CyberLink PowerDVD 8

The No.1 Movie Experience on the PC now delivers
New Dimensions in Movie Entertainment

High-Definition & Interactive Movies


PowerDVD 8 supports the best audio and video formats, to deliver a true HD movie experience.

High Definition Playback

  • Blu-ray Discs - Enjoy the best video quality and an enriched movie experience with interactive features and next-gen movie navigation. Display advanced content such as crew commentaries, access online content and games, zoom in to details.
  • High-Definition video formats - play MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD, and SMPTE VC-1 files.
  • Optimized Output for widescreen displays - Get the most of your movies with up to 1920 x 1080 image resolution.
  • CyberLink TrueTheater™ Stretch technology - Display 16:9 and 4:3 videos on your monitor, regardless of its size.
  • CyberLink TrueTheater™ Lighting technology -Enhance image details, and naturalize colors, with adaptive adjustments to chroma and luminance. Select your preferred profile.
  • Hardware acceleration - Optimization for high-definition graphics processors from Intel, NVIDIA and ATI ensure ultra-smooth playback on the PC.
  • HDMI connectors - You can reduce the number of cables to only one and still take full advantage of high-definition audio and video.
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High-Definition and Home Theater Audio

PowerDVD delivers uncompressed HD audio and surround sound to make the most of your home-cinema setup, bringing movies to life in your living room.

Supported Audio Formats

  • Dolby TrueHD (7.1-channel)
  • Dolby Digital EX (7.1-channel)
  • Dolby Digital Plus (7.1-channel)
  • Dolby Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)
  • DTS-HD (7.1-channel)
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  • DTS (5.1 channel)
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  • DTS 96/24 decoding
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  • DTS-ES (Discrete and Matrix)
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    Supported Audio Technologies

  • CyberLink TrueTheater™ Surround
  • Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround sound
  • Dolby Virtual Speaker
  • Dolby Headphone
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  • DTS Neo:6
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    Smart DVD Utilities

    Notebook Maximizers Augment Battery Performance

    PowerDVD enhances the movie experience for notebook PCs:

    • See-It-All delivers complete movie mxperience running on notebook batteries -
      See-It-All ensures that a movie can be watched in full by calculating a notebook's battery power versus the remaining movie length and adjusting the movie playback speed accordingly. PowerDVD's intelligent technology ensures the more you play, the more accurate the estimate becomes.
    • Built-in mobility features save battery power -
      PowerDVD's power-saving mobility controls can extend movie viewing by up to 30%.
     

    Read-It-Clearly Keeps the Movie Screen Clear of Text

    Read-It-Clearly lets you enjoy unobstructed viewing while watching 1 or 2 sets of language subtitles. Using a standard-sized monitor, you can select to watch the subtitles of a 16:9 DVD within the black bars on the bottom of your monitor.

     

    Say-It-Again… Never Miss a Word

    Whether you missed that crucial Hollywood moment, your favorite actor wasn't speaking clearly, or you are simply practicing your listening skills in a foreign language, Say-It-Again automatically repeats what was last said—with a simple click of a button.