One of the more important elements of a software DVD player is its ease of installation and user friendliness.
Image quality is another important feature of any good software DVD player.
After all, one of the biggest selling points of DVD over VHS is the enhanced picture quality and sound. A clear picture combined with a speedy decoding engine are a must for any good software DVD player. In comparing visual quality I watched for a number of anomalies such as pixelation, skipped frames, color problems, and artifacting. I used the hardware motion compression on the Gladiac when applicable, and the desktop resolution was set to 1152x856x32. All other player options were set on their defaults.