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1. FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 PORTABLE
2. FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 SOFTWARE
3. FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 PC

It hasn’t taken off as quickly as I thought it would (it’s a no-brainer promotional tool for travel companies and tourist destinations), but it is quite interesting. If you haven’t seen 360 video, it’s quite the treat. In other words, sexy it may sound, but it’s not going to be all it could be until still larger pipes are available or it arrives on disc (Ultra HD Blu-ray will support it). I suspect that’s the heavier compression at work, as might be the case in most broadcasts. I must say that while I’ve seen 8K images that show distinct improvement in detail over 4K, the videos I’ve seen so far don’t offer the same increase.

FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 PC

You’ll need a PC with an Intel Kaby Lake (ix-6xxx) CPU or better, or a discrete graphics card that supports HDCP 2.2 to play back the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs that PowerDVD also handles. My older Intel Core i7-2700 couldn’t cut it, but my newer computers did.

FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 SOFTWARE

The software successfully decoded these files and displayed them on a 4K display.īe aware that decoding 8K video requires a lot of processor horsepower due to the compression and sheer amount of data involved.

8K Ultra HD supportįull disclosure: I didn’t have an 8K display available during my evaulation period, and I had just two 8K UHD test files to work with. For more granular info on other features, check out our reviews of PowerDVD 18, PowerDVD 17, and PowerDVD 16.

FREE CYBERLINK POWERDVD 18 PORTABLE

PowerDVD also does a whole lot more, such as playing a number of music formats, pull double-duty as a music/video/image librarian, sync with portable devices, stream from network locations, and interface with Cyberlink’s online storage. YouTube videos available for viewing and pinning (downloading) in PowerDVD 19 “Pin” in PowerDVD speak means download for offline viewing. Two other minor tweaks are the ability to change the program background image, and to select the quality of YouTube videos before you pin them. Those new features include 360-degree-video spatial audio (sounds emanate from the proper location in surround systems) color, lighting, and HDR TrueTheater enhancements for 4K video (these were formerly available only for 1080 video) an internal 64-bit engine for more precise processing support for external subtitles (streamed across the web)  HEIC/HEIF and GIF image support and support for WebM, a free and open-source video codec (VP9/9.2 + Opus & VP9 + Vorbis). But it never hurts to be prepared, and the new software does deliver practical enhancements for 4K UHD content as well.Ĭlick here for our in-depth review of PowerDVD 20 Ultra. Between the dearth of 8K displays and TVs (and the cost of what is available) and the fact that 8K content is virtually non-existent, PowerDVD 19 is a solution in search of a problem. Revving to version 19 results in the industry’s first 8K Ultra HD playback software for the PC. PowerDVD, the most powerful and complete video playback solution on the planet, is once again playing well ahead of the curve.