0.8x version are stable release, mostly bugfixes only

if u wana try hyper-fast-bleeding-edge version, here
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/latest/
that is nightly build, iirc they compile and upload it everyday to there
might be faster than stable release and have more functions, but usually they r buggy as well lol.

here is the vlc 0.9x changelogs
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/log/