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"John Gregory" wrote:

| I can't believe how entangled I've become in DVD's, CD's, burning, ripping,
| swearing. it's a world almost foreign to me. My question concerns video
| decoders for Windows Media Player 10. I've been directed by Dell (assembler
| of my machine) to a web page that lists 4; I don't know which to choose.
| Listed here
| (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...spx#DVDDecoder
| ) are 1) CinPlayer DVD Decoder, 2) DVD XPack for Windows XP, 3) Nvidia DVD
| Decoder, and 4) PowerDVD SE for Windows XP
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|
|
| My video card is made by Nvidia but I don't have surround sound; just two
| stereo speakers. Didn't think I'd ever need the other two. (Wrong again!)
| But I can buy 'em if really necessary.
|
|
|
| My questions are:
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|
| A) Which of these four should I download and install? It
| looks like I have to buy these puppies. damn it. The only reason I have
| Media Player 10 on my system is because a window popped up to tell me it was
| available and recommended I download it. I thought it was just an upgrade
| that would require little maintenance on my part. Little did I know I'd get
| wrapped up into buying decoders to go with it. I don't even watch anything
| on Player expect software instructions and video clippings occasionally
| embedded in the news articles that get clipped by a service I use.
|
| B) What's the optimum number I'd need to cover the most
| bases and if more than the one in A above, what should be made default?