High-Definition & Interactive Movies

PowerDVD 8 supports the best audio and video formats, to deliver a true HD movie experience.

High Definition Playback

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.
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.

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.

High-Definition and Home Theater Audio
PowerDVD delivers uncompressed HD audio and surround sound to make the most of your home-cinema setup, bringing movies to life in your living room. Supported Audio Formats Dolby TrueHD (7.1-channel)
Dolby Digital EX (7.1-channel)
Dolby Digital Plus (7.1-channel)
Dolby Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)
DTS-HD (7.1-channel)
DTS (5.1 channel)
DTS 96/24 decoding
DTS-ES (Discrete and Matrix)
Supported Audio Technologies
CyberLink TrueTheater? Surround
Dolby Pro Logic IIx surround sound
Dolby Virtual Speaker
Dolby Headphone
DTS Neo:6