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Review: CyberLink PowerDVD 9
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article published on 29 March, 2009
Review: CyberLink PowerDVD 9
Software used in this reviewCyberLink PowerDVD 9Required: This is a clickthrough link to download PowerDVD 9 directly from CyberLink. Download!
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The following is a review of the DVD playback software, Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra, the latest upgrade in the popular series. You can use the software to playback DVDs, Blu-ray titles, and video ... [ read the full article ]
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windsong
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29. March 2009 @ 18:55 |
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Looks like the chicks keep getting younger on the startup screen. Jailbait? :)
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1. April 2009 @ 19:53 |
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This is all well and good however i like my older version it is as good as any other. I would love to try this out regardless.
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alewis
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2. April 2009 @ 12:48 |
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Yes, hopefully it can remember that it is a DVD player, and not bloat itself, a la nero (imho, Nero v4 was the bees knees for 95% of CD/DVD copying tasks... then it bloated). I have a soft spot for PowerDVD, back in 2000-2002 when DVD playing wasn't always straightforwards, PowerDVD was a quick, simple, easy-to-use low-overhead solution. Did exactly what it said on the can, no more and no less.
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avoidz
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2. April 2009 @ 20:47 |
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Agreed with the splash screen girls comment :)
I still use version 6 for DVDs; it does what I want, and I don't have a need for Blu-ray playback.
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kapo13
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2. April 2009 @ 23:48 |
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Have the brought back the ability to play files from the HDD ?
With the price of a new player for my PC , i`d rather have my HDD
spinning for 2 hours of a movie
Why did they ever drop that option ?
Does any other software have that option for BR ?
Thanks
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avoidz
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3. April 2009 @ 05:58 |
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Originally posted by kapo13:
Have the brought back the ability to play files from the HDD ?
With the price of a new player for my PC , i`d rather have my HDD
spinning for 2 hours of a movie
Why did they ever drop that option ?
Thanks, I'd forgotten about that. Which version was it that dropped the feature? Cheers.
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alewis
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3. April 2009 @ 09:21 |
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Not sure if this answers your question, but VLC and Media Player Classic can play back files from disk... depends on your source ;-)
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avoidz
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3. April 2009 @ 10:17 |
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I use KMPlayer for all media playback except DVD. It has VOB support, so I can use that. Otherwise I'll stick with PDVD6 :)
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kapo13
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3. April 2009 @ 12:18 |
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The last version to have from HDD support was
v7.3_Build_3319a
So avoidz are you saying KMPlayer will play BR files
from the HDD ? i ve never heard of that player
And alewis , it would be sweet if VLC amd media player classic would
play BR
thanks for replies
Cheers
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alewis
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3. April 2009 @ 15:44 |
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hence the wording of the comment ....
Native support for Blue-Ray would be great, and I imagine it wont be long <insert sardonic still waiting smiley> :-)
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avoidz
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5. April 2009 @ 10:18 |
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Thanks, kapo13. As I said in my earlier post, I don't have a need for Blu-ray playback (and KMPlayer doesn't support it yet, no).
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7. April 2009 @ 03:44 |
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The usual go for playing Blu-rays off HDD is (using the latest AnyDVD_HD):
1) Make an .iso using AnyDVD_HD itself or with a app like Imgburn.
2) Mount the image with 'Virtual Clone Drive' free from- http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
3)Play with Cyberlink or somesuch.
HOWEVER, this does NOT seem to be working with this new version of Cyberlink. So...
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
DSE VZ300-
Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
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informgry
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7. April 2009 @ 03:56 |
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Thank you very much Andre for your Preview, it was very informative and done in a very professional manner. Please keep up the good work.
informgry
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kapo13
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7. April 2009 @ 22:42 |
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Thanks Jemborg
Ya its a real pain having to make a 30 gig + iso
But it seems the only way right now
So this new version wont even play iso`s of BR ?
I upgraded some time ago to version 8 , and it had problems
with a few movies like Max Payne , telling me i need to upgrade
to play it . im not sure what that was all about
The movie wasnt that good IMO , so i got rid of it , but
curiosity makes me wanna get it again to see if Version 9 will play
it
Anyhow Cheers
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olavinto
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8. June 2009 @ 13:41 |
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Originally posted by kapo13:
The last version to have from HDD support was
v7.3_Build_3319a
So avoidz are you saying KMPlayer will play BR files
from the HDD ? i ve never heard of that player
And alewis , it would be sweet if VLC amd media player classic would
play BR
thanks for replies
Cheers
I've had a license since version 5. At least I've always had the ability to play back files from the HDD, in version 7, 8 and 9. You can also set PowerDVD as the default player for suppported file types in settings...
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16. June 2009 @ 03:40 |
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Originally posted by kapo13:
Thanks Jemborg
Ya its a real pain having to make a 30 gig + iso
But it seems the only way right now
So this new version wont even play iso`s of BR ?
I upgraded some time ago to version 8 , and it had problems
with a few movies like Max Payne , telling me i need to upgrade
to play it . im not sure what that was all about
The movie wasnt that good IMO , so i got rid of it , but
curiosity makes me wanna get it again to see if Version 9 will play
it
Anyhow Cheers
No worries kapo13.
I've had no problems with Ver 8. Yes, the upgrade thing occurs but goes away when you install or update to the very latest AnyDVD_HD version. Just do that and you should have no problems mate. New Blu-rays have new keys etc.
A friend reported to me that the new Cyberlink V9 was not working with the above procedure I described- that may change. I would be very interested to know how you go.
(Btw, Cyberlink V7 is the last one to support the old HD_DVD format... and some people prefer that version.)
Yes, it is rather a pain the 30+ gig thing. It's possible to transfer it into .h246 format for a much more reasonable size (perhaps as a 1080i too) to fit it onto a dual-layer disc. But getting the sound right is tricky I understand. It would be nice to have some form of DVD_Shrink for HD, eh? Easy to use etc...
Regards.
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