Shoutbox

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Originally posted by WDZ
I got a free copy of "CyberLink PowerDVD 5" when I bought a new DVD drive. I haven't installed it yet though...

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Me too...Shortly thereafter that drive stopped working and I now have a CD-ROM drive again

PowerDVD (the one I swear by) is not completely free, it has a trial period, but as said by others you often get a free copy when you buy a dvd drive.

PowerDVD has options which not many other DVD play programs has, and if they have it I find PowerDVD much easier to use and config. (note that PowerDVD is also the only package of many I tried which is capable of playing some special types of DVD's I have, so... <= pure experience talk and I didn't tried every possible program there is of course so maybe there are better ones, but I doubt it )...

*AHUM*and it is also easy to 'crack' the macrovision and operation protection, region protection, RPC-I and II on some DVD's if you're using PowerDVD*AHUM*who said that???? not me :P

CyberLink PowerDVD XP 4.0 came installed on my computer and its the only dvd program i use. I haven't really tried out any others, but i definitely think this is a really good program and i've never had any problems with it.

I think the bookmark feature is great where i can bookmark points in different dvds and it will remember it for next time i play the dvd. I don't know if other players have this feature but i think its good.

no i didnt cos i made my pc myself (even though im only 12)

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Originally posted by msn_plus_freak
no i didnt cos i made my pc myself (even though im only 12)

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that dosnt mean anything , if you bought a dvd drive you normally get dvd software with it ,
I got powerdvd aswell as other people and i recomend it , its just so easy to use.

no i think it was in my mums pc she got top notch one so she ghave it to me so i dont no were its gone to.

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Originally posted by -dt-

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Originally posted by msn_plus_freak
no i didnt cos i made my pc myself (even though im only 12)

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that dosnt mean anything , if you bought a dvd drive you normally get dvd software with it ,
I got powerdvd aswell as other people and i recomend it , its just so easy to use.

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Same here Power dvd  is great because it's so easy to use and was free. Also I love the whole capture frame thang it's so much better than taking a screen shot.

PowerDVD is great, but i suggest just getting the right Codecs and view
the movie through Windows Media Player. it's great for movies.

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Originally posted by Ash_
PowerDVD is great, but i suggest just getting the right Codecs and view
the movie through Windows Media Player. it's great for movies.

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Why? WMP doesn't give the options PowerDVD offers (options you often need; I'm thinking about the excellent choice in color setups and other "tweaks" to experience the full scope of a movie). Although if you don't have PowerDVD, WMP is a nice alternative for simply playing movies, but that's it... If you have the choice, choose PowerDVD over WMP...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
choose PowerDVD over WMP

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Doesn't installing PowerDVD make WMP able to play DVDs? You don't have to use the PowerDVD player, only the decoder, right?