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Which is the best PC DVD player
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorNewEnglander
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Which DVD player software for the PC is the best?
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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I've always liked WinDVD best.
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Didn't care that much for WinDVD, I use PowerDVD.
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One of my dvd drives brought PowerDVD with it and I'm quite happy with the program.
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Same.. I use PowerDVD7.  Though admittedly, I can't say whether it's the best, as it's the only one I've used.  It serves it's purpose and has the features I needed so I didn't really feel the need to look around too hard.
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If you're actually wanting to feed a large screen display from your PC (projector, plasma, etc) a lot of people rate TheaterTek very highly.
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My first DVD Rom drive came with the OEM version of WinDVD (v3 back then), and I've never looked back.

I tried PowerDVD a few times, mostly after reading some people praise its greatness, but I guess it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I like WinDVD the way it is, so when I got to try PowerDVD, the interface felt all wrong, and the keys to accomplish basic tasks are different enough, so I just sticked with WinDVD.

I'm now at v8, and I've bought every version since.
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What RossRoy said, to the letter.
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Windows Media Center with the Nvidia Pure DVD decoder.
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For Windows XP: PowerDVD 6

For Windows Vista: PowerDVD 7.3

Personally, I liked PowerDVD 6 better, but alas it doesn't work with Vista.

WinDVD isn't too shabby either...
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PowerDVD is my software of choice here.

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What 6 doesn't work with Vista...good to know.

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What 6 doesn't work with Vista...good to know.

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Nope, it's not compatible with Vista.

Vista has rather limited compatibility with many older Windows programs, so you are virtually forced to upgrade to newer versions.
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I use Nero Showtime. Used PowerDVD for a while, but then I tried Nero Showtime and used it ever since.
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I have WinDVD 8 Platinum, Nero 7 Ultra and PowerDVD 4...all good programs. But the one I find that I use most is the older PowerDVD 4.
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I mostly use Ulead Player and if there's a variances between DVD Cover & Ulead Player like CC, Sub-Tiltles I use PowerDVD 5.
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