The new Corel WinDVD Pro 12 was released on the market around November 9th 2016

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The new Corel WinDVD Pro 12 was released on the market around November 9th 2016 (download only option, no retail box with CD-ROM). It will not support the playback of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, however it will support 4K Ultra HD HEVC video file playback in case one owns a modern day 4K Ultra HD camera to make their own homemade family videos, etc.

http://www.windvdpro.com/en/

http://www.windvdpro.com/static/wdvd/docs/windvd-version-comparison-en.pdf

Hopefully in the year 2017 the Cyberlink PowerDVD 17 Ultra software might offer 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc playback. It all depends on if the 2017 CES show has some new first generation 4K Ultra HD certified BD-ROM drives. If no 4K Ultra HD BD-ROM drives are released in 2017, then consumers will need to wait until 2018 for Cyberlink to release PowerDVD 18 Ultra software that will support 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. I am hoping 2017 will see some product released on the market for Windows PC’s, and then maybe MAC PC support.

Consumer standalone Blu-ray players since 2006 were always labeled as Blu-ray players. It totally shocks me that PC Blu-ray software is always labeled as “WinDVD” or “PowerDVD”. Maybe one day someone in the marketing department will start coming out with labels like “WinBlu-ray” or “PowerBlu-ray”.