PowerDVD
Version 8 of PowerDVD, the DVD playback software with the award-winning audio and video technologies, continues to
redefine the DVD experience.
Features
Supported Video formats
Mind boggling clarity and a gust of sharp, bright colors to blow away foggy memories of dull DVD images. PowerDVD 8
gives you "THE" highest definition video playback supporting the latest video technologies including support
for key Blu-ray formats such as MPEG-4 H.264.
- Blu-ray Discs (only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- Interactive menus (only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- AVCHD (only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- MPEG-2 HD
- WMV-HD
- SMPTE VC-1 (only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- DVD-Audio (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- DivX Pro (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- CPRM (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- VCPS (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- Wiedergabe von DVD-VR auf DVD-RAM/RW
- Wiedergabe von DVD-VR auf DVD-R
- DVD+VR playback / Random Access
- IFO playback
- DVD-video
Supported Audio formats
Experience the whoomp and get completely submerged in a whirlwind of vibrations that only the best DTS and Dolby
surround sound technology can deliver. Ending all debate over DTS vs Dolby quality, PowerDVD 8 gives you support for
both of these great technologies.
- TrueTheater Surround
- Dolby Pro Logic IIx (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- Dolby Virtual Speaker (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- Dolby Headphone (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- Dolby TrueHD (7.1 channel / only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- Dolby Digital Plus (5.1 channel / only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- Dolby Digital EX (7.1 channel / only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- Dolby Digital (5.1 channel)
- MLP Decoding (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe)
- DTS-HD 5.1 (only available in PowerDVD Ultra)
- DTS 96/24 Decoding (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe oder als Bestandteil des Add-on Pakets)
- DTS-ES Matrix und DTS-ES Discrete; DTS Neo:6 (only available in PowerDVD Ultra oder als Bestandteil des Add-on Pakets)
- AAC Decoding (only available in PowerDVD Ultra / Deluxe or as a part of an add-on package)
- Audiotime-Stretching
- Audio Equalizer preferences
- Audio Pitch Scaling
- MP3
- WAV
Freestyle UI - choice is freedom
So why be restricted to just one layout and one way of interacting with your DVD player? PowerDVD 8 lets you choose
from 5 individual UI modes according to your individual needs and lets you arrange your controls where and how you want
them.
- Dock
Dock resizes the controls and adds them to the bottom of the viewing screen
- Mini
Mini allows access to controls via an icon on the taskbar
- Wheel Control
Space-saving design for essential disc controls
- Full screen
Expands the viewing mode to fit the entire screen
- Player
Floating panel of complete controls, now translucent, with color flavors and skins
Smart utilities
- Notebook Maximizers augment battery performance
PowerDVD enhances the movie experience for notebook PCs:
- See-It-All delivers complete movie experience running on notebook batteries: See-It-All ensures that an entire movie
can be watched in full by calculating a notebook's battery life vs the remaining movie length and adjusting the movie
playback speed accordingly.
- Notebook Battery Meter: Provides Onscreen Information Remaining battery power is indicated via a convenient icon on
the screen.
- Built-in mobility features: Save Battery Power PowerDVD's power-saving mobility controls can extend
movie viewing by up to 30%.
- Read-It-Clearly keeps the movie screen clear of text
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 16:9 DVD within the black bars on the bottom of your
monitor.
- Say-It-Again…Never miss a word
Whether you missed that crucial Hollywood moment, your favourite 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.
- Movie Remix
PowerDVD 8 gives you the opportunity to create movie remixes, new stories based on existing movies, or to simply express your creativity and opinions in unconventional ways.
- Movie Collection
PowerDVD 8 makes it easy to organize your movie collection and to update or input info about the movies you like.
DVD controls and settings
- CyberLink Eagle Vision (CLEV)-2 brightens images and naturalizes colors. Allows users to manually adjust the level
of enhancement
- Smart Video Deinterlacing ensures a smoother and clearer video image. Provides a choice of automatic or user
defined interlacing methods
- CyberLink Pano Vision (CLPV ) stretches 16:9 and 4:3 video to fit the monitor size
- CyberLink Multi-Environment Impression-2 (2-5->8-channel expansion technology), including Movie mode and two
music modes: Standard and Onstage
- CyberLink Headphone (headphone surround sound)
- CyberLink Virtual Speaker (2-channel surround sound), including Living Room, Theater, and Stadium mode
- Low Frequency Effects (LFE) mixes the LFE channel with front speaker channels
- Dynamic Range Compression offers modes suited to Quiet, Noisy and Normal listening environments
- A-B Repeat loops a scene set by users
- PowerDVD express menu provides quick disc controls via right-clicking the mouse
- 9X Digital Zoom for enlarging specified areas on screen
- Dual Captions/Subtitles Display supports the viewing of two subtitle languages
- Dual display mode enables movie playback on two screens
- Color Profiles adjust movie colors while playing videos using a choice of user-defined or preset Original, Vivid,
Bright or Theater profiles
- Toolbar Controls Setup allows users to customize the tasks toolbar for playing discs
- Select DVD Menu lets users navigate a DVD via the disc structure
- Video Bookmarks enable quick access to a user's favorite movie scenes
- Resume playback allows users to play a DVD from the last scene prior to stopping
- Screen snapshots can be captured with a user-defined aspect ratio and saved as a bmp, jpg, gif or png file, as
wallpaper or to the clipboard
- External subtitle support allows playback via AVI, DivX and WMV files (supports SRT, SUB, SSA, ASS, PSB, and SMI
extensions)
- On-screen display (OSD) lets users define where video information is located
- Changeable skins let users change the look of their control panel
- Closed captioning support provides closed captioning for the hearing impaired
- Audio visualizations provide onscreen image effects while playing music
- Karaoke mode dampens music tracks to allow users to sing along with their Karaoke discs
- Audio pitch scaling is a fun feature letting users adjust the pitch of video or audio files
- Audio equalizer presets add atmospheric effects with presets like techno, blues
UPnP connectivity
- Watch Movies from any UPnP Server in your network neighborhood
Things are getting all connected in our Digital Homes and with PowerDVD 8 you are ready for the dream of ubiquitous
networking. Watch movies stored on your Media Server with PowerDVD 8 UPnP connectivity - wherever you are in your home.
System Requirements für PowerDVD:To play DVDs
- IBM compatible PC with Pentium 4 processor (2.4 GHz)
- Windows XP / Vista
- 256 MB RAM for Windows XP (512 MB for Vista)
- AGP or PCI-Express graphic accelerator with DirectX 9.0 support
- 1024 x 768 pixels screen resolution (1280 x 1024 pixels) with a screen ratio of 4:3 (16:9)
- Soundcard (Onboard-Audio)
- DVD-drive to play VCDs and DVDs
To play Blu-ray Discs
- IBM compatible PC with Pentium 4 541 processor (3.2 GHz) / Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz) / Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz) / 935 (3.2 GHz) / 940 (3.2 GHz) / Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz) / Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz) / Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz) or T5600 (1.83 GHz)
- Windows XP / Vista
- 512 MB RAM for Windows XP (1 GB for Vista)
- 150 MB of available free hard-disk space
- One of the following grahpics cards is required: Intel 965G / GeForce 7600 GT / GeForce 7800 GTX 512 / GeForce 7900 GX2 / GeForce 7900 GTX / GeForce 7950 GX2 / GeForce 8400 series / GeForce 8500 series / GeForce 8600 series / GeForce 8800 / Radeon X1600 series / X1800 series / X1900 series
- 1920 x 1080 pixels screen resolution with a screen ratio of 16:9
- Soundcard (Onboard-Audio)
- Blu-ray Disc-drive
Prices:The following articles can be bought now directly from the supplier.
Power DVD 8 Ultra
Parcel delivery / plus forwarding expenses
German
WINXP / WIN2000 / WINVISTA
| EUR 89,00 |
PowerDVD 8 Deluxe
You receive download link and serial number by email
English / German / French / Spanish / Italian
WINME / WIN2000 / WINXP / WINVISTA
| EUR 59,95 |
PowerDVD 8 Standard
You receive download link and serial number by email
English / German / French / Spanish / Italian
WIN2000 / WINME / WINXP / WINVISTA
| EUR 39,95 |
PowerDVD 8 Ultra
You receive download link and serial number by email
English / German / French / Spanish / Italian
WINXP / WINVISTA
| EUR 94,95 |
