From: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3023430/hardware/tested-vlc-vs-windows-10-video-player-the-winner-may-surprise-you.html

From: https://fossbytes.com/10-best-free-media-players-windows/

January 16, 2018

From: https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/39in86/potplayer_vs_vlcplayer_are_their_any_specific/

MPC-HC, MPC-BE, PotPlayer. Those are the only ones you should consider using on Windows. VLC is 
only relevant if you're on Linux or Mac.

From: https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/2x7wvg/vlc_media_player_vs_daum_potplayer_whats_the/

DaumPlayer is way better than VLC, but MPC-HC / BE (your preference, really. I use HC for RAR packed 
files, it deals with those better than BE, since it has a modded RARFileSource filter internalized, 
and BE for everything else).