Windows Media Player(Latest ver. WMP12)-its a very reliable player but it doesn't come with pre-installed codecs which r required to play the .avi, .mp4 files & many more. Although you can install the K-lite codec pack but its takes time to load everytime you open the media player, so there is a delay when you r playing your movies.....But you can get plugins which display your current music track on G-Talk which is a unique feature.Also you can customize the player according to d color u like which is also a very cool feature. it comes with a nice equalizer too.
VLC Player(Latest ver. VLC1.0.3)-its the fastest software of the three,it comes with pre-installed codecs. so u dont need to install anything......a unique feature is the sound boost. sound boost increases the volume of your movie by 400% so you can increase the volume of movies that have low voice recorded. Also you can increase this 400% by another 100%. You have very easy options of adding n removing the subtitles. If you want skins then u have to download them from the internet......It also has good keyboard shortcuts for forwarding the movie & inc/dec the volume.
Media Player Classic(Latest ver. WPC6.4.9.1)-it is a very good software which never hangs unlike the other two. It comes with pre-installed codecs. The plugins have to be downloaded. Although it is a very good software for preview of partially downloaded files which come with the Torrent downloads. Although less on features but u just cant ignore a player which works on a very simple and glitch free principle.
