Why is Nero a bad choice for HD DVD playback?

[Desmo888]

I have just become an AnyDVD user and doing my homework on the various HD DVD Player software.

I already own Nero 8 with the HD/BD plug in, but playback is full of jitter; not to mention that it does not interface well with AnyDVD.

Why is Nero not a good choice (other than "because it SU!@S").

A detailed/technical explanation would be appreciated, but any constructive reply is welcome.

Thanks!

 

[mike_r]

nero doesn't seem to use hardware acceleration (at least never did with me with ATI). best case, it worked but the film was stuttering, worst case nero just closed down.

i tried arcsoft TMT, which claims to also play hd-dvds, but again it didn't seem to use hardware acceleration - but at least it didn't crash.

now i'm using powerdvd 8.2217u with the hd-dvd 'fix' from powerdvd 7. there are plenty of threads about it in the forum.

 

[Hawk]

mrr19121970, says quite well.

The main problem with nero is it doesn't offload from the cpu.

Meaning if you gone use nero you really need very strong processor.

Also HD_DVD are mostly encoded VC1 which is even more stressful on cpu than mpeg4_AVC used on blu-ray.

Last but no least you luck may vary from disc to disc.

 

[James]

I have just become an AnyDVD user and doing my homework on the various HD DVD Player software.

I already own Nero 8 with the HD/BD plug in, but playback is full of jitter; not to mention that it does not interface well with AnyDVD.

Why is Nero not a good choice (other than "because it SU!@S").

A detailed/technical explanation would be appreciated, but any constructive reply is welcome.

Thanks!

Mostly because it crashes or simply doesn't work at all with HD DVDs. I couldn't get the latest ShowTime versions (Nero 8) to play a single HD DVD, with or without AnyDVD. That's why it sucks.
To make it perfectly clear: It is a worthless peace of junk, if you want to playback HD DVDs or Blu-rays.

 

[Adbear]

And they dropped support for Blu-ray in nero 9 Showtime as well