CyberLink PowerDVD 9

So you want to watch Blu-ray movies on a computer? Then PowerDVD Ultra 9 is the program for you. The latest version of Cyberlink’s media player, at a cost of $39, is all about high definition movies and Blu-ray, plugging the hole left Vista’s lack of native Blu-ray support. PowerDVD Ultra 9 is a solid step in the right direction. Nothing revolutionary but improvements all around.

World-renowned PowerDVD 9 delivers outstanding Blu-ray and DVD movie playback quality on your PC.

• Unparalleled HD movie experience: The best video quality today with incomparable support for all HD video formats like AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD
• HDMI 1.3 Support: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) simultaneously transfers 8 channels of audio over a single cable
• PC friendly: Play your HD movies on high or low spec CPUs.
• High-Def Home Theater Audio: Supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD... TrueTheater™ Technology for your DVDs

Maximize the DVD experience with 2 new TrueTheater™ technologies:

• CyberLink TrueTheater™ HD: Presents movies the way they were meant to be, in picture-perfect quality on your HDTV. Utilizing an advanced upscaling algorithm...
• CyberLink TrueTheater™ Motion: By utilizing a frame rate upconversion technology, TrueTheater™ provides a smoother, judder-free playback...
• Don't forget about TrueTheater™ Stretch, Lighting, and more

 
Smart Navigation
Explore your favorite movies with cool and exciting smart features including two new innovations that make the PowerDVD software movie experience even more memorable—FancyView for animated browsing and the Cinema playback mode tailored for home theater environments.

• FancyView navigates in an animated fashion: FancyView introduces an entirely unique perspective when you are browsing movie titles, chapters, and special features.
• Cinema playback mode: Switch seamlessly between playback modes for larger displays, easier remote control operation, and enable Blu-ray playback in Microsoft Windows Media Center...

 
Features for Movie Fans
If you love watching movies, then PowerDVD 9's Movie Collection feature is perfect for amassing tons of movie facts & figures, trivia, reviews & ratings, and lots more. Then, upload it to the world by sharing on MoovieLive, the global community where PowerDVD users reside.

• Movie Collection: Often imitated, never duplicated, start your own today and watch it thrive with the more movies watched
• MoovieLive Celluloid Community: PowerDVD users' favorite web site, instantly share your recommendations and thoughts after synchronizing your movie collection to your MoovieLive account. Get connected and make busloads of new friends!

System Requirements

For Blu-ray Disc PlaybackCPU Minimum Requirements

- Intel
Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz)
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz)
Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz)
Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz)
Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz) or T5600 (1.83 GHz)

Recommended
- Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 3.73 GHz, Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz),
Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz), Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz),
E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz), Core 2
Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz), or X6800 (2.93 GHz).

- AMD
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz)
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz)
TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz)

Recommended
- Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz),
4800+(2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz).

- System Memory (RAM)
1 GB or above is recommended.

- Disc Drive
Super Multi Blue combo disc drive.
BD-ROM/BD-RE.   

- Graphics Cards (GPU)
965, G33, G35, G45 graphics software decoder (Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz) / AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz) or above is recommended).
Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later.
Video RAM: memory requires 256MB or above.

NVIDIA
Minimum: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2.
Recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, GeForce GTX280.
Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later.
Video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256MB or above.

ATI
Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series.
Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3400, 3600, 3800 Series, ATI HD 4600
Series, ATI HD 4800 Series.
Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later.
Video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above.

Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.
Display Devices
HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output.
TV or computer monitor for analog output.

System Requirements

For DVD PlaybackCPU

- Intel
Minimum: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz)
Recommended: Pentium 4 (3.0 GHz) or above

- AMD
Minimum: Sempron 2600+ (1.6 GHz).
Recommended: Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz) or above.
System Memory (RAM)
512 MB or above.
Display Devices
TV or computer monitor for digital/analog output.

- Disc Drive
DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R/RW, DVD Dual, DVDMulti, or a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive with 1394, USB2.0,
ATAPI, SCSI, or CardBus interface.

- Graphic Card (GPU)
AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.