Customer Reviews

WinDVD 9

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

"WinDVD 9" really is a fantastic, feature rich DVD and video playback software package, once you get it installed on a good computer. Here are my observations:

First the good -
* Picture clarity is simply amazing! The "upscaling" on standard DVDs shocked me at how much better the picture looked

* Fantastic features for laptop users, like "TimeStretch", allow for optimal performance

* Using the controls are easy with the intuitive user interface

Now the bad -
* Software will install on a system that does not meet the minimum requirements (costing a "*" on my rating). This cost me a good bit of time trying to figure out why a DVD would not play back on my two year old laptop (got an "Overlay" error).

* Software will report errors from other programs while installing if the wrong versions are not present. This was explained in a package insert and did not impact the actual installation.

Once the software was installed on my new laptop, I was more than pleased with this package and am quite impressed with the performance. Recommended for newer PCs.

I bought this product because my new computer runs on Vista and I was having trouble with WinDVD 7.0. But somewhere between 7.0 and 9.0, Corel bought the program from Intervideo, and then they made changes to "improve" it. Not. This isn't the first time Corel has done this. They took Picture Publisher and ruined that, too. Leave us alone, Corel!

InterVideo WINDVD was bar none the best DVD player for Windows I had ever used. Right up until COREL bought them. It's ludicrous to take a really great product and screw it up. Why do things like remove the slow motion feature? Why screw up a usable, familiar interface? Oh well, off to find another player....

I love WINDVD 9, I bought a new computer years back and it came loaded with WINDVD Gold in its programs.
In the WINDVD Gold I learned that one can "capture frames" off videos and I was hooked forever.

You see, I am an ultra huge lifer Johnny Mathis fan thus I can play all my hundreds of Mathis DVD's I own of him through many years and capture wondrous photos of him to save in an external hard drive, print them out if I wish, use them on mailing labels, and send them to friends etc; I've performed each to my delight and to the delight of all recipients!

The quality of WINDVD 9 is perfect for my new 64 bit ultra perks included PC, the videos are as clearly perfect as possibly can be. It's quality is far better with my PC Video card than playing videos on my HDTV's.

I try to purchase all my program needs of this sort from amazon.com when I can find them these days and not from Corel that owns WIINDVD's and many other programs that I love to use from Corel. First; WINDVD 9 was less expensive on amazon.com than from Corel. Second; Corel has cheated me out of so much money from online downloads it's unreal. When one downloads a trial version from Corel etc, of course, it's not the full program. Usually they do not run properly so then one wishes to upgrade to the full version then alas the purchased key codes for full versions never have worked!

Corel and I go back and forth, back and forth in emails' after emails and many times on the telephone and their rhetoric is always the same instructions. Finally when I ask for a full refund; no one can believe what one has to do for a refund. They have no problem taking my money rapidly but it is nearly impossible to get my refund back into my bank account without hassles galore and it takes weeks!

One has to sign an affidavit that the item in not still in the PC being used (as if they couldn't tell that on their own merit) sign it then send it by FAX with a whole load of other legalese paperwork to somewhere in Canada of all places to have to FAX along with all the other hassles!

This seems like it's not a an Amazon compliment but it is. Your return policies beat all anywhere and so do your products you guarantee and stand behind them 100% for satisfaction with every purchase from you! But it is not a compliment to Corel help and support and or for refunds with a bad product or useless key code.

I give Corel an "F" in help and support but a "B" if I can find their programs from retail outlets or Amazon online. No more online downloads for me!

I try amazon.com first for my needs/wants first.

Know that WINDVD9 is a winner but do yourself a favor and purchase it where you know you can return easily or you might need to think twice or thrice.

I have used Intervideo's WinDVD 7 and previous versions, but Corel hasn't made any improvements. A new interface, and updated video conversions are the only changes I could find. Gone is the slow motion and frame-by-frame. I haven't tried any competitors products because I expected a step up from Intervideo to Corel. This product is overpriced for the minor changes.

Plays movies wonderfully! Very clear picture. Product arrived in excellent condition. Very satisfied with this purchase.

WinDVD 9 works very well on the Windows Vista. You'll get pure high quality sound and picture. Its perfect for laptops.

It can really play all movie file formats and More.

Good DVD software, not as versatile as predecessors, but very good and compatable with Vista.