Ripped DVD playback in Vista

Through many searches and much reading on many forums I still have not come across a comparison between DVD playback using VMC Media Player 11 and other software based players such as TheaterTek, WinDVD or PDVD.

I have just finished my HTPC and have Vista Home Premium with SP/1 installed. Plenty of horsepower and I am trying to decide if I can just use Vista. I have started ripping my DVD collection and know about fixing the registry. I am unsure whether I am going to use DVD Library in Vista or use MYMovies 2 which I have downloaded but not installed as a front end. I will be playing both rips and movies straight from the DVD drive.

I am not doing HD-DVD or Blu-Ray at this point and don't know if I will. So tell me your opinions please...What would be the advantage of a software based DVD player over Media Player 11 running through VMC?

Thank you. While I am an enthusiast and have other truly high end machines, this one needs to be simple enough that my wife will accept it over a stand alone player. I have it set up with a 320 gig hard drive for the OS and other programs, a 750 gig drive for movies, a 750 gig drive for music and a 500 gig external drive for photos so she can take them to different systems. I can add more drives as needed.

When I rip I leave her the menus but strip everything else. I just want it so she can make a movie start in one click. I am using VOB files and not Iso's.