Splash Lite

CNET Editors' review

Video technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, and it's no wonder that high-definition video is growing in popularity. The crystal-clear picture it provides is often stunningly life-like. Splash Lite is a sleek application that lets users view a variety of high-definition video formats that can't be handled by the average media player.

The program's interface is attractive and well-designed, with a menu that appears only when moused over. Using Splash Lite is as easy as using any other media player--the user simply opens the file they want to view, and Splash Lite plays it beautifully. The program supports a variety of video formats, including AVI, MKV, MOV, M2TS, MTS, M2T, MP4, MPG, TS, and also has options for handling subtitles and adjusting audio and video settings. Slash Lite can even be used with a TV tuner to view HD broadcast television. The program comes with a PDF Quick Start guide that is well-written and thorough, walking users through each of the program's features. Overall, we found Splash Lite quite easy to use, and we were impressed with the features and options that it offered. We think this program is a great choice for anyone who needs a simple way to view high-definition video files; beginners will appreciate its intuitive design, and more advanced users will find settings that allow them to customize their experience.

Splash Lite is free. The program installs a desktop icon without asking but uninstalls cleanly. We recommend this program to all users.

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All User Reviews
  • All versions:

    3.7 stars

    out of 45 votes

    • 5 star: 22
    • 4 star: 6
    • 3 star: 4
    • 2 star: 7
    • 1 star: 6
  • Current version:

    3.0 stars

    out of 7 votes

    • 5 star: 3
    • 4 star: 0
    • 3 star: 0
    • 2 star: 2
    • 1 star: 2
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  • 5.0 stars

    "Splash Lite is great. Period."

    November 1, 2012  |   By mcappy

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    - Fast Working
    - Plays all the popular HD files
    - Low CPU usage
    - Great and stylish interface
    - DVB-T playback support

    Cons

    - Few supported subtitles types
    - No Picture2 like in PRO version.
    - Only DVB-T playback support. No recording and time shifting.

    Summary

    This is a must have software for every person who enjoys a Full HD quality videos. All the rumors about putting toolbars in Splash Lite are true, but who doesn't include them? Big companies like CyberLink? Try to download their trial, it's full of additional installers. How about CNET downloader? Oh, hello toolbars and other crap. It's normal process of monetizing free software and you all shouldn't be so much surprised. If you consider yourself as intelligent person you should easily get through the installation process without installing anything else but Splash Lite - a true great HD player.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Fav player - dedicated for HD videos."

    October 27, 2012  |   By ZeroX668

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    My fav video player for HD videos, plays almost everything
    with super low CPU usage. Good video and audio quality.
    Easy in use and looks nice.

    Cons

    Could support more subtitles and for old low quality videos (rmvb) need to use other player.

    Summary

    Must have for all HD video fans and HD camcorder users (switches video clips very fast making watching clips very easy). Packed with downloader with toolbars, if you read carefully it is easy to skip installation toolbars.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Fast and sleek!"

    October 23, 2012  |   By EricBale

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    - free
    - super fast
    - nice interface
    - good support for GPU video decoding
    - mkv support
    - good dvb-t support
    - stable

    Cons

    - does not support picture enhancements like pro version
    - cannot record dvb-t programs

    Summary

    Compact, stable, fast and universal HD video and dvbt TV player.
    I use it on most of my PCs but also have 1 license of full featured Splash PRO EX version. Lookinf for TV version with progams recording.

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  • 2.0 stars

    "What happened to my Splash Player"

    October 6, 2012  |   By andyseaview

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    I had splash player on my computer for months, and beside the lack of options it still had great audio and video playback,

    Cons

    One day i had to re install my windows 7 O.S and one of the programs i wanted back was my splash lite player, but something went wrong, all of a sudden my CPUs and my RAM were running crazy, my ram was maxing out to 100 and my cpu were all over the place, so once i un installed splash lite, everything went back to normal, i dont know what happened, it worked great when i had it on my last O.S, i did notice a program that installed it self without my input when i was downloading splash lite, so i don't know if it was spyware, malware or a virus, but i would stay away from splash lite for now

    Summary

    Stay clear of splash lite, it use to work great, but over time something went wrong when i had to re install the program

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  • 1.0 stars

    "INFECTED DOWNLOADER"

    September 20, 2012  |   By bod62uk

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    None at all totally rubbish.

    Cons

    Contains malware caught by my antivirus.

    Summary

    Download at your own risk.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Ruined great program with adware / malware"

    September 5, 2012  |   By oonchie

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    Program is probably the best h.264 / mpeg decoder out there. Low overhead, supports most popular graphics chipsets for hardware decoding including ATI, intel, Nvidia. Even with non-accelerated decoding less overhead and less CPU time than other programs

    Cons

    New version is now loaded with adware, and malware. You can click no install of the adware, but it asks you again for another malware yes no question. Apparently you have to click no twice. Unclear why a reputable company is packaging a good piece of software with terrible malware. Not only will it install toolbars for translation, even if you click no, it will install a background malware rootkit that is not possible to remove without reinstall of OS, or possibly malware removing software.

    Summary

    Go find an old version that doesn't include malware and a rootkit, otherwise you will be sorry.

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  • 2.0 stars

    "version 1.8 downloader bundled with adware"

    September 2, 2012  |   By sc1312

    Version: Splash Lite 1.8

    Pros

    Good player

    Cons

    version 1.8 downloader bundled with adware, could not avoid installing adware, tried to unckeck options but no luck.
    I aborted the installation and had to remove manually the toolbar from internet explorer and firefox. Very sad.

    Summary



    Updated on Sep 15, 2012

    Exactly the downloader is not bundled with adware but the downloaded stuff with it is.

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