DVD decoders

Well since my laptop was updated to Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Home Edition I can no longer watch movies. I no longer have a DVD decoder. There are many to choice from I don't need anything elaborate but whom ever I use I will have to obtain a disk as downloading via dial-up isn't going to work.

Any recommendations???

been using powerdvd for ages.

I use Power DVD and DivX

I use the VLC media player to watch DVDs.

Speaking of DivX, watching things on the internet hasn't been the same since Stage 6 shut down a few months ago.

If you are looking for freeware DVD players, than as someone already mentioned VLC is pretty good.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Also there is AVS DVD Player, freeware too. However it takes a bit to load the DVD up.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/avsdvd.html

If you watch mpegs, mp4s etc than a Classic Media Player project is a good idea, quick and extremely light: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...er_Classic.htm

Hope this helps.