DVD Player

[WestSeven]

Im kind of sick of using Windows Media Player to watch DVDs as it's kind of rubbish and stinks of fish. Does anyone know a really good DVD player for Windows Vista - either freeware or with a reasonable price. Thanks guys!

[Phait]

http://www.snapfiles.com/goto.php?id=110192&t=94623466&d=7120628&gourl=/features/avsdvd-704-490544.php

http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=dvd+player&action=s&search=Find+it&lc=1

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

In what way does it stink?

[Superczar]

In what way does it stink?

stinks of fish

Like fish apparantly...

:D

@Steve below me: Yeah PowerDVD is what I use, but I don't remember if its free or not???

[Steve]

In what way does it stink?

It's pretty good. I use Vista media centre for playing my DVDs and it's top-notch. (HTPC)

Other than media player I'd recommend powerDVD.

[WestSeven]

Maybe I'm being too harsh on it then. Things that bug me are the lack of bookmarks (at this point I guess someone will mention that it has perfectly good bookmarks and I'll feel like a bit of an idiot). Also it would be nice to be able to skip all the hateful unskipable ads that they stick on DVDs - I know most players don't allow you to do this but you have to dream. It really irks when I buy a DVD player and I buy a DVD and the two things that I own conspire against me to make me watch ads. It makes me want to go and burn things.

Thanks for your help guys. I really appreciate your suggestions. My comments about Windows Media Player are only my opinions - and they don't let me have sharp things so you can draw your own conclusions. :)

[Jeff]

I use Cyberlink PowerDVD.

[Steve]

I use Cyberlink PowerDVD.

It's excellent.

[Wellenreiter]

I love the KMPlayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KMPlayer). Plays everything out of the box. I'm not sure about bookmarks or unskippable stuff, but it should run under Vista... For unskippable stuff you might need DVD43 anyway...

[Geir]

VLC media player with the correct stuff?

[Jeff]

It's excellent.

Came with my DVD player so I guess you could call it free. Although it's not if you get it separate.

[8IronBob]

PowerDVD Ultra (since I plan to add in a BD-RW/ROM on my PC eventually when prices lower on them).
That would be a nice futureproofing app in the future, when that becomes standard... Highly suggest that one.

[The Stinger]

Add one to power DVD.

[Dave-ros]

I grew weary with PowerDVD, but this "The KMPlayer" (not to be confused with KMPlayer :p) of which Wellenreiter speaks is actually pretty good -- it's as "light" as Media Player Classic (compared to WMP11), but looks cooler, and has a lot more features for tweaking the graphics etc. Not sure if it'll still play DVDs if I uninstall PowerDVD, as I'm under the impression that you need the DVD-playing "codec" it installs... unless I was lied to by the Internet? Surely not! :p

[Wellenreiter]

Yes, the Interweb lied to you! :D

[Dave-ros]

Weird, because Media Player Classic wouldn't play DVDs properly without PowerDVD installed (it'd show the first frame of video and keep playing sound underneath) :eek:

Anyway, I've uninstalled PowerDVD now, so I'll try The KMPlayer for DVDs again ;)

Edit: yes, works fine without PowerDVD installed -- evil duplicitous Intarnetz! :tinyted: