The Best Blu-ray/DVD Playback Software

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.

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

Features for Movie Fans

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.

     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.

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.

Note: These images are for illustrative purposes only. DVD covers displayed will vary and depend on items in an individual's Movie Collection. Cover art remains the property of their respective owners.

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.

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.

• 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!