I get blank video (black screen) on "Directx 3D video output", which worked fine in earlier VLC versions.
The performance is gone horrible on my iBook, again compared to earlier versions.
While the UI changes on windows are good (finally, the controls in fullscreen), I except more updates coming sooner to fix new issues.
EDIT: NVM about blank video, got it working. Nothing great there. In fact subs look degraded under Directx 3D video output. Directx video output is better one.
I tried window GDI, but the scaling is horrible. Though colors looked good.
Anyway, that was too much ranting for something I hardly use on Windows. On the OSX side, I think I'll revert back to old version. I tried tweaking few things, but the damn thing is crazy hog in playback.