WinDVD Reviewer's Comments

Our #2 ranked player and "TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award" is WinDVD Platinum, manufactured by InterVideo. This player hosts a user-friendly navigation system, a simple installation process and delivers outstanding video quality. WinDVD Platinum also offers Cinema Enhancement-software that delivers the ability to adjust and enhance the video. This player comes with a multitude of convenient features, including phenomenal image-capturing capabilities.

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Feature Set:  

WinDVD Platinum houses the most impressive image-capturing tools of any DVD player software on the market. By accessing the toolbar (located on the right side of the screen) you can grab a snapshot of your favorite movie image then save, email a copy or send a copy to an editing program for editing. WinDVD Platinum also offers you the ability to bookmark your favorite movie scenes and create customized playlists.

Ease of Use:  

WinDVD Platinum has a simple navigation system housed in a user-friendly panel. The main control panel is divided into six supplementary control panels-it's easy to find the tool you need by looking in the right category.

Ease of Installation:  

This product offers an easy installation and setup process. You are required to enter your name, company, and serial number for verification purposes. Once you have loaded the default settings, WinDVD Platinum will assign you an icon for easy access to the player.

Video Quality:  

WinDVD Platinum offers the extraordinary Cinema Enhancement program; this functions similarly to PowerDVD's CLEV technology-you can adjust the visual intensity, color variety, and you have the option to eliminate the overlay from dark scenes, creating a sharp, clear picture. WinDVD also includes a fun vintage viewing setting-black and white-so that you can create an old-fashioned movie viewing experience.

Audio Quality:  

WinDVD hosts high-quality audio sound with multi-channel support and audio boosters to heighten sound. You may choose to add a DVD-Audio Pack; this offers you the ability to improve sound on and then play audio discs. You may also opt to view lyrics and bonus features. You can automatically adjust your player controls to play music discs by default.

Help/Support:  

WinDVD Platinum provides excellent documentation with their software package. The contents section is detailed and contains plenty of general information for WinDVD Platinum. An index offers information about individual topics, and the search function is organized by topic as well. Each category provides valid information to help answer your questions. Online FAQs and email and phone support round out their help options.

Summary:  

WinDVD Platinum is excellent DVD player software. The program includes tools to help you acquire outstanding video and audio play quality in a user-friendly package. WinDVD Platinum provides fabulous support as well.

WinDVD Platinum could use some improvement when it comes to playing movies from the hard drive. The program also needs to be adjusted to make playing an open file less challenging; WinDVD Platinum currently allows you to play only one video object file at a time, impeding your ability to view the entire movie from a file at once. Beyond this, we found no faults in this product.