Arcsoft TMT 3 Platinum (return of the trial)

[blckman]

Okay ladies and gentleman. I have officially downloaded the provided file. First, when you finish downloading the file, you will actually get two different files. One is for Arcsoft Total Media 3.0 which is for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD playback. The other file is titled Arsoft Total Media 3.5. The 3.5 is for regular dvd playback mostly and has a TIVO like feel to it in my opinion. You can install only the 3.0 for Blu-Ray playback and you're fine.

I popped in The Dark Knight Blu-Ray and when starting the software it automatically ask you for a choice to use a mouse with a pocket sized tray. I said yes and the remote sits on the side of the screen. Now, the next pop-up I received was about needing a Codec for Dolby Digital Sound support. I thoght okay. Whatever. Dark Knight played right away and the picture was there, however, the sound was non-existent. It even says that they are working on the sound issue and it should be resolved soon. This really racked my last nerve. I popped in Transformers HD-DVD and the same scenario as above and get this: The picture quality was darker than the Power DVD 7.3 Ultra I'm using. My honest opinion. I will give the picture quality a seven and they really need to work on the audio issue in my opinion. I will stick with Power DVD because when I saw a seen with Tyrese in the desert in Transformers he looked so much darker with the Arcsoft 3.0 than he ever did with PowerDVD. Thank God for PowerDVD. I have never had an issue with their software. That just my two sense. Good luck you all.