What is the minimum spec needed to watch DVDs on a PC?

[DaveCSparty]

Will 700mhz P3 Coppermine, 192MB RAM, be enough to watch DVDs on a PC with software decoding...? My dad wants to watch movies on his computer and I'm wondering if I need to get him a new 'puter or just plug in a DVD ROM drive. Thanks!!

 

[ScrapSilicon]

that 700 will do nicely

 

[Mavrick007]

Yep, the 700mhz P3 should do nicely.

I found that pretty much anything over 500mhz and you
don't have to worry about software encoding as much.

 

[hompsar]

ha, pop in your drive and get ready to go ;-)

 

[John]

Hopefully you have a halfway decent video card as well.

 

[stevty2889]

I was able to run them smoothly on my P2-266, so it defintaly will run on that.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I used to watch DVDs on my iBook 500mhz g3.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

You should have no problem

 

[aNeke]

I'm going to have to say you will have no problem, good luck.

 

[OverVolt]

Video ran smooth on mt 633Celery

 

[vailr]

Some DVD player software, such as PowerDVD, have an option to "enable hardware acceleration".