ProgDVB was fairly average and buggy when I was looking around for decent PVR software and tried it (most supplied PVRs are complete garbage).

As an alternative, DVBViewer is by far the best PVR software out of all the many I tried.

Until I installed this, Media Player Classic was my player of choice. The KMPlayer is the best player out there right now :) You don't need half a dozen players for your files anymore!

Nero used to be essential, but now it's just bloatware. If I have to use it, I'd be downloading the Lite or Micro versions without all the useless stuff.

Such a shame this was discontinued; it's great software. Still very useable and useful, even now. Produces excellent results and is very easy to use :)

Excellent! I love this player - essential software for your Windows :)

This is 5 out of 5 software - in its official builds. Although the official build hasn't been updated since October 2004 (what's up with that?). I'm still using ffdshow-20041012 and haven't encountered any problems. So one point off for not being an official build.