The next statement sounds wrong but Cyberlink claim to be able to give you better than original quality to both video and audio. While almost all features will work on Windows 7 upwards you do need Windows 10 for Ultra Blu-ray playback and 4GB RAM other features are stated to work in 2GB RAM. Other new features are HDR10 and TrueTheatre. When you first open PowerDVD 17 you are met with a screen giving you a choice of PC or TV mode. Luckily I had a version of CyberLink software that could play them and now they support Ultra HD Blu-ray. I once was sent a top of the range notebook to review that had a Blu-ray drive but no software capable of playing these enhanced DVD’s.

I installed from the optical media supplied and it took 8 minutes and used 560MB of hard disc space on a Windows 10 system, this was somewhat larger at 770MB on Windows 7.īlu-ray is something that has fallen out – now back in again – from various packages as the licence for it is expensive. There are three different versions Standard, Pro and Ultra, I was sent the latter which contains a bonus offering of PhotoDirector 8 DeLuxe.įor those into Virtual Reality this version has support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there is also far more support for those who use 360 degree video playback. They modestly call themselves the ‘World’s Number One Movie and Media Player’ and certainly their ability to get media from wherever makes this likely.

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