PowerDVD 8 - the solution to enjoy personalized DVD entertainment on the PC

PowerDVD 8 Features

• - Blu-ray Discs - 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, access online content and games, zoom in to details.
• - High-Definition video formats - play MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD, and SMPTE VC-1 files.
• - Optimized Output for widescreen displays - Get the most of your movies with up to 1920 x 1080 image resolution.
• - Hardware acceleration - Optimization for high-definition graphics processors from Intel, NVIDIA and ATI ensure ultra-smooth playback on the PC.
• - HDMI connectors - You can reduce the number of cables to only one and still take full advantage of high-definition audio and video.

• - CyberLink TrueTheater™ Stretch technology - Display 16:9 and 4:3 videos on your monitor, regardless of its size.
• - CyberLink TrueTheater™ Lighting technology -Enhance image details, and naturalize colors, with adaptive adjustments to chroma and luminance. Select your preferred profile.

• - See-It-All delivers complete movie mxperience running on notebook batteries - See-It-All ensures that a movie can be watched in full by calculating a notebook's battery power versus the remaining movie length and adjusting the movie playback speed accordingly. PowerDVD's intelligent technology ensures the more you play, the more accurate the estimate becomes.
• - Built-in mobility features save battery power - PowerDVD's power-saving mobility controls can extend movie viewing by up to 30%.

• Read-It-Clearly lets you enjoy unobstructed viewing while watching 1 or 2 sets of language subtitles. Using a standard-sized monitor, you can select to watch the subtitles of a 16:9 DVD within the black bars on the bottom of your monitor.

• Whether you missed that crucial Hollywood moment, your favorite actor wasn't speaking clearly, or you are simply practicing your listening skills in a foreign language, Say-It-Again automatically repeats what was last said—with a simple click of a button.

• - Submit updates - Share your information with the wider MoovieLive community. Create a virtuous cycle: the more you give the better the movie experience for other PowerDVD users as well.
• - Movie details - Director, scriptwriter, or cast — even publishing date and promotional slogan — whether writing a review, or just out of curiosity, take a look at the movie details that PowerDVD grabs from your disc. Become a movie connoisseur!
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• - Movie ratings - With PowerDVD you can rate a movie right after you watch it! Compare what you think with your movie's global rating, created by other PowerDVD users rating the same movie.
• - Reviews - Lay down your thoughts about the movies you watch: get super critical or just offer your opinion on the spot. PowerDVD gives you the chance to express how you feel.
• - PowerDVD facts - See instantly how other PowerDVD users have interacted with the movies your love to watch. Find out how many remixes have been made, and reviews written. See the number of people who own the DVD, or the times the DVD has been viewed.

• - Browsing modes - Choose the mode best suited to your needs:
•       o Latest added: to stay up-to-date with what’s hot.
•       o Most popular: check out tomorrow’s Best Director nominee.
•       o Highest rated: go straight to the best. Have you rated all remixes yet?
•       o DVDs I own : Don't miss any of the action: MoovieLive automatically notifies you when a remix has been created of a movie that you own on DVD.
• - Remix info - Each movie remix is associated to its creator as well as to its original movie disc title.
• - Personal input - You can choose names for your movie remixes and add short descriptions to your creations.
• - Sharing - Let other users download your movie remixes and watch them on PowerDVD 8, and rate other users' movie remixes, post comments and add them to your collection.

• - Star ratings - Show your love of movies.
• - Collection - Add the movies you like to your virtual collection.
• - Recommendations - Talk to your friends about movies.
• - Interaction - See who owns which movies. Start making friends and sharing comments!
• - Reviews - Post your thoughts about any movie.
• - Shopping - Buy a DVD movie from Amazon.
• - Trivia and details - Check movie details. If you think some information is not correct, or missing, you can improve the data.

• - Rating - The fastest way to find out which movies are hot.
• - Reviews - Get an opinion by reading your trusted friends' reviews.
• - Newly added movies - A great way to discover new movies is to see what other users have added to their collection.
• - Latest activity - Check out the movie remixes they have recently downloaded or created.

• - Quick profile overview - In a glance, find out where they are from and how big a movie fan they are (displays number of collected movies, reviews written, and remixes uploaded).
• - Friends management - You can choose to keep your friends to yourself or let everyone else see them on your profile page.

System Requirements

User's Guide