CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Ultimate User — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:41:18 GMT

Well if it's PowerDVD 9 that they're demo'ing, I've used it with Windows 7. It sucks, crashes half the time, totally not "integrated", it just works the same as it usually does, with as shortcut in the MCE menu and the DVD will only play a DVD in the drive and not any from the library.

Garbage.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Adz — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:26:32 GMT

i am using this setup at the moment, Windows 7 7048 with powerDVD 9 and it all runs through Media center 7 and YES its seamless.

overall im really pleased with it. BUT unfortunatly you will have to BUY powerDVD 9.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Jonny — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:18:17 GMT

Depending on the spec of the system you may not notice any difference in Media Center but on my "lower end" machine it's a night and day difference how much more smoothly the media center performs in windows 7.

I still don't know why people are rehashing the HD DVD issue. They're a steal because they're done and people are just clearing out their stock.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Mal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:38:55 GMT

I have Windows 7 beta on one of my PC's and have tried media centre, its nothing fantastic and without the ability to play blue ray I wont be bothering to upgrade from Vista

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Nick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:19:20 GMT

I wonder if it will be an add-on purchase from the 3rd party provider (Cyberlink) or if it will be bundled in with Windows?

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Paul — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:30:59 GMT

Am I missing something or doesn't Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater already integrate with Vista Media Center. Playing HD-DVD & BluRay when simply inserting a disc or from the play DVD menu?

What id PowerDVD going to do that Arcsoft don't already do?

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Jonny — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:29:10 GMT

Because it's an all but dead format?

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Mike — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:25:09 GMT

But WHY dump HD-DVD support? - with the prices of these media now, they are an absolute steal!!

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re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Oliver Cleen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:17:58 GMT

How seamless is seamless. If PowerDVD appears in any shape or form within Media Center then that's game over. I want to see Play BluRay next to Play DVD, and nothing else.

Also, will the 'seamless' version be free to Windows 7 users or will it come bundled with Windows 7?

If there's extra cost invloved, ie having to pay £70+ for PowerDVD, on top of paying for Windows 7, then that's also game over.

How many people would be happy if they setup their standalone BluRay player to discover when powering it on that 'You can't actually play BluRay Discs on this player until buying the relevant software at £70'.

They would all take them back to the shop for refund.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

DavidinCT — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:24:50 GMT

Word is No HD-DVD support for you people who have a LG combo (like myself) and a large collection of HD-DVDs (why not when they are $5-$10 each?)

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

didier — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:57:22 GMT

Digital is no longer the "under dog" of the marketing world, campaigns and strategies are now built around digital media with digital media becoming the centre piece of any activity,

so a digital agency really needs to work at that strategic level with their clients.

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re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Clifton Griffin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:02:25 GMT

I hope seamless is really seamless.

I wonder what the extent of this partnership is? Is Microsoft simply partnering with them for a CES demonstration or is Microsoft committing to PowerDVD as their main provider of Blue-ray compatibility in MCE?

I am suspecting its more the former based on Microsoft's track record of creating open frameworks and allowing others to jump in with their own solutions and fight it out.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

JohnCz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:31:44 GMT

I'll be curious if they can upsample DVDs ripped to disk and if it adds functionality to the Media Extender experience. Either would be make it extremely valuable.

re: CyberLink to Demonstrate PowerDVD with Microsoft at CES 2009

Jaxim — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:54:39 GMT

CyberLink's PowerDVD is just about the only media player that will play the AVCHD video files that I created using my digital camcorder smoothly. When I attempt to view AVCHD files within Windows Media Player, the video playback is very jerky.