InterVideo WINDVD 7 Gold DVD Playback Software

WinDVD 7 Gold is the DVD viewing software for the future! This powerful application creates an amazing theater-like experience on your PC. Its unique integration of multimedia technologies gives you a first-class suite of audio technologies to ensure a rich, surround sound experience.
Customer Review: Pretty good DVD Playback software
I first used a Demo of WinDVD and at that time, it was awesome as I hadn't used DVD playback software before at the time. My only quibble with it is that the sound is very low and no matter what buttons and knobs I fiddle with, the sound always remains quite low. It may just be my computer however - although for other programs the sound is perfect. The main reason I got WinDVD was that it's great for making screencaptures. They're very clear and a good large size. For that purpose, I give it 5 stars. The best part of the software is the Interactual player. Now THAT's a great DVD playback software. The sound is perfect with that.
Customer Review: A superior media player, that outpreforms the rest...
I've used WinDVD 4,6 and now 7 platinum versions. I'm impressed. It will play files that neither Real nor Windows Media Player will play. Additionaly, say you're downloading a movie and you pause it (and you have a fragmented media file which most players will not play because it is not complete)... WinDVD will play it while Real and Windows will not.

Also, I bought the new Los Loney Boys CD, which came with some fierce copy protection... It wouldn't play on my computer at all... I tried Real Player, Windows Media, Roxio, Creative.... and alas, WinDVD played it.

The benefits: Well, it plays every media file type, you can pan, zoom... and some better features are the Quick Capture button, where you can pause your movie, and take a quick picture of the screen. Have you ever watched a movie and said, "Man, that would make a good background for my pc."?, now you can. Also, you can take quick clips, a short clip of the movie, any part you want, and save it to your PC.

It plays CDs that Most other mainstream media players could not or would not.

As a PC junkie, I'm impressed with its ability to play many things that most other media players wont. You won't find the difficulties you find in other players.

The cons: High price! About 80 dollars. The earlier versions, 4,5,6 have pretty much the same features, but the newer versions seem to use less memory and have a few more options.

Seriously consider this as your next all around media viewer. Click Here For More Info