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The Universal Player that Upgrades Your Media Experience to 3D and HD
PowerDVD 10 Mark II is the latest release of CyberLink’s award-winning movie and media playback software. Offering even more cutting-edge technologies to enhance media playback, major updates in the Mark II release include Blu-ray 3D movie playback, 2D to 3D video file playback, and enhanced TrueTheater 3D to convert DVD and video files from 2D to 3D.
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Consumers who purchased PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D are entitled to a free upgrade to Mark II. D ownload upgrade here.
Blu-ray 3D
Vivid clarity, breakthrough in picture depth and realism that leap off the screen, PowerDVD 10 makes HD come to life. With support for Blu-ray 3D and tested to be compatible with most extensive 3D hardware, PowerDVD 10 brings 3D entertainment right to your PC, creating a whole new visual experience.
Brilliant Blu-ray
Experience Blu-ray movies the way that only PowerDVD 10 can offer: simply unbeatable quality. Optimized for the latest hardware acceleration technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD, PowerDVD ensures smoother movie performance. PowerDVD 10 launches your Blu-ray movies up to 4X faster too.
Play DVDs and Videos in 3D
3D movie player PowerDVD 10 takes you to new heights of visual excellence for standard DVD content. Featuring advanced TrueTheater™ 3D technology, PowerDVD converts 2D movies and video files into spectacular 3D experience. Optimize playback quality for your movie content and hardware.
Upscale DVDs and Videos to HD
Enjoy better movie playback quality for both your DVDs and video files with TrueTheater™ HD upscaling technology. DVD and media player PowerDVD 10 lets you output to an HDTV in a quality that looks noticeably sharper and clearer. Optimization for hardware acceleration ensures even smoother results.
Better Video Playback
With PowerDVD 10, home videos can be enhanced using TrueTheater™ Stabilizer and TrueTheater™ Noise Reduction to improve quality as you play. As a universal player, PowerDVD 10 now plays even more formats, gives you access to online movie trailers via MoovieLive, and lets you upload files to YouTube.
Home Theatre Music
Supporting the latest music library features of Windows 7, PowerDVD 10 makes it even easier to listen to music from the player you use to enjoy. Create playlists of favorite tunes. Use TrueTheater™ Surround technology to optimize your audio for home theater and PC hardware. Sounds great!
High Definition Audio
3D and HD movie player PowerDVD 10 lets your ears enjoy the ultimate movie experience too, with support for high-definition audio formats from Dolby Digital and DTS. Support for HDMI 1.3a delivers the purity of lossless HD audio via a single convenient cable to your home theater system.
Movie Reviews & Live Comments
Create movie reviews that other users can read and play using PowerDVD 10. MovieMarks combine bookmarks and review comments and can be shared online via MoovieLive.com. Meanwhile, Live Comments let you post your opinions to Facebook, Twitter and MoovieLive while your movie is playing.
System Requirements
The system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD vary depending on the movie content you are watching. New 3D technologies require additional hardware to view 3D movie content.
System Requirements for Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7, Vista* and XP SP3* (Windows XP Service Pack 3 is required).
Processor (CPU)
Blu-ray Disc playback: Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or above.
TrueTheater 3D playback: Pentium D 950 (3.0GHz), AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or above.
DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz) or above.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or above.
TrueTheater 3D playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or above.
DVD playback: AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0 or above.
Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. 3D display devices are required for TrueTheater 3D playback.
Memory
Blu-ray Disc playback: 2 GB required for Vista and Windows 7; 1 GB required for Windows XP.
DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: 1 GB required for Vista and Windows 7; 512 MB required for Windows XP.
Hard Disk Space
300 MB for product installation.
Display Device
DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output.
TrueTheater 3D playback: 3D display and 3D glasses required. HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output.
Disc Player
Blu-ray Disc playback: BD-ROM/BD-RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive.
DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive.
Microphone
A microphone is required for recording voice-overs in Movie Remix mode.
* PowerDVD with NVIDIA 3D Vision is not supported under Windows Vista and XP.
System Requirements for Blu-ray 3D with Hardware Acceleration
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7, Vista* and XP SP3* (Windows XP Service Pack 3 is required).
Processor (CPU)
Intel Pentium D 950 (3.0GHz), AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz) or above.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
Intel Graphic Media Accelerator HD (Intel Core i3/i5), NVIDIA Geforce GTX 400, series and Geforce GT 240/320/330/340.
Memory
2 GB.
Display Device
3D display and 3D glasses are required (NVIDIA 3D Vision*, 3D Ready HDTV, Micro-polarizer LCD or Anaglyph Red/Cyan Glasses). HDCP compliant display for digital output.
* PowerDVD with NVIDIA 3D Vision is not supported under Windows Vista and XP.
System Requirements for Blu-ray 3D without Hardware Acceleration
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7, Vista* and XP SP3* (Windows XP Service Pack 3 is required).
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz) or above.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD2400, NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT or above.
Memory
2 GB.
Display Device
3D display and 3D glasses are required (NVIDIA 3D Vision*, 3D Ready HDTV, Micro-polarizer LCD or Anaglyph Red/Cyan Glasses). HDCP compliant display for digital output.
* PowerDVD with NVIDIA 3D Vision is not supported under Windows Vista and XP.
Versions Comparison for PowerDVD Retail Versions
Fuction
PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D
PowerDVD 10 Deluxe
PowerDVD 10
PowerDVD 9 Ultra
PowerDVD 9 Deluxe
PowerDVD 9
New & Improved Features
Blu-ray 3D playback NEW
X
-
-
-
-
-
TrueTheater™ 3D NEW
X
X
-
-
-
-
Hardware optimization IMPROVED
X
X
X
X
X
X
TrueTheater™ Stabilizer for video files NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
TrueTheater™ Noise Reduction for video files NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
TrueTheater™ Surround for music files NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
MovieMarks on MoovieLive.com NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
Live Comments on Twitter and Facebook NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
More file formats: MKV(H.264)*, RM/RMB**, FLV(H.264)*, 3GP, 3G2 NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
Universal Player interface NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
HD Video Support
BD-R 1.1
X
-
-
X
-
-
BD-RE 2.1
X
-
-
X
-
-
BD Profile 1.1 (BonusView)
X
-
-
X
-
-
BD Profile 2.0 (BD Live)
X
-
-
X
-
-
BD Profile 5.0 (BD 3D)
X
-
-
-
-
-
MPEG-2 HD
X
X
X
X
X
X
WMV-HD
X
X
X
X
X
X
SMPTE VC-1
X
-
-
X
-
-
Audio Features
DTS-HD (5.1 channels)
X
2-channels
-
X
2-channels
-
DTS
5.1 channels
2-channels
-
5.1 channels
2-channels
-
DTS 96/24 Decoding
X
X
-
X
X
-
Dolby Digital Plus and TrueHD (7.1 channels)
X
-
-
X
-
-
Dolby Digital EX
X
X
-
X
X
-
Dolby Digital (5.1 channels)
X
X
X
X
X
X
HDMI 1.3 with support for lossless pass-through
X
X
X
X
X
X
SPDIF Mixing
X
-
-
X
-
-
Cinematic Surround Sound
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Pro Logic IIx
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Pro Logic IIx
TrueTheater Surround
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Pro Logic IIx
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Pro Logic IIx
TrueTheater Surround
Virtual Surround Sound
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Virtual Speaker
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Virtual Speaker
TrueTheater Surround
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Virtual Speaker
TrueTheater Dolby Virtual Speaker
TrueTheater Surround
Advanced Headphone Technology
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Headphone
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Headphone
TrueTheater Surround
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Headphone
TrueTheater Surround Dolby Headphone
TrueTheater Surround
AAC Decoding
5.1 channels
2-channels
-
5.1 channels
2-channels
-
TrueTheater Surround for music files
X
X
X
5.1 channels
2-channels
-
Online Features
Free access to MoovieLive.com
X
X
X
X
X
X
Live comments shared on MoovieLive.com, Facebook and Twitter NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
MovieMark reviews shared on MoovieLive.com IMPROVED
X
X
X
-
-
-
Movie trailers on MoovieLive.com
X
X
X
-
-
-
TrueTheater™ Technology
TrueTheater 3D NEW
X
X
-
-
-
-
TrueTheater HD IMPROVED
X
X
X
X
X
X
TrueTheater Lighting
X
X
X
X
X
X
TrueTheater Motion
X
X
X
X
X
X
TrueTheater Stretch
X
X
X
X
X
X
TrueTheater Stabilize NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
TrueTheater Noise Reduction NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
TrueTheater Surround IMPROVED
X
X
X
X
X
X
Usability features
Universal Player interface NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
FancyView navigation
X
X
X
X
X
X
Cinema mode
X
X
X
X
X
X
Movie Remix
X
X
X
X
X
X
Movie Collection
BD+DVD
DVD
DVD
BD+DVD
DVD
DVD
Notebook Power Saver
X
X
X
X
X
X
Ambient Light Sensor support (on Windows 7) NEW
X
X
X
-
-
-
UPnP Sharing
X
X
X
X
X
X
More disc and file formats support
Play AVCREC & AVCHD discs
X
-
-
X
-
-
DivX Pro
X
X
-
X
X
-
CPRM
X
X
-
X
X
-
VCPS
X
X
X
X
X
X
* via Windows 7 codec for PowerDVD 10 (Standard), while Ultra and Deluxe versions include their own codec. ** Requires installation of RealPlayer codec.
I downloaded the trial for this at first and thought it was good. However i couldnt watch blu ray 3d. So thought that it was just because its a trial.
So I bought the full version(mark 2) but there was still no blu ray 3d. Then after extensive research i discovered you cant convert 2d blu ray movies to 3d. You havew to buy a blu ray 3d disk, which i didnt even know existed.
However this is my fault for not doing enough research. I would have bought this anyway because I need it.
Converting 2d dvds to 3d works ok. It better than watching them 2d. However with the nvidia glasses, they are quite heavy to wear and dont fit very well. But im not reviewing 3d vision kit so ill stop there.
Overall very good product.
Download the trial first however as it is exactly the same as the full version apart from the full version is mark II, so it supports a few more file types.
A trailer of a 3d film comes with this showing you what is to come in the near future. Absolutly amazing to look at this trailer was!
When considering buying this as an update to v7 I was in two minds having read the various reviews here.
Thankfully I ordered it. The install had no issues at all and took around 15 minutes including my incorrect input of the authorisation code.
The software is excellent and a noticeable improvement on the earlier version I was using.
Blue Ray quality is excellent and sound is as I would hope for on a surround system (Music DVD's especialy good). Blue Rays load very quickly and the software has not struggled with discs that were previously unpredictable for loading.
DVD quality vastly improved with this software. Great level of detail found giving them a new lease of life.
I've been using powerDVD for many years, since version 5. I upgraded to version 10 from Version 8. I use it mainly for watching blu-rays, which it does very well. The one minor annoyance with version 10 is MoovieLive, I don't use this feature at all, but when you start the program its always the first thing to be displayed, along with a few adverts, much prefer just the plain old simple PowerDVD welcome screen.