14 DAY TRIAL // There are quite a lot of apps in the Windows Store that can help you play your favorite multimedia files in the Modern UI of Windows 8, but there's no doubt that VK Media Player is one of the best.
The app has pretty much all the features that you normally find in desktop programs, including an equalizer, playlists and support for a wide array of audio and video formats.
For example, VK Media Player can work with .mp3, .wav, .m4a, .wma, .aac, .adt, .adts, .ac3, and .ec3 audio formats, but also with the most popular video formats on the market, such as FLV, MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, and 3GP.
"With the VK Media Player you will definitely ENJOY your favorite media content ANYTIME and ANYWHERE! You will get for sure many useful and interesting features! Ability of playing your media, view .flv and .mkv files, equalizer setting, creating and editing playlists, access to cloud services, LastFM, playing media content from popular social networks and that's not all!" the app description published in the Windows Store reads.
Of course, the app comes with support for desktops and tablets, so you can also install it on a Surface RT if you've already purchased one.
Overall, there's no doubt that this app is at least worth a shot, so go ahead and download VK Media Player to see what it's up to, no matter if you want to use it on a PC or on a tablet.