If you only use it lightly, the perpetual license with less capacity might make more sense.Īnother new feature is “resume.” If you’re like me and don’t always finish a movie in one sitting, you’ll appreciate that PowerDVD now offers to take you back to where you left off. The 365 rental version is renewable in and of itself, and being only $55, is likely the better deal if you make heavy use of the cloud services. Higher-resolution videos will be transcoded to 720p or 1080p resolution.ġ00GB of Cyberlink Cloud storage is provided free for one year with the perpetual version of PowerDVD 20 Ultra, and can be renewed for $10 per 10GB per year, up to a maximum of 100GB. Not all are available with all material or hardware, however HDR color enhancement, for example, is only available if your PC’s graphics hardware supports it.Ĭyberlink’s Cloud can be used to store, share, and stream your movies. The latter is useful if your camera didn’t take care of this on its own. While it’s not obliging of antiques, PowerDVD’s real value lies in its TrueTheater enhancements: HD upscaling, HDR color, lighting, motion compensation, noise reduction, and stabilization.

The program is also a more than capable librarian and organizer with playlists, rankings, and the like. Some legacy (RealMedia) and oddball codecs (some FLV, and even some older AVC) that VLC handles easily won’t play, or play only as audio with PowerDVD.

It also plays a very wide variety of the most popular video, audio, and image files, though it’s not quite as universal as the company has at times trumpeted. It still does that, as well as supporting new Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray movie discs if you have an HDCP-capable GPU. As you might suspect from the name, the program started life as a tool to play DVD movies (including copy-protected commercial titles) from a PC. Legacy featuresīefore I get to the new stuff-a basic overview of what PowerDVD 20 does and what makes it better than the rest.

But it could use some work in the dialogs and menus. CyberlinkĬyberlink’s PC interface is attractive and efficient with basic tasks. And I’m being picky-you’ll adapt in short order. To be fair, most video player configuration dialog boxes and menus are even less efficient, while not being nearly as good-looking.

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