Sunday, April 13, 2008
Corel WinDVD 9 Ups the Ante for Video Players
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Software" @ 02:30 PM
"Whereas some might prefer the traditional interface and stability of CyberLink's PowerDVD 8 Ultra (£65/$99), WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is definitely the current champ. Having said that it’s not without its faults. Most noticeable is that you can’t select WinDVD 9 for playing only some video and audio file formats, as it does not use file associations. This means you can’t designate it as your default player for MPEG-2 HD and use something else for MOV and WAV files. Also, load times for movies stored on your HDD are long. Still, while it’s not entirely perfect, Corel has a winner on its hands - at least until the next release of PowerDVD."
Sure, there are cheaper and free options that do a nice job of playing video on the PC. But, if you watch a lot of movies on your PC, you might appreciate the extra features this software brings to the table.
Sure, there are cheaper and free options that do a nice job of playing video on the PC. But, if you watch a lot of movies on your PC, you might appreciate the extra features this software brings to the table.
