Power DVD Ultra - Worth It? - Blu-ray Forum

DrinkMore · 11-02-2007, 03:41 AM

Wondering if anyone uses this? Worth the price?

Using Power DVD DX that came bundled with my Dell and it's lacking quite a few features I would like.

TLBradbury · 11-02-2007, 04:20 AM

I only got it because it appeared to be the only player out there that could properly handle BD. Being a long-time PowerDVD user, I figured I couldn't go wrong. I can't claim to have worked it too hard yet (my wife has the laptop most of the time and I haven't added a BD drive to my desktop yet), but in Cyberlink's favor, they have already come out with a number of updates to fix the minor things that pop up with a newly evolving technology like this, so they do appear to be responding well.

w_tanoto · 11-02-2007, 04:22 AM

yes, it's worth the money. alternatively, you might also consider WinDVD 8 Platinum (HD Edition) with higher minimum requirement. It's more expensive.

DrinkMore · 11-02-2007, 04:46 AM

Anyone know why you can't capture an image from the BD movie in PowerDVD ? Is this a security feature now? You can from DVD but not BD. Kinda sucks

PeterTHX · 11-02-2007, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrinkMore

Anyone know why you can't capture an image from the BD movie in PowerDVD ? Is this a security feature now? You can from DVD but not BD. Kinda sucks

It's a requirement by studios.

Apparently someone went thru the trouble of writing a script that captured, frame by frame, an entire HD movie (mind you there's no sound, I guess they ripped the DVD version's audio track)

I use it, otherwise it's a nice piece of software, though it has it's issues. I have had more issues with WinDVD however, so Cyberlink remains the better solution.

DrinkMore · 11-02-2007, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

It's a requirement by studios.

Apparently someone went thru the trouble of writing a script that captured, frame by frame, an entire HD movie (mind you there's no sound, I guess they ripped the DVD version's audio track)

I use it, otherwise it's a nice piece of software, though it has it's issues. I have had more issues with WinDVD however, so Cyberlink remains the better solution.

Yeah, I am using it now. It's kinda "glitchy" but that is to be expected since BD is "new". Other than that, it seems to be ok.

11-02-2007, 03:41 AM	#1
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11-02-2007, 04:20 AM	#2
TLBradbury Member Member since:Aug 2007	I only got it because it appeared to be the only player out there that could properly handle BD. Being a long-time PowerDVD user, I figured I couldn't go wrong. I can't claim to have worked it too hard yet (my wife has the laptop most of the time and I haven't added a BD drive to my desktop yet), but in Cyberlink's favor, they have already come out with a number of updates to fix the minor things that pop up with a newly evolving technology like this, so they do appear to be responding well.

11-02-2007, 04:22 AM	#3
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	yes, it's worth the money. alternatively, you might also consider WinDVD 8 Platinum (HD Edition) with higher minimum requirement. It's more expensive.

11-02-2007, 04:46 AM	#4
DrinkMore Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Location:That's What She Said! Blu-ray collection:140 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:3	Anyone know why you can't capture an image from the BD movie in PowerDVD ? Is this a security feature now? You can from DVD but not BD. Kinda sucks

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