Corel WinDVD 9 Plus (Blu-ray)

by Corel

Product Features

• Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD playback (Blu-ray drive or HD DVD drive required)--Play high-definition commercial titles with interactive features, or recordable Blu-ray/HD DVD media
• Supports all Blu-ray and HD DVD video encoding formats, such as MPEG-4-AVC (H.264), MPEG-2, and VC1
• Supports HD Audio technologies from Dolby and DTS including Dolby Digital Plus, uncompressed Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD for commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD movies
• Plays video from recordable HD DVD or Blu-ray media such as HD DVD-R, BD-R and RE discs; play standard DVDs at HD resolution with unique upscaling and motion enhancement
• Includes all the features and capabilites of the WinDVD 9 Plus

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015RTDI2
• Item model number: WD9PLBDENPC
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 29, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (130 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,108 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #16 in Software > Home & Hobbies > Movies & Television
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com

WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is DVD, Blu-ray Disc and video playback software that delivers quality and entertainment in style. Play spectacular Blu-ray and HD DVD discs on your PC, or enjoy standard DVDs with state-of-the-art HD-quality upscaling. Take your movies on the go with advanced battery optimization controls for laptops. Play home movies recorded on the latest high-definition AVCHD camcorders. Choose WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray for the ultimate DVD and video playback experience.

Choose WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray for the ultimate DVD and video playback experience. View Flash Tour

DVD & Video Playback for Today

• Blu-ray and HD DVD support--Experience stunning high-definition entertainment on your PC.
• State-of-the-art Upscaling--Play standard DVDs at HD resolution with unique upscaling and motion enhancement.
• Movies on the Go--Powerful laptop features ensure the best movie experience--wherever you are!
• Memories--Enjoy the full quality of high-definition home movies recorded with the latest AVCHD or Blu-ray camcorders.

Unique All2HD offers state-of-the-art upscaling.

See more of the action with advanced Digital Natural Motion.

Enjoy your video collection like never before. Watch standard DVD movies at near-HD quality with captivating surround sound.

Watch movies wherever you are.

Play crystal-clear high-definition home movies from the latest AVCHD camcorders.

Stylish Good Looks
The sophisticated graphite interface blends seamlessly with your Windows XP or Vista desktop.

• New graphite color--Up-to-date and professional look.
• New layout--A clutter-free and easy-to-navigate interface.
• Compact mode instantly hides navigation controls to show just your video.
• Boss Key--Now you see it, now you don't! One click pops the player out of the way.
• Message Center--Don't miss out on product updates, exclusive offers and fun tips and trick

Technology Powerhouse
Maximize your viewing experience with state-of the-art technologies, such as Blu-ray and HD DVD playback, standard-definition upscaling, and unique features for watching movies on the go.

Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD playback

• Play high-definition commercial titles with interactive features, or recordable Blu-ray/HD DVD media.
• Enjoy the immersive entertainment experience of BD-J and HD DVD Advanced Navigation features without interrupting your movie.
• The first playback software to support the new BD BonusView picture-in-picture features.
• Supports all Blu-ray and HD DVD video encoding formats, such as MPEG-4-AVC (H.264), MPEG-2, and VC1.
• Supports HD Audio technologies from Dolby and DTS.
• Complies with Blu-ray & HD DVD content protection protocols to ensure reliable playback.

Make your standard DVDs look like HD video!

• Unique All2HD upscaling--convert standard DVDs to crisp high-definition video with outstanding color and clarity.
• Auto-scaling intelligently tailors playback to fit monitor resolution and refresh rate.
• Advanced de-interlacing auto-detects film frame rate and ensures crisp edges even on fast-moving objects.
• Digital Natural Motion--choose from several presets for the smoothest possible playback.
• Image sharpness can be adjusted for a better-than-original look.

Laptop-friendly

• Extend playback time with Battery Optimization.
• Be sure to catch the ending with unique TimeStretch playback.
• Smart Stretch lets you watch your movies in standard or Widescreen.
• Enjoy Virtual Surround Sound even when listening on headphones and stereo speakers.

Reduce unsightly playback artifacts and video noise.

Add immersive surround sound audio effects.

WinDVD is the best choice for enjoying movies on the go.

Enhance low-resolution video
Clean up digital artifacts from MPEG, H.264 and VC-1 video

• De-snow filter removes digital noise from low-resolution video.
• De-block filter removes blocky digital artifacts from compressed video.

Hardware graphics acceleration
WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray supports display cards featuring ATI AVIVO HD and NVIDIA PureVideo HD technologies that offer hardware-enhanced video playback.

• Enjoy sharper, more vibrant video images
• Minimize CPU utilization and power consumption, particularly during playback of Blu-ray/HD DVD discs.
• Apply advanced de-interlacing
• Scale videos to any size with high-precision processing

The best of the audio world
WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray supports leading audio technologies for an immersive listening experience.

• Play HD audio formats like Dolby Digital Plus, uncompressed Dolby TrueHD, and DTS HD for commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.
• Dolby Pro Logic IIx--Transforms 2-channel (stereo) audio to surround sound, or expands 5.1 sources up to 7.1 speaker systems. Choose Movie or Music modes.
• Dolby Digital EX--Enjoy 6.1 or 7.1-channel playback with appropriate hardware.
• DTS surround audio--Supports up to 6 channels of audio for titles with DTS audio
• SRS audio technologies--Enhance movie dialog or music, or create a virtual surround effect on two speakers with SRS TruSurround.
• 96 kHz/24-bit audio decoding--Play back audiophile-quality audio.
• Dolby Virtual Speaker--An advanced psychoacoustics algorithm creates a 5.1 surround sound environment on two speakers.
• Dolby Headphone--Processes 5.1 audio to create a vivid surround environment on standard headphones.

More video effects and convenient playback controls

• Video Effects--Customize and improve the look of movies with Cinema Enhancement, Vintage, Sharpness, and more!
• SmartStretch--Fills your widescreen display when viewing 4:3 movies by intelligently stretching only the edges of the video and maintaining the center portion of the image.
• Pan & Zoom--WinDVD lets you click and drag to zoom in and pan across any part of the screen to get a closer look.
• Playlists--Create your own playlists with audio tracks or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs.
• Bookmark favorite spots and save them as a file (.bmk) for later, or send to a friend.
• UPnP Client--Plays back content from other UPnP-certified devices within a home network, with enhanced thumbnail views of available clips on the network.
• Capture Image/QuickClip--The new capture controls make it even easier to grab your favorite movie scene as a still picture or animated clip, that you can easily share with friends via email or mobile phone!
• Instant Replay--Ctrl-B lets you jump back to the line you missed, or catch that action sequence again!
• Smooth Reverse Playback--WinDVD 9 supports smooth reverse playback without frame drops.

Complete Format support
Enjoy reliable playback of high-definition or standard-definition video recorded from HDTV, camcorder, or downloaded from the Web.

• Popular video formats--supports DVD-Video, DivX, RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media, and AVI.
• H.264 Support--Smoothly plays back the next-generation format for premium content and downloaded video, in standard as well as high-definition.
• HDTV Support--Navigate and play MPEG-2 HD Transport Stream (M2T) video from captured HDTV programs.

Enjoy HD home movies
Today's high-definition camcorders let you record your personal memories in stunning clarity. Play them at full resolution!

• AVCHD--Supports playback of video from AVCHD camcorders, either copied from the camcorder hard drive, on AVCHD disc, or memory card.
• Plays HD video recorded on the latest Blu-ray camcorders from Hitachi.
• HDV video--Play HD video captured from HDV camcorders.
• Plays video from recordable HD DVD or Blu-ray media such as HD DVD-R, BD-R and RE discs.
• Plays HD-Rec discs (HD DVD video recorded on standard DVD media).

Compare Versions

	WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray	WinDVD 9 Plus	WinDVD 9 Standard	WinDVD 8 Platinum	WinDVD 8 Gold
Blu-ray/HD DVD Playback Features
HD DVD Type1/2
HD DVD Advanced Content
BDAV
BDMV/BDJ
BD-RE 3.0
BonusView (BD-Video Profile 1.1)
DD+ 2CH
DD+ multi channel
Dolby TrueHD 2ch
Dolby TrueHD multi channel
DTS-HD 2CH
DTS-HD multi-channel
New Features
New UI Style
SD to HD Conversion
de-snow/de-block
All2HD
Full AVCHD Support
DTS NEO 6
DTS 96K/24bit decoding
Codec/File format support (720p, 1080i)
H.264
VC1
MPEG-2
DivX file playback
DivX subtitle
DVD+VR Playback
VCD/SVCD/DVD-VR Playback
WMV file playback
WMV HD
QuickTime format support
RealPlayer Format
Audio Features
High definition audio decoding
Multi-channel MP3 playback
Dolby Digital 2CH
Dolby Digital 5.1CH
Dolby Digital EX
Dolby Prologic IIX
Dolby Headphone
Dolby Virtual Speaker
DTS 2CH
DTS 6CH
SRS TruSorround XT
SRS Headphone
Video Features
Smooth reverse playback
SmartStretch
Progressive de-interlace
Zoom and Pan
Other Features
Power Saver
LanguageMate
UPnP Client
Notebook Battery Meter
Capture
QuickClip
Thumbnail Bookmark
Time Stretch
PureVideo (HD)
Radeon
NVIDIA PureVideo HD hardware acceleration
ATI AVIVO HD hardware acceleration

Product Description

WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is DVD, Blu-ray Disc and video playback software that delivers quality and entertainment in style. Play spectacular Blu-ray and HD DVD discs on your PC, or enjoy standard DVDs with state-of-the-art HD-quality upscaling. Take your movies on the go with advanced battery optimization controls for laptops. Play home movies recorded on the latest high-definition AVCHD camcorders. Choose WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray for the ultimate DVD and video playback experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fine for DVDs but BluRay / tech support are horrendous..., February 27, 2009

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Kara Nash - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus (Blu-ray) (CD-ROM)

If I could give this product less than one star, I would. I have been a computer user since the early 80s and this is one of the worst software experiences that I've ever had. We're talking Windows Vista bad.

In the course of trying to get this software to work with my Blu-Ray / HD DVD drive, I've upgraded to 4GB of RAM, upgraded my processor from a 2.0 dual core to a 3.2 dual core, completely replaced my hard drive, un-installed and reinstalled the software 3 times, and spent countless hours on end user posting boards trying to get help from equally frustrated customers.

Why didn't I contact the company directly, you may ask? Well, there's no telephone support. I did send emails to their "support" address. However, they were about as helpful as trying to fix the software by pouring hot coffee on the computer tower. Once they sent me lengthy directions that didn't work and the second time I contacted them, they said that I should un-install and re-install my software.

While doing this, I discovered a downloadable patch, which made the software sort of work, sometimes. It played regular DVDs perfectly now, but it still got stuck on one still of a Blu-Ray movie and wouldn't advance the video although the audio track was still playing normally, and HD DVDs were a nightmare, most of them would load to the menu, play for 1 to 5 minutes then lock up and the computer would restart.

My third and 4th emails to support have yet to be answered 3 weeks later.

Do yourself a favor, if you want an easy program that lets you play Blu-rays with minimal hastle, DON'T buy this program.

In short, no telephone support, LOTS of compatibility issues, and enough frustration where I ended up buying a different software suite all together.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful. Longtime Nero user has found a new viewer, September 18, 2008

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Water Monkey "Marc B." (Santa Clarita, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus (Blu-ray) (CD-ROM)

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I am not someone who watches many DVDs on my computer (that's what my LCD is for). Currently I have Nero 8 on my PC (Dell 710 XPS H2C with dual 768mb graphics cards) and I have only been mildly pleased with it. The video quality never seemed very good (comparing to my LCD TV).

I was anxious to see what WinDVD would be like. Well, installation was smooth. Everything installed nicely. Upon completion I popped in a couple of DVDs and ran them through Nero and WinDVD. At best I was expecting them to be the same; I was in for a pleasent surprise. There was a definite improvement in the video quality with WinDVD, everything looked sharper.

I was having a problem with Nero not playing menu systems back properly. Many times the menus would have nasty green lines in them. This did not happen with WinDVD.

WinDVD is simple to use. The controls are straight forward. Using WinDVD was nothing but a pleasure and I would highly recommend it to everyone.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Experience Yet For Watching Movies on PC, September 8, 2008

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Nathan M. Rose (Delray Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus (Blu-ray) (CD-ROM)

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I have used many products to play DVDs over the years. Most have done the job adequately, however I never really saw the computer monitor as a replacement for watching a DVD on television. This has changed with WinDVD9, not only does it do a great job upscaling my DVDs, but it is actually a better Blu-ray player than my PS3. Since I have installed this software I have even removed my trusty old DVD software that I have been using for quite some time.