Quicktime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player - Nein!

I will only use VLC to play DVDs / video on my laptop. First of all, VLC is free. Second of all, it's not slow like Quicktime. Thirdly, it's not selective in what it wants to play the way Windows Media Player is - WMP says oh no, I want to play this psychedelic movement instead of the movie you're watching. Oh okay. I'd love to listen to scenes from Alfred Hitch$#*! films accompanied by psychedelic movement. That's quite fitting. Lastly, it's not buggy and doesn't totally ruin things the way that Real Player does.

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Lovely S. Poor old Alfred Hitch$#*! gets bowdlerised by sitejabber. Should we call him Hitch$#*! instead?

6/11/11  •  Votes (1)

Ian M. I think I might give this a go also, T N.

7/16/11  •  Votes (0)

david p. I like Alfred, why not? You are funny.

7/23/11  •  Votes (0)

Diana L. Windows Media Player never works for me although I have their OS. Sorry they drove Real Player out of business because that worked.

7/25/11  •  Votes (0)

T N. Real Player was riddled with bugs, and it should have gone, I think. Try VLC (Videolan), I've never had an issue with it ever.

7/25/11  •  Votes (0)

This is the best for watching movies of all kinds. I've had no problems with it. I use it on my laptop and desktop instead of the DVD viewing software that came pre-installed. The picture even looks better. Also keeps up to date on all the codecs needed for .avi so it's not picky about what it plays like a lot of players can be.