Aiseesoft Player: Fastest playback

When testing the best Blu-ray player software, we measured the time from when the play button was pressed until the movie started playing. Aiseesoft Bluray Player only takes 5 seconds to start displaying the film.

This is the fastest time we have recorded. By comparison, our top pick takes up to 15 seconds to start playing. The longest we've seen was with WinDVD, which took 22 seconds.

However, this software has serious drawbacks. It lacks many features you're looking for in this category, including HD and 3D upscaling and lossless audio playback. It also takes up to 44% of processing power, putting a significant strain on system resources.

Reasons to buy

• Starts playing movies within eight seconds of pushing the play button

Reasons to avoid

• It’s a major resource hog

Website: https://www.aiseesoft.com/blu-ray-player/