Steve J. Gray's Software Comparison Chart

. SJGPlay(dos) SJGPlay(win) VB-Amp Pro Mimic WinCDG FMTuner WinCron
Version 1.29 0.52 1.06 1.10 0.52 1.00 1.40
Price FREE FREE FREE FREE/$15FREE$15 FREE
Source Code - - YES - - - -
Supported? NO NO YES YES YES YES YES
O/S SJGPlay(dos)SJGPlay(win)VB-Amp ProMimicWinCDGFMTunerWinCron
DOS YES - - - - - -
Win 3.1 - YES - - - - YES
Win 95/98 - YES YES YES YES YES YES
Win NT - YES YES YES YES YES YES
Win 2000 - ? ? YES YES ! ? ?
Feature SJGPlay(dos)SJGPlay(win)VB-Amp ProMimicWinCDGFMTunerWinCron
Skinnable - - YES YES - YES -
CD Player YES YES - YES - - -
Media Player- YES * YES * YES *- - YES *
MP3 files - Win9x/NT * YES * YES *YES * - YES *
CD+G files - YES - - YES - -
Bitmaps - YES # YES # YES #- - YES #
Lyrics YES YES - Playback- - -
Midi Karaoke- YES - - - - -
FM Tuner - - - YES %- YES -
Notepad - - - YES - - -
Calculator YES - - YES - - -
Clock YES YES YES YES - - -
Timers YES - - YES - - YES
Calendar YES - - - - - -
Notepad - - - YES - - -
Web Browser - - - YES +- - -
Web Radio - - - YES *- - -
Screensaver YES - - YES - - -
Scheduler - - - - - - YES
. SJGPlay(dos)SJGPlay(win)VB-Amp ProMimicWinCDGFMTunerWinCron

Notes:

(*) Requires MS MediaPlayer 5.1 or higher (6.4 recommended)
(+) Requires MS Internet Explorer 4 or higher (5.01 recommended)
(#) Supports BMP, GIF, JPEG
(%) Registration Required
(!) Feature to be available in future (or in current BETA)
(?) Untested

As of: Apr 22/2000

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