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Cyberlink PowerDVD is the latest evolution of the world acclaimed Blu-ray and DVD software player that offers maximum video and audio playback entertainment on the PC. Supports Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD, AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD , DVD-VR, DVD+VR, H264/AVC, MPEG2, MPEG1, SVCD, VCD and AVI/DivX/XviD video. PowerDVD Ultra with Blu-ray support costs $100.
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Trialware ($50) v9.0  |
7.4 (7.6) 14 votes Guides |
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Latest version: 9.0 (October 20, 2009) Download sites: Download from author site Windows
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Version 9.0 View entire changelog http://www.cyberlink.com/products/movie-playback/powerdvd/compare_en_US.html Sponsored tools: Guides and How to's: View all guides with guide description here Acronyms / Also Known As: cyberlink powerdvd, powerdvd ultra, powerdvd deluxe
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I just tried the new 7.0 trial. The dvd I played was badly pixelated. So I tried different dvd's still the same. So I installed it on my notebook. The Problem was the same. Just going keep using 6.0 for now.
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BLOAT. BLOAT. BLOAT. Not to mention THE 96MB INSTALL SIZE! Nero 7 comes to mind.. Has new features that the average user will never use. Do we really need support for MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)? That file format is still in it's infancy. Oh, and the picture quality while viewing DVD's is the same as 6. If you already have 6 installed on your computer, don't bother with this bloated mess!
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Power DVD version 6 does not play MPEG 2 files with a multiplexed MPEG 1 Audio Layer 2 (MP2) (0xc0) stream, even when an MP2 third party audio codec (Moonlight Cordless) is installed.
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This is my favorite software DVD Player.Very good picture quality and seems very reliable,it dont keep crashing.It supports quite a lot of audio and video formats as well. The only thing I dislike is that it is becoming more bloated.
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Appalling, rubbish and untimately frustrating. Every time I try to play a Copy Protected DVD (that I bought out of a shop, mind you, not copied at all) it refuses to play it because its afraid that I'm going to connect my TV-Out to a VCR in an effort to violate copyright laws. I have absolutely no intention on making inferior VHS copies, so it's extra bad. The interface is nice, it works quite well when it does actually work, but if you want to play anything except a DVD or (S)VCD' forget it, AVI's etc. The aspect ration is almost always wrong and won't let you change it. I'm disgusted with it and thank god that I didn't pay anything for it as it came free with my DVD Drive.
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I'm not very enamored with the picture quality PowerDVD displays, and frankly never have been (this includes both with or without hardware acceleration). What this player has is good sound options (like Dolby Headphone), although they cost and cost plenty. IMO players like this will soon be ousted by freeware alternatives, as interest in PC video continues to grow.
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It does its job well but you need to install a ac3 filter for Xvid movies with ac3 audio. Its not a real media player because it doesnt handle streaming content. Gabest Media Player Classic has more options and plays streaming content and can replace Windows Media Player and best of all its freeware.
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It's hard to praise this tool too highly. It works well when playing commercial DVDs, and just as well when playing your own DVD authoring project off hard disk. I've found that if your self authored DVD doesn't play correctly in PowerDVD then it won't play correctly in a standalone DVD player either - knowing this saves a lot of DVD burn time! Also very useful is the high quality directx drivers which it installs, which means that a lot of third party freeware tools (eg. IfoEdit) will find these drivers and work well on your PC. My copy came bundled with my PC - so the price was right as well! Don't even think of using anything else!
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I like this player very much. I gave a 9 on functionality because it sometimes freezes on some movie that are scratched up. I think it is great. HAs dvd or CD/File mode. One of the few programs that plays VCD DAT files (easily too). Got it free and like that it is easy to use. Right click on screen and you can got to the chapters. Wish they made a remote control for it and a way to fast forward all those preview frames on some dvds. The picture can be adjusted 4 ways, has 4 skins, and it even has parental control. The full screen is awesome if you have a 1.8ghz pc. It is true full screen covers the whole monitor.
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If you were lucky you got PowerDVD bundled with your New DVD Drive/Computer, if you were unlucky you got WinDVD or nothing (though frankly a bundled version of WinDVD is WORSE than nothing!). PowerDVD is one of the first programs I install on every new machine I build or repair. No DVD equiped PC should be without PowerDVD & DVDDecrypter www.dvddecrypter.com
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Used to have 4.0XP. 5 came with my new computer, even after the latest build patch, it doesn't play The Prince of Egypt VCD (2-disc promo with I Love CCM Remakes and Newsongs collection, Korean). It's the only VCD I have to test. Neither disc plays. Before the latest patch, the picture broke up (high error rate it appeared to be, like a digital satellite system in the middle of extremely heavy rain). After the patch, it just doesn't play at all. Works fine in Windows Media Player. And PowerDVD does work great for DVDs, so I guess that's what is important...
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Great Tool ! ! ! Unless of course you live in the US and have a problem. You can call for support ! ! that is, you can call Taiwan or Europe ... You can go online ! ! ! but ... you wont find your answers there because their support pages suck and have few items of interest. This really is a great tool, I only wish I could use it on the machine I want. I hope the best for anyone using the program, and hope you never have any problems.
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rev. 5 has problems playing svcd's encoded with cinemacraft-encoder - macroblock errors. - Went back to rev. 4
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Really nice and thoro. My only problem is that their own Divx decoder does not let me use directshow filters on these movies (such as subtitles). If you can read this then please at least add an option to disable that codec.
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