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- UPnP Sharing
- Indulge in the extreme quality of high-definition movies
- Explore high-definition Blu-ray Disc movies
- Remix your movies, create new stories to watch and share
- Build your own movie collection
- Write personal reviews
- Share and love of movies with new friends on MoovieLive.com
- Increased support for Disc and File formats, including MPEG 4 (H264) and DivX Pro
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PowerDVD 8 Ultra delivers uncompromising quality for movie playback on the PC. Support for Blu-ray Discs offers a new world of movie features, including seamless disc navigation, Picture in Picture support, and movie extras. Widescreen, high-definition output supports the latest HD displays. And with support for 8-channel high-definition audio, users can enjoy a true home theater experience via their PC.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Firstly I am VERY disappointed that the playback option for HD DVD has been dropped - this was the main reason I was looking forward to this product.
It's purely a playback program - there seem to be no options to backup discs.
It runs very slowly on laptops - 3ghz is a lot to ask unless you have a desktop, and if you do, then you lose the portability and thus the main attraction of this program for me; HD dvd on the move.
The other functions (flagging up films you own and information about them, the ability to produce altered versions of footage, and the membership of a forum-type site) are things I don't need or want.
I do give this 3 stars however, as it's got all you need if you want crisp sharp blu-ray images with excellent sound. I just think there's better options available without the unnecessary additions.
It's purely a playback program - there seem to be no options to backup discs.
It runs very slowly on laptops - 3ghz is a lot to ask unless you have a desktop, and if you do, then you lose the portability and thus the main attraction of this program for me; HD dvd on the move.
The other functions (flagging up films you own and information about them, the ability to produce altered versions of footage, and the membership of a forum-type site) are things I don't need or want.
I do give this 3 stars however, as it's got all you need if you want crisp sharp blu-ray images with excellent sound. I just think there's better options available without the unnecessary additions.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I like MS Media center for many reasons but when I found out it couldn't play Blu-Ray with it I had to find an alternate.
This software was shipped with my BD ROM so why not give it a go? It says it's 'The ultimate BD solution' on the disk after all.
Here's the bugs:
I have a 30" hi resolution monitor. BD can't display at 2560X1600 so the screen needs to be reduced prior to playing. Does PowerDVD account for this? No. Rubbish!
Menu navigation. When the BD menu is up for some reason the mouse no longer works. I thought this was a bug so I got in contact with their customer support. It's not a bug - it's the way it is. They told me that it isn't one of the features and will not be fixed. I have to use a keyboard. RUBBISH!
No bookmarking. I know this is more of a bug with BD itself on some titles but when using a PC there surely must be an easy way around this by writing to a file the stop time. As it is, when I press stop - it means stop and don't remember where you are.
A pop-up asking me to buy PowerDVD9. Since this was meant to be the ultimate solution (which it's nowhere near), I'm kinda discouraged from giving them more money!
This software was shipped with my BD ROM so why not give it a go? It says it's 'The ultimate BD solution' on the disk after all.
Here's the bugs:
I have a 30" hi resolution monitor. BD can't display at 2560X1600 so the screen needs to be reduced prior to playing. Does PowerDVD account for this? No. Rubbish!
Menu navigation. When the BD menu is up for some reason the mouse no longer works. I thought this was a bug so I got in contact with their customer support. It's not a bug - it's the way it is. They told me that it isn't one of the features and will not be fixed. I have to use a keyboard. RUBBISH!
No bookmarking. I know this is more of a bug with BD itself on some titles but when using a PC there surely must be an easy way around this by writing to a file the stop time. As it is, when I press stop - it means stop and don't remember where you are.
A pop-up asking me to buy PowerDVD9. Since this was meant to be the ultimate solution (which it's nowhere near), I'm kinda discouraged from giving them more money!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I've been a fan of Cyberlink's Power DVD for some years, ever since I got it free on a new laptop I bought. Having eventually upgraded to a new machine without Power DVD, I was a bit disappointed with just using Windows Media Player.
Cyberlink's software gives you much more dedicated movie playback. It upscales nicely and has an extra upscaling option, although this is perhaps the one real negative aspect of this software as it just seems to "over-smooth" the image, a problem common among current smoothing functions in both playback software and HD TVs. I was pleased the snapshot feature is still included, as some players don't have it. This lets you take a still of any frame within the movie and you can set it to either take the original image size or the size you're playing it at - bear in mind that it will be upscaled and show compression blocking if you grab at full screen size. I have found that grabbing while the movie plays rather than pausing it to take a snapshot results in a smoother image.
The sound options are all very good, it supports up to 8 speakers and different set-up modes. I'm sure most people won't need anything near the top capability of this software, but it's there if you do.
As for Blu-ray playback, I can't help you there, as my PC doesn't support Blu-ray and I'd much rather watch them on my PS3 and HD TV, but the software does support them.
All in all, I'm very pleased with it, as I had read many negative comments about previous versions of Power DVD regarding bugs and playback issues. I didn't experience any at all, which is pleasing. The software automatically notifies you when a patch is available for free download, too.
Cyberlink's software gives you much more dedicated movie playback. It upscales nicely and has an extra upscaling option, although this is perhaps the one real negative aspect of this software as it just seems to "over-smooth" the image, a problem common among current smoothing functions in both playback software and HD TVs. I was pleased the snapshot feature is still included, as some players don't have it. This lets you take a still of any frame within the movie and you can set it to either take the original image size or the size you're playing it at - bear in mind that it will be upscaled and show compression blocking if you grab at full screen size. I have found that grabbing while the movie plays rather than pausing it to take a snapshot results in a smoother image.
The sound options are all very good, it supports up to 8 speakers and different set-up modes. I'm sure most people won't need anything near the top capability of this software, but it's there if you do.
As for Blu-ray playback, I can't help you there, as my PC doesn't support Blu-ray and I'd much rather watch them on my PS3 and HD TV, but the software does support them.
All in all, I'm very pleased with it, as I had read many negative comments about previous versions of Power DVD regarding bugs and playback issues. I didn't experience any at all, which is pleasing. The software automatically notifies you when a patch is available for free download, too.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Does what it says on the tin
If you like to watch DVDs or DivX on your PC or laptop, this is the package for you. It renders DVDs in beautiful colour with a host of add-ons specifically for you. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Rendition
Top quality playback at a price
Basic DVD playback software is often included with new PCs or purchased add-on drives so the main question to consider before purchasing any enhanced playback software is do the... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2009 by Invicta
Blu-Ray Specs
I am using this with a hispec laptop without a blu ray drive so aren't really able to get the best out of the kit, but even used as a standard DVD player its intuitive and useful... Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by J. S. Meins
Amazingly sleek, but you need a good spec PC to use...
One of the nicest media playback prorams I have ever used on a PC, it did make some of my films look a little smoother and play back better somehow, however this was after the... Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by Mr. Philip Harkins
Good but only worth it if you have a Blu Ray drive
Was easy to load and updated immidiatly on completion. I have useed previous versions of Power DVD as my default player and this one has a number of upgrades including Blu Ray. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by S Finnerty
Possibly a good product but fouled up by faulty activation
I bought this product from Amazon UK but although I had no problem installing itsubsequently asked for activation. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2009 by Mr. J. Butler
Would you like a social experience with that playback, sir?
Like many people (I imagine), I don't really see the point of purchasing software for playing video when there are so many good, free players available via the internet. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2009 by R. Stevens
Functional but dull
I owned a laptop with an earlier version of PowerDVD as standard back in the day, and I always missed it since migrating on to Win DVD Media player. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by R. McDonald
Great software - add a star if money is no object to you or ....
........... your PC is your main DVD player or your only Blu Ray player. (you need a suitable drive in your PC, of course)
Picture quality is much better than Windows... Read more
Picture quality is much better than Windows... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2009 by MJ King
Ideal for playing anything on disc
This is a great piece of software. The picture and sound quality are superior to Windows media player. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2009 by Mr. K. P. Rogers
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