You can play a DVD in Windows 10 for free with a little help. But that help’s probably best if it doesn’t come from Microsoft. I’ll tell you how Microsoft’s solution sort-of works for some ...

Another popular free desktop program that will play DVDs on Windows 8, and virtually every media file that VLC can, is GOM Player. It works similarly to other media players, and some would argue ...

The open-source alternative. If that seems like too steep a price to keep your DVD collection alive and spinning, here's the good news: You can watch DVDs on your Windows 10 PC for free.

Similar to how DVD Rip is a companion application to DVD Shrink, DVD Play works with the free video player VLC to easily play any of your ripped DVDs. Hit the jump for more details, the demo video ...

How to play DVDs in Windows 10 with free software. If you're using an external DVD drive or can't find any already installed software for DVD playback on your computer with an internal DVD player, ...

If you like watching DVDs on your PC, you'll be disappointed to know that Windows 8 can't play DVD videos out of the box, so to speak. That doesn't mean you have to go out and spend a lot of money ...

A clean install of Windows 10 doesn't include the software required to play back DVD movies. If your PC includes a DVD drive, you could pay Microsoft $14.99 to add this capability, but why not use ...

Microsoft chose to omit the Windows Media Center app in Windows 10, and it wants $15 for the new Windows DVD Player, but you can get many of the same features for free.

In some circumstances, you can get the Windows 10 DVD Player app for free, but our favorite no-cost option does a whole lot more.