| CyberLink PowerDVD is a high quality, pure-software
solution to playback DVD titles. Featuring 720 x 480 MPEG-2
video resolution and 5.1-channel AC-3 surround audio, PowerDVD
enables high quality DVD movies and titles on the Pentium II
computers that rivals the performance of any MPEG hardware
solutions.
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Support ATI RagePro / RagePro LT Motion
Compensation |
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Support Four / Six Speakers Output
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Pan-Scan / Letterbox Playback
Option |
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Performance improvement up to 6%-10%(2-3fps!) over
version 1.3 for pure software playback. |
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Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions (KNI)
optimized. |
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AMD 3DNow! Technology optimized. |
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Performance improvement for Savage3D MC-accelerated
version. |
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Selectable hardware video acceleration options: Motion
compensation for S3 Savage 3D, Motion compensation or IDCT for
SiS6326. |
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Video brightness control. |
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Support Creative ES1373 / EV1938
S/PDIF. |
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Support A3D/DS3D along with
Direct-Sound. |
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Support Dolby Surround. |
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Support ESS/ForteMedia/Cmedia 4/6-channel audio
output |
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Direct DVD chapter selection/browsing. |
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Resizable video window under fullscreen mode for better
viewing experiences at 16:9 and 4:3. |
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Supprot DVD Karaoke. |
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Provide DVD Title, Video/Audio and hard-ware
information page. |
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Video window fixed aspect-ratio
Optional. |
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Friendly graphical user interface. |
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Full-Featured DVD Navigation
PowerDVD
supports navigation features allowing users to enjoy the
versatility and interactivity of the DVD. The basic
naviga-tion functions include play, fast forward/ backward,
stop/pause, audio volume adjustment and drive selection.
PowerDVD also supports the advanced functions such as seamless
multi-angle switching, multi-language (up to 32-language
channels), and menu selections of sub-title and sub-pictures.
Users can easily operate DVD navigation controls through the
intuitive graphical user interface. |
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MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video
By fully
utilizing the computation power of the Pentium II processor,
and optimized by the MMX technology, PowerDVD offers the
highest performance video decoding engine. It supports full
resolution 720 x 480 video playback for NTSC and 720 x 576 for
PAL systems. Built with proprietary video decoding
technologies, PowerDVD plays DVD movie titles at full 24 or 30
frames per second. |
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Dolby Digital and MPEG
Audio
The audio
decoding engine of PowerDVD is certified by Dolby to meet
their high quality audio requirements. PowerDVD also supports
MPEG audio. The audio decoder accepts 5.1-channel AC-3 input
which is decoded and down mixed to two-channel stereo or full
5.1 channels offering 3D surround audio
quality. |
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S/PDIF
5.1-channel Dolby Digital Output
PowerDVD now supports Creative ES1373 /
EV1938 S/PDIF output. Undecoded 5.1-channel or 2-channel Dolby
Digital stream are sent through S/PDIF to external Dolby
Digital decoder for high fidelity decoding and playback,
allowing users to experience the enriched DVD theater right
from the Pentium Computer. |
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Copy Protection
/ Decryption
Most DVD titles, particularly Hollywood movie titles
are encrypted by region code numbers to protect each region’s
distribution of the title. In general, the whole world is
divided into six regions and users are only allowed to
playback Hollywood titles of the region they are located in.
PowerDVD implements a strict decryption function allowing
users to define their region code numbers and playback
encrypted titles. Users may modify their region code numbers
up to five times only. |
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Hardware
Compatibility Support
Hardware compatibility is one of PowerDVD best
features. It has gone through stringent compatibility tests
with major hardware devices such as display cards and
chipsets, accelerator boards, DVD-ROM drives, sound cards and
main-boards. Click
here for a list of major hardware devices that CyberLink
testing lab has approved. |
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Language
Versions:
PowerDVD is currently
available in English, Traditional Chinese, and
Japanese |
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System requirements |
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- Pentium II processor at 266MHz or higher
- Or Celeron 300A processor or higher
- Or K6-2 processor at 300 MHz or higher
- At least 16MB RAM
- 16-bit sound card, DVD-ROM drive
- Display card supporting DirectDraw
- Windows 95 or Windows 98
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Have a question?
Click
here to FAQ. This might help. |
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Search for your favorite
DVD titles and books at
Amazon. |
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