Scorbing Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 OK now that NVidia has relased its own DVD player, how does it compare to WinDVD or PowerDVD? Is the NVidia DVD player better than WinDVD or PowerDVD? Although it was designed to be used with NVidia video cards, I have a Radeon 64MB card and it works just fine. Your opinions count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Heinrich-X Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 NVDVD 0wnz j00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xWeston Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I didnt like nvdvd from what i tried. It doesnt have near as many features (for example vcd stuff was just added) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 javierzito Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I have NVDVD but i can never play a dvd yet in the program.. but i think that NVDVD rockz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Miran Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I have NVDVD but i can never play a dvd yet in the program.. but i think that NVDVD rockz!! Mmmkay... Sense making not. :s :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 T.piz Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I have both NDVD and PowerDVD installed, but if I had to pick one. I think I'd have to pick PowereDVD cause it has support for VOB files, it has that auto hide DVD control when in full screen mode, and you can use the scroll wheel to REW and FF. Don't get me wrong, NVDVD is a really good player, but I just hope that future versions of it will have the features I listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 azazel- Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 How good is NVDVD on non-nVidia graphics hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 noir Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I actually prefer WinDVD 3.1 since I find the new version (4.0) way to slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheOneTrueJedi Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 i use NVDVD, and have used PowerDVD, and i really can't tell the difference. I wished that Nvidia would make it so the NvDVD would be optimized on Nvidia cards, or maybe they already are, but i don't notice a real difference between the two. but i use NVDVD because i love Nvidia.:dead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 OrangesOfCourse Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 well i use powerdvd because i dont have a dvd drive and i can play vcd/svcd's on there.. i dont think you can do that on NvDVD.. i would give it a go if you can.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hawkeye Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I have tried NVDVD and PowerDVD. While I really like where NVDVD is going, and really like how it looks, I would still have to pick PowerDVD over it. PowerDVD can play files as well as DVD's. For example, it can play MPG, AVI, etc. Also, it plays MPEG-2 encoded files very well. When NVDVD can play files as well as actual DVD's, I will remove PowerDVD from my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GUNNER Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I like Power Dvd the best it has a lot of nice features. Never tried NVDVD. I have alot of dvd's that are DTS and Power Dvd plays them better than WinDvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ghostdraconi Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Question Where can I find a copy of NVDVD? Is this program free for nVidia cards or do you have to buy it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Silvorgold Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 powerdvd for me :D...but all dvd appz are skippish/slowwwww (atleast for me) cept for winblowz media player for some reason lol...but then again on wmp i have to set it to 800x600...but i choose powerdvd over wmp any day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MxxCon Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 nvdvd made a complete mess on my puter. it took over ALL audio filters:mad:. mp3, ac3, mp2, etc. powerdvd is good. i'm totaly happy w/ it so i don't even bother to try windvd check out http://vobsub.edensrising.com/mpc.php it's WMP6.4 with improvments! love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 A10 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I prefer WinDVD 4.0 it has much better audio and video quality than powerdvd or nvdvd anyday. I tried NVDVD when I had my GF2 MX400 installed and it had a very limited feature list it still has bugs and it's video quality is not the least bit optimized. I run a ATI Radeon 9000 Pro and it's DVD playback blows any Nvida card out of the water as far as video quality and hardware acceleration. Power DVD 4.0 has very poor video quality, but it runs better on slower systems and it audio quality is so so it will drop sound during dialog. Just look at WinDVD and PowerDVD with the menu of a dvd and you'll see the difference power dvd will have shimmering text and star stepped(alaised) images WinDVD does away with most of those, and it runs very smoothly on my system and it has DTS support which is a manditory feature for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mimeryme Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 The Radeon's have DVD decoding built in, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Redestium Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 What is the difference between PowerDVD XP 4.0 and the Deluxe version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 morphen Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 When NVDVD can play files as well as actual DVD's, I will remove PowerDVD from my computer. [/b] Both WinDVD and PowerDVD can play files directly from the computer....even avi/divx ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bigmoose Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 power dvd all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 BxBoy Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 I'm sticking with WinDVD Plus v4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 twist Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 i use both winDVD and powerDVD. i use windvd for divx / avi files, or mpgs, it plays them much better, but its a bit of a resource hog. powerDVD has nice features like being able to skip around with the keyboard, i use it for vcds, svcds, or dvds. its much faster then winDVD and qorks better if you want to queue multiple files after one has started (winDVD restarts them). i'd use this for everything, but for some reason it won't mantain the aspect ratio for avi's so its no good for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hummer Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 i'm down with powerdvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xWeston Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 BSPLayer is still the best for divx/avi etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scorbing Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 I tell you this people, I got Blade II on DVD today and watched it on the NVDVD player and it looked absolutely awesome. The quality is just amazing. Much better thah PowerDVD or WinDVD. I should also point out that the NVDVD uses much less system resources and disk space than PowerDVD or WinDVD. To see sample shot of a movie played with NVDVD go here: NVDVD Movie Quality Sample Shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OK now that NVidia has relased its own DVD player, how does it compare to WinDVD or PowerDVD?
Is the NVidia DVD player better than WinDVD or PowerDVD?
Although it was designed to be used with NVidia video cards, I have a Radeon 64MB card and it works just fine.
Your opinions count!
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