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Old 08-20-2009, 11:11 PM   #115
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
What is the best way to watch movies on the mac. I have put in a regular DVD but it looks crappy, and pixelly and choppy. When you download a trailer like that Avatar one, it looks totally awesome, I want to watch movies on it now after seeing how nice it looks.
I use Front Row for watching all my movies, both on DVD and ones I buy from iTunes or download from the web. Stupidly, it doesn't play iTunes rentals though.

You'll need to get Perian (codec pack for Mac) though. Also, Flip4Mac (wmv for Mac). Both free and both painless installs.

It's very rare that I find a video format that won't play in Front Row (Quicktime) with those two codec packs installed. If I do, then I use VLC... but I like the Front Row interface a lot better for remote control use.
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