G400 DVD player Upgrade

**northdan** · 21 December 2001, 09:49

No one can tell me if the upgrade is worth it!

**MultimediaMan** · 21 December 2001, 10:33

In a word, no...

There are many others that are far superior. I've used Power DVD 3.0 (Multichannel version), with no issues as well as version 4.0 (Works perfectly with the G400).

I'm currently using WinDVD-DTS on both my Workstation and Gaming machines and it also works flawlessly.

Both of these players support Dolby Digital and DTS decoding.

**Greebe** · 21 December 2001, 10:38

PowerDVD doesn't work with XP yet if that's the OS you're running

**MultimediaMan** · 21 December 2001, 11:17

WinDVD does, though...

**northdan** · 21 December 2001, 14:14

Thank you

**X-Caliber** · 21 December 2001, 18:18

Hey Multimedia Man,

How is the DTS decoding on WinDVD??

Any Comments?

-X-

**MultimediaMan** · 21 December 2001, 21:52

DTS works one of two ways: S/PDIF output or 6 Channel Decoded...I've been using 6 channel analog decoding with no problems.

I haven't felt the need for S/PDIF decoding when I've already got 6 channel out put from my Sound cards: I've tested it with both the Voyetra Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and the Philips Acoustic Edge both work great.

**Kaj** · 22 December 2001, 03:37

PowerDVD 3 runs perfectly under XP.