ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 6 Review

If you're looking for the simplest possible software for playing DVDs and Blu-rays, ArcSoft's TotalMedia Theatre 6 is worth a look.

TotalMedia Theatre 6 - Start

Your first view of the video-playing application shows tiles for your media. It's a very simple, Windows 8-style user interface.

The play controls are extremely easy to work with. I especially like the big loop to help you move the video scrubber.

TotalMedia Theatre's accompanying iPhone remote-control app is a cinch to set up, and its big buttons make it easy to navigate your video.

Once again we see the influence of Windows 8 interface techniques in this simple side panel of settings, activated by right-clicking.

TotalMedia Theatre had no trouble playing my 3D test material, using Nvidia's 3D Vision system.

As with most disc-playing software, you can choose your viewing region, which will affect whether you can play certain copyrighted movies.