Monday, February 23, 2009

The Media Player wars...


It's the war between two of the best user-friendly media players available out in the market for Windows users. But who is the winner. Who has been at the recieving end. The two media players in question are VLC player and the GOM media player.

The media player which has had a great run is VLC from the past 2 years. But here comes competition. Now enters GOM with its cusomisable shortcuts and easy to understand interface and starts grabbing all the market which was once VLC's playground. But which one is truly good. I felt in my opinion that VLC scores over GOM when it comes to startup but customizing VLC is a tidious task. GOM is a bit slow when it comes to startup but it runs smoothly after that.

I never had a real problem with any of these two but I go with GOM, and the only reason being its user interface. One more thing that puts GOM on the top is it's appearance. It has the look of a big screen in a theatre or something else like that. Unlike VLC, GOM has good user base who are loyal not just by ignorance but by choice...

Here's the popularity chart:: Download.com

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