CyberLink PowerDVD 22 Ultra | Award-Winning Blu-ray, DVD, & Media Player Software | Play Virtually Any File Format [Retail Box with Download Card]
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David E
> 3 dayThis isn’t an easy review. The reality is that many won’t actually need what this program offers, but for those that do; it does what it does very well – depending. This will be dependent on how powerful your computer is. If your computer is reasonably powerful, this program should work just fine. As far as those who will actually benefit from this program: • This is one of the only available pieces of software for playing Blu-ray discs on PC. If you want this functionality, this program can provide it. • The ability to make personal video files look better. By personal, I mean videos that are located on your personal computer. For this, the program does work quite well. In many ways, it’s similar to the results of editing a picture. It can make the image have greater clarity and sharpness with the default settings, but you can also go in and make further adjustments or even turn on additional filters if you desire. To make sure that there is no confusion though, this isn’t AI upscaling. It’s simple filters that *can* enhance the look of certain video files. That said, there is no option to use this program to modify or “upconvert” your existing video files. This program also doesn’t convert Blu-rays or DVDs. It can play them, but it doesn’t allow you to save them into video files. • If you are familiar with Plex, this program has similar functionality for creating a visual media library – but it focuses on managing all of your local media files on your computer. It kind of works, but it doesn’t work as well as Plex does for creating a network-based media server. This doesn’t bother me really. I already use Plex for accessing all my movies and tv shows on my home network, and I really just use PowerDVD as my video player when I want to watch something on my laptop instead of the TV. It does make watching my videos more enjoyable. Overall, I personally wish this program could do more, especially for the price. In specific, I would like it to have the ability to save Blu-rays and DVDs to video files, and to have the option to apply the visual enhancements to the saved video files as well. To me, it seems like this program is unnecessarily handicapped, and this makes it overly expensive (in my personal opinion) for what it offers.
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J. Martell
01-12-2024I purchased Cyberlink Power DVD Ultra to replace Windows media player on my new Windows 11 computer. I does everything I needed it to do and I am very satisfied with my purchase.
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DK
> 3 dayI was hoping this would replace my native Windows Media player, but it did not. The software becomes unresponsive on a light gaming PC (2022 standards - AMD Ryzen 3750, 8GB RAM, Windows 11.) I am very surprised at the lack of testing here. It has a barebones video trimmer as well. The one feature that turns into a salvageable product is the YouTube feature. You can watch YouTube videos without ads, thus making this a free YouTube Premium account somewhat. I am actually surprised that this is allowed, but since it will save me a few bucks a month, that will be the only useful feature for me in this bundle.
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Trelaine
Greater than one weekI resisted having to buy a program but Im so glad I did. This program does so much more than just watch Blu-ray DVDs. Manage home videos, photos, play regular DVDs, use to play on your television or PC. It was easy to set up and works very well. It may seem pricey but its well worth it, especially the more you use it, the cheaper it becomes per use!
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Eastongirl45
> 3 dayI just received this so far it’s great I’m new at this so it will take me awhile to forgive it all out
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Jerry
> 3 dayNot only does this software make an excellent DVD player out of my PC, but it also allows me to stream all my media files to my surround sound system. I can setup playlists and have my favorite music with a simple click of my mouse. I am very happy with this software. I give it 5 stars!
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FanMailFromSomeFlounder
> 3 dayI think its too expensive, but it works quite well.
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BlinkingSun
> 3 dayI got this software for only one reason… after getting myself a Blu-ray disk drive, I still could not watch my movies because the format was no able to be read on the native media software. With this software, I was able to watch my movies plus it gave me access to some other file formats which I previously could not view. Did the job well, highly recommended.
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Wilder K. Raven
> 3 dayExcellent software for playback of DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and pretty much any digital video file in up to 4K resolution. Actually, it says it supports 8K but I haven’t come across any 8K videos thus far. It has nice media organization software as well. A good alternative to built-in players and media software if you want more control and finer quality. Five stars.
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Enjoyk-dramas
03-12-2024They’ve discontinued 3D. That’s not good to me!