Play DVD

Play DVD is an application with a pretty self-explanatory title. It allows you to play DVDs.

The interface of the program is minimalistic and easy to handle. You can import a DVD from the hard drive or disc by using only the file browser since the "drag and drop" method" is not supported.

You can use basic media player functions, such as pause and stop, seek forward or backward, fast forward or rewind, as wall as navigate back and forth within the video.

You can play multimedia files of various formats (including AVI, MOV, WAV, MPEG, and MP3) in a separate window, select the DVD chapter, mute the video, add bookmarks, zoom and change the angle.

The simple application takes up a very high amount of system resources and doesn't include a help file. We haven't come across any issues during our tests since Play DVD works smoothly.

However, some basic functions are still missing (e.g. you cannot adjust the volume, go to the main menu, change subtitle settings) and keyboard shortcuts are not supported at all. Also, we don't understand why playing other multimedia files beside DVDs requires a separate window. That just complicates things.

The bottom line is that Play DVD is a pretty stable program, but one that lacks some very important elements. Although it is extremely simple to use, even by novices, we recommend you look for a more powerful DVD player right now.