDDaH The Matrix had a point... Moderator Emeritus Location: 10th Mountain ASB Fort Drum, N.Y.	Don't bother yourself, WinDVD and PowerDVD are the same, just branded and licensed to different distributors... (Example: SuSEX Linux or RedHat Linux, no difference in the program or performance, just different marketeers..) __________________ I'd hit that so hard whoever could pull me out would become King of England!

01-04-2005, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	I assume you are talking about SuSE linux and not SuSEX, as in that was a typo. And NO, SuSE and REDHAT ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT THE SAME. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

01-05-2005, 06:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
JeremyS Crazy	I've always used PowerDVD. Had no problems out of it.

01-06-2005, 09:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
sob Banned	I've used both with no problems. Does anybody know if what I suspect is true, namely that the programs some DVDs want to install on your computer are basically anti-piracy programs? Like Intervideo?

01-06-2005, 09:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	I used to prefer PowerDVD but have grown tired of both programs' controls and overlay problems on secondary video. Compatibility varied widely between ATI & NVidia output. Lately I just use <a href="http://www.doom9.org/software2.htm#players">Media Player Classic</a> with one or another MP2 codec. Simple, and it's much more predictable. No reboots required.