stupid question from a windows user...

[acosmichippo]

...what app do you guys use to watch DVDs?

[Hawk]

I Have Power DVD. Came with the DVD Burner I installed.
Don't use Win DVD. Program has problems.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I Have Power DVD. Came with the DVD Burner I installed.
Don't use Win DVD. Program has problems.

I love WinDVD. I haven't had any problems with it all all. What sort of problems have you had?

[Hawk]

well, I've only supported it on the Dell systems at work, and it would freeze up, skip, and die on at least 50 % of our systems. Eventually even Dell stopped packaging it with our systems.
could have been the video card they installed, but something was definitely screwed up.

[acosmichippo]

what about mac users?

[gcvt]

Just to watch DVDs? I use the regular "DVD Player" included in OSX...and the remote control that came with my MacBook Pro :)

[KNK]

I use MediaNow Suite on PC

[Lincoln]

DVD Player is included with all Macs. Like Greg said, I use the Mac Remote to control it. Just as good as a TV.

- John

[acosmichippo]

only reason i ask is because i was a bit dismayed to discover it isn't part of iTunes.

[KNK]

only reason i ask is because i was a bit dismayed to discover it isn't part of iTunes.

The iTunes will only play the movies that you import or buy,

[acosmichippo]

yes, i just discovered that. I just think it's unusual that iTunes plays CDs, but not DVDs.

[gcvt]

Never really thought of it that way, but the stand-alone DVD player in OSX works great.

[acosmichippo]

i'm sure it does.

congrats on the honorary "genius" status, btw.

[gcvt]

LOL! Thanks. No one has ever called me that before...honorarily or otherwise :foot:

[Ramesh]

can't you just use Media player for windows? That seems to work for me - when I use pc's.

[Eragon]

can't you just use Media player for windows? That seems to work for me - when I use pc's.

For my Dell, I use Nero Showtime. Not the best, but it came with the Nero package. For my Mac, I use the native Apple DVD Player.

Here's a link regarding the use of Windows Media Player. It lacks a native decoder - forces you have to install a formal player like Power DVD, etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/windowsmediaplayer/getstarted/play.mspx

[acosmichippo]

yeah, I use WMP to watch DVDs.