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Old 01-16-2006, 06:21 PM   #1
Memnoch
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Since I'm spending less and less time at home and more and more time chained to my laptop, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a really good software DVD media player. I've noticed that my DVDs look fine on my 13.3" laptop screen at 1280 x 800 but the picture gets a bit fuzzy on my 19" 8ms Samsung LCD at 1280 x 1024.

InterVideo WinDVD 5 for VAIO. I'm using the InterVideo WinDVD 5 for VAIO which shipped with my VAIO. It's ok but I'm sure there are better out there.

Windows Media Player 10. I've also used Windows Media Player 10 which is good but it's not really DVD friendly - you can't fast-forward or rewind in an easy way. Picture quality is ok on the laptop screen but it's "fuzzy" (as in not sharp) on my 19" LCD.

RealPlayer 10.I also tried using RealPlayer (the free one) it's ok as well, but not brilliant. And I've used DivX Player which is good for watching individual video files but I can't figure out how to watch an entire DVD with it, rather than the individual .vob files.

Nero Showtime (got it with Nero Ultra 7). I also tried this, it was actually the worst of the lot! Controls were poor and the picture quality was too dark in general.

So does anyone have a software DVD media player that they swear by? I don't know if the fuzziness I'm getting is because I've got my settings wrong or because I'm using a crap player.

Any advice would be appreciated! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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