While Macgo is cheaper than some at $60 - compare that to our top pick, PowerDVD 20 (opens in new tab), which costs almost $80 - it still isn't great value for money. As such, you'll need a decent home computer (opens in new tab) to use it. The fact that it doesn't seem to have any power manager options to save your battery life is also a drawback, especially considering its uses 45 percent of your CPU. However, we were disappointed to see that Macgo's player software does not offer BD-Live support or a touchscreen interface capacity for Windows users. Whether you're watching a treasured DVD or a new digital movie file, the player lets you stretch the time of your video or adjust the hue, saturation and brightness of the picture. We also liked that the player has a minimalistic and intuitive interface.

Digital video started playing fairly quickly, and discs took barely ten seconds to load and start playing (the fastest time we recorded was Aiseesoft Blu-ray Player (opens in new tab) at five seconds). Menus and icons are easy to find and understand, and any adjustments you could think of making are easy to do within a few clicks, so you don't have to waste time. As we tested the Macgo player, we found the software to be easy and enjoyable to use. Just because you're using your computer as a video player rather than a physical player doesn't mean its performance or usability should suffer. During our testing, we liked how seamless the player was at switching between video types, never once lagging or buffering. Macgo makes watching your entire movie collection easy, as it can play a variety of physical and digital video formats, including AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV and WMV. This movie player software is available for Mac only.

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