CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Upgrade

The most complete home-theater movie experience on the PC! Play DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and the latest HD video formats. Up-scale the quality of DVDs with TrueTheater™ Technology. Watch movies up close on your PC or from a distance on your TV using Classic and Cinema display modes. Create a movie library with DVD and Blu-ray Disc movie information as well as add personal ratings and reviews. Browse DVD titles and chapters visually with FancyView, an easy to use, tactile navigation mode designed to work intuitively, like fl ipping through a catalog.

New Powerful features and technology that entertain!

TrueTheater™ Technology up-scales DVD for playback on HD displays .
Cinema Mode provides seamless Blu-ray playback to Microsoft Windows Media Center PCs.
Up-to 8-channel high-defi nition audio is supported for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound systems.
FancyView enables easier, more pleasurable navigation of DVD titles, chapters and movie information.
Library features allow information to be stored about both DVD and Blu-ray titles.
MoovieLive.com enables sharing of stored movie information, personal ratings and reviews.

New TrueTheater™ Technology

TrueTheater™ Technology was designed by CyberLink with the purpose of giving the DVD format a new lease on life by up-scaling and enhancing both video and audio quality—maintaining it’s validity in today’s HD world. TrueTheater Technology automatically adjusts to suit the capabilities of the system PowerDVD is installed on, while advanced users have the option to adjust settings themselves.

TrueTheater™ HD - Displays DVDs as they were meant to be displayed—in picture-perfect quality on an HDTV. Using a sophisticated up-scaling algorithm, TrueTheater HD provides sharper, artifact-free video quality while up-scaling from low to high resolutions.

TrueTheater™ Motion - Provides a smoother, judder-free video playback experience using frame rate up-conversion technology. TrueTheater Motion is designed to take advantage of systems based on hyper-threading technology and dual-core CPUs.

TrueTheater™ Stretch - Enables users to choose from preset stretch settings or lets them manually tweak their own stretch parameters in order to customize their playback for the wide variety of displays available in today’s market.

PowerDVD Testimonials

"PowerDVD 8 delivers new dimensions in the way you will enjoy your movies."
- Burn World, USA, Jun 2008

"PowerDVD 8 adds several fun and useful features to PowerDVD 7, while still maintaining the high quality of the essential features."
- digital-digest(USA)

"CyberLink's PowerDVD has always been one of the coolest, and most versatile playback applications. Today, it got even more versatile"
- CNET Blog(USA)

"The most popular of all video decoders is now totally compatible with HD formats."
- PC Achat, France

"Perhaps the most interesting aspect is the "Movie Remix" feature, which lets you re-edit your DVDs by cutting and rearranging movie scenes."
- PC Pro, UK

"The price might seem a bit high but you get a very good and complete DVD playback solution supporting the latest in video and audio formats."
- Marc Gregoire's Blog (MVP's Blog), USA

"it’s a prime example of the incremental development I’ve just talked about with a web-based database of movie information and graphical overlays."
- Techradar.com, UK

TrueTheater™ Lighting - Gives users a choice of powerful, lighting eff ects that bring a richer

PowerDVD 9's five TrueTheater(TM) technologies will blow your mind. The DVD experience just got better

Other PowerDVD 9 Features

Blu-ray Playback
For Movie Fans
Smart DVD Features

The Best Blu-ray/DVD Player Software Today

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

NEW 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
NEW HDMI 1.3 Support: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) simultaneously transfers 8 channels of audio over a single cable
NEW PC friendly: Play your HD movies on high or low spec CPUs.
High-Def Home Theater Audio: Supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD...

Spectacular High-Definition Playback on your PC

TrueTheater™ Technology for maximizing your DVD Playback: Just when you thought DVD movie quality couldn't get any better, PowerDVD 9 DVD Playback Software introduces TrueTheater™ technology that radically enhances your viewing pleasure... more
Watch Blu-ray movies like never before: 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 and access online content and games.
Play more HD video formats like MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD, and SMPTE VC-1 files with the world's no.1 Blu-ray/DVD playback software, PowerDVD; redefining the high-definition landscape in movie experiences.
PC friendly for enjoying smooth high-definition playback on both powerful or energy-efficient computers or notebooks! PowerDVD ensures the best quality for playing all your favorite movies on any type of home PC: desktop or notebook. This way, you are guaranteed a high-definition experience on a variety of hardware platforms.

Blu-ray Disc Interaction

The new universe of Blu-ray Discs not only delivers the best video quality ever, but innovative ways of interacting with the movie itself.
Explore your favorite Blu-ray movies: animated menus, web-enabled features like downloading trailers, instant messaging functions, uploading videos, and lots more with BD-Live and Bonus View.

Note: These images are for illustrative purposes only. Disc menus and online content displayed will vary and depend on the content available in an individual's discs. The aforementioned assets remain the property of Sony Pictures.

High-Definition Home Theater Audio

PowerDVD 9 Blu-ray/DVD playback software envelopes you with lossless high-definition audio, bringing movies to life in your living room.

New support for HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) 1.3 allows simultaneous lossless transference of high-definition audio using one hassle-free cable.
TrueTheater™ Surround imitates a multichannel surround sound for conventional stereo speakers and headphones while providing audio expansion and effects for up to 8-channel audio systems. For more information on other TrueTheater technologies.
Check out below the vast array of supported audio formats & audio technologies

Supported Audio Formats

DTS-HD* (7.1 channels)

DTS-HD (5.1 channels)

DTS-ES*

DTS Neo:6*

Dolby Digital EX (7.1-channel)

Dolby Digital Plus (7.1-channel)

Dolby TrueHD (7.1-channel)

* Only available via Advanced Audio Pack

Supported Audio Technologies

CyberLink TrueTheater™ Surround

Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround sound

Dolby Virtual Speaker

Dolby Headphone

Features for Movie Fans

MoovieLive, the movie site for all PowerDVD users to rate, review and share your celluloid appreciation

Organize your entire movie information with PowerDVD Blu-ray/DVD Playback Software's Movie Collection simply by entering and updating data as you watch movies. Now collect Blu-ray movies along with your DVDs! Then, connect to the PowerDVD movie haven and everybody's favorite movies web site, MoovieLive, to share your database information with old & new friends!

NEW The devil is in the (Blu-ray) movie details: Enter data for the director, scriptwriter, cast, and even publishing date and promotional slogans for both Blu-ray and DVD movies! Become a movie connoisseur today.
Instant PowerDVD factoids: Check out how the rest of the PowerDVD community have interacted with your most favorite movies in the form of reviews written, DVD owners, times the DVD has been viewed, and number of movie remixes.
Rate your movies: You can rate a movie right after it's complete and then compare it to the global rating.
Critical Movie Reviews: Express your heartfelt comments and thoughts about the movies that have touched you.

Rate your movies: You can rate a movie right after it's complete and then compare it to the global rating

Access movie rating and reviews from other PowerDVD users

Smart Navigation

Still the ultimate movie experience, PowerDVD 9 Blu-ray/DVD Playback Software now puts the wow in the way you explore your movie collection. Say goodbye to slowly browsing scene thumbnails, and say hello to FancyView, the new animated browsing mode for your DVD titles and Movie Collection.

NEW FancyView navigates in an animated fashion

Make your PowerDVD 9 Blu-ray/DVD Playback Software file searches more exciting with FancyView, an entirely unique perspective when browsing for movie titles, chapters, and special features.

How about an out-of-this-world browsing feature for a purely visual search? When you are watching a DVD movie, you have the luxury of browsing DVD chapters visually! During resume play, FancyView is also an alternative and exciting option. Also, FancyView is available during the Cinema playback mode. Finding movies might just turn out to be as fun as the movie itself.

NEW Cinema Playback Mode

Today's PC has an expanding role in everyone's life, especially in living rooms where it might be the centerpiece of your entertainment center. PowerDVD 9 Player's new playback mode, Cinema (as opposed to the default Classic), lets you seamlessly switch between viewing modes for larger displays and easier remote control operation.

When using Microsoft Windows Media Center, Cinema enables Blu-ray playback. Cinema also supports remote control colored keys during Blu-ray movies playback.

Remix Your Movies

Think you can do better than the major movie studio bigwigs? Jump right in with PowerDVD by creating your OWN movie remixes for explosive box office hits or all-time classics.

You're the Executive Producer

Bookmark scenes: Select scenes in your remix by pinpointing start and end points. Create as many scenes as you want.
Add animated graphics: Overlay images and apply a path for dexterous movement with the object of your choice.
Personalize subtitles: Write your own dialogs with customizable subtitles! Choose fonts, colors and shading. Place your subtitles wherever you feel the need.
Record voiceover soundtracks: Mute the original soundtrack and record your own!
Screen your own remixes: Insert the original DVD in your drive and watch your own cut. Chances are, you'll revel at your own production, so imagine the reception when you share it with your friends and worldwide users on MoovieLive!