This software is the biggest money sink you can buy. I thought cloud subscription from Adobe was bullshit prepare yourself to buy this and in a month have to pay $30 for something new, endless cycle of upgrades.
Also keep in mind this type of software is not really needed for most people. regular players do this stuff.
To add that last part, lots of the stuff shown here is only going to be good as source material. THe streaming to chromecast is not going to be good at all. Especially on most normal home networks.
The only "value" in this software is when it's bundled with some optical drive at no additional cost. Otherwise a dedicated player or even a console are a much better investment.
Brilliant. PowerDVD 17 will now constantly bug me day after day after day to upgrade. I also just want a player. Nothing more. No indexing. Nothing else. Please provide that with this version.
The article states: "CyberLink's PowerDVD is the only game in town for consumers looking to play back physical Blu-ray discs on a PC."
Now it may be true for UHD-Blu-Ray, but false otherwise. There's Leawo, MacGo and VLC (although you need to manually get the required AACS library and key set for VLC), and probably plenty more. I've watched Blu Rays on my Mac without buying PowerDVD at least
That "Easier multitasking" photo is painful to look at.
That's *VERY* obviously a previous-generation 15" Retina MacBook Pro. But it's running Windows (okay, not a big deal since it would have to run Windows to run the software,) it has a physical trackpad button, rather than the buttonless design the real Mac has, and it has an optical disc "popping out" of the left side - where there is no optical drive.
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trparky - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
And to think I'm still using PowerDVD 16.Byte - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
I feel like they really put themselves in a corner call themselves PowerDVD. Maybe we will see PowerBD soon?imaheadcase - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
This software is the biggest money sink you can buy. I thought cloud subscription from Adobe was bullshit prepare yourself to buy this and in a month have to pay $30 for something new, endless cycle of upgrades.Also keep in mind this type of software is not really needed for most people. regular players do this stuff.
imaheadcase - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
To add that last part, lots of the stuff shown here is only going to be good as source material. THe streaming to chromecast is not going to be good at all. Especially on most normal home networks.PeachNCream - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
I don't see many computers shipping with optical drives.Hinton - Friday, May 4, 2018 - link
You don't need an optical drive to play BD.MTEK - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
Honestly, I would rather buy a standalone 4K Blu-ray player than install this bloat on my HTPC.close - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
The only "value" in this software is when it's bundled with some optical drive at no additional cost. Otherwise a dedicated player or even a console are a much better investment.Hinton - Friday, May 4, 2018 - link
Meh, I've seen it bundled, and they still want money.That's why they bundle it. Like the 30 day virus killer, office package, whatever. That's the point of bundling software.
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
Brilliant. PowerDVD 17 will now constantly bug me day after day after day to upgrade. I also just want a player. Nothing more. No indexing. Nothing else. Please provide that with this version.casperes1996 - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
The article states:"CyberLink's PowerDVD is the only game in town for consumers looking to play back physical Blu-ray discs on a PC."
Now it may be true for UHD-Blu-Ray, but false otherwise. There's Leawo, MacGo and VLC (although you need to manually get the required AACS library and key set for VLC), and probably plenty more. I've watched Blu Rays on my Mac without buying PowerDVD at least
pixelstuff - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - link
Any support for Dolby Vision yet?CharonPDX - Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - link
That "Easier multitasking" photo is painful to look at.That's *VERY* obviously a previous-generation 15" Retina MacBook Pro. But it's running Windows (okay, not a big deal since it would have to run Windows to run the software,) it has a physical trackpad button, rather than the buttonless design the real Mac has, and it has an optical disc "popping out" of the left side - where there is no optical drive.