PowerDVD 9 Ultra

by Cyberlink

Product Features

• DVD & Blu-ray Disc Movie Playback: Supports DVD as well as leading HD formats including AVCHD, AVCREC and Blu-ray Disc.
• TrueTheater Technology: Up-scales DVDs for HD-like quality playback; Enhances color and brightness for rich vibrant imagery;
• HDMI 1.3 and formats,Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, provides crystal clear (lossless) audio for high-defi nition home theater systems;
• Smart DVD Utilities: Auto-loop dialog and move dual subtitles from your movie; Extend movie viewing by up-to 30%.
• Cinema & Classic Modes: Classic Mode for watching movies up close on a PC or notebook display; Cinema mode for viewing from a distance;
• Reduces clutter as all information transfers over a single cable.
• Stretches video for larger displays without distortion, provides smooth, judder-free HD playback.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001U3Y1AQ
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 10, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,878 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #73 in Software > Video & Music > DVD Viewing & Authoring

Product Description

CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Ultra, the latest in the award winning PowerDVD series, brings uncompromising HD movie playback for Blu-ray Discand other leading HD formats, DVD enhancement features, high-defi nition audio support, animated browsing and a many other groundbreaking features to the PC!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disable MoovieLive easily, March 10, 2010

By 

K4XB "Scotty" (Aurora, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PowerDVD 9 Ultra (CD-ROM)

PowerDVD 9 Ultra usually works OK, but not a great program for the price. I am running Windows 7 Premium x64 on a i7 2.8 GHz system with 8 GB memory.

Like many others here, I did not want the MoovieLive feature running. I am tired of the marketing people at these software houses that keep trying to push more and more internet content on the user. Jeeze folks, I just want to watch a movie!

To disable MoovieLive, go to the PowerDVD9 installation directory. Rename file "2cMovie.dll" to something such as "2cMovie.dll.old". This will eliminate any MoovieLive functions.

If having problems playing some movies with PowerDVD9 Ultra try this: When installed, the shortcuts to PowerDVD9 point to file "PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" in the PowerDVD9 directory. Add additional shortcuts on the desktop or start menu and point them to "PowerDVD9.exe" in the installation directory. Try playing from the new shortcuts which will bypass PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe.

I also disabled Cyberlink's brs.exe (using msconfig) which always runs after installing PowerDVD9 even when not using PowerDVD. This program has to do with Region Code. It is not needed to play discs.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Comes infected with adware, November 22, 2009

By 

A. Smith (Chattanooga, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerDVD 9 Ultra (CD-ROM)

This software comes with a "feature" called Moovielive. During the installation process, you are asked if you want Moovielive. If you say yes, it installs-- and if you say no, it installs anyway! Just like spyware, it worms onto your system regardless of whether you invite it.

Moovielive is a component of Powerdvd that slags ads for DVDs at you whenever you use the software--it tries to get you to go buy DVDs through a Cyberlink-owned service.

There is no way to disable this so-called feature in PowerDVD. The only way to get rid of it is by manually tinkering with your registry.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So close to a 5 star product.... but only deserves 2 stars., February 18, 2010

By 

M. Clemens "Astronomy Buff" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerDVD 9 Ultra (CD-ROM)

This is an excellent high performance player that will play your Blurays, DVDs and other media without skipping. It works great. You can also drag videos from a camcorder like the Canon Vixia HF S10 directly onto it and play them. It also works great under Windows XP 64 bit version.

I paid for this though, and still get advertisements for Cyberlink products, and also get this annoying "Moovie Live" screen which cannot be turned off -- I dont care what other people are watching -- I don't want to participate in their online community talking about movies or rating them.

I bought the full ULTRA version and paid for it. You'd think that would mean NO ads. Unfortunately not. I am sure it would take a simple checkbox to turn off the Moovie Live features, but evidently Cyberlink wants to force it in front of people. I wrote the company and asked, they replied there is no way to turn ads or Moovie Live off.

NOT recommended if you cannot turn a blind eye to these annoyances.