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CyberLink PowerDVD 9 (Windows)

PowerDVD 9 is simply the best video playback software for enjoying HD and Blu-ray movies. PowerDVD allows you to enjoy and remix movies as well as to store and organize your movie information. Get the widest selection of useful video formats including HD formats like AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264),...

Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows, Video, CyberLink, PowerDVD 9, PowerDVD, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-20

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usageSo answer the question, I was one of the quoted[B]f PowerDVD supplied the complete end to end protected pipe, then why did MS add it into the OS? [/B]You will also note that I put a ? mark at the end of the statement....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, 1080p, PowerDVD

Discussion threads 2007-09-08

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage

This is a very quick follow-up to my previous post documenting my experience with HD DVD and Blu-ray playback on Windows Vista. (If you haven't been following this story, you'll want to read that post and its predecessor, Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista to get the proper background.) DRM doom-and-gloomers...

Tags: Monitor, Video Card, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, CPU, Blu-ray, Analog Playback, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-08

A Blu-ray / HD DVD update

A Blu-ray / HD DVD updateThanks for providing real world testing!Question for the linux users: Does anyone have a link to similar articles/blogs showing results for MythTV or LinuxMCE ?How do the features compare? How difficult is it to set up and use?RE: A Blu-ray / HD DVD...

Tags: HD DVD, Digital rights management (DRM), DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., HD-DVD, PowerDVD, HDCP, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management, 1080p

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

A Blu-ray / HD DVD update

Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over the weekend I had a chance to put both formats to the test. Setup took minutes, and the results...

Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Blu-ray, DVD, PowerDVD Software, HD, CyberLink, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-06

HD-DVD copy protection in tatters

Late last year I posted information about a new HD-DVD decryption utility that was released which was capable of decrypting a AACS Advanced Access Content System protected HD-DVD discs as long as title keys were available. Many were skeptical. Some pointed to the technical problems of extracting title...

Tags: Cutting Edge, Copyright, HD-DVD, AACS

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Additional Resources

HP Envy 15-1050nr

A big brother to HP's 13-inch Envy 13, this upscale 15-inch model crams more computing power into a midsize laptop than anyone outside of Alienware's m15x. And while that system is a 10-pound monster, the Envy 15 manages to be both slim and reasonably lightweight, partially by ditching the internal...

Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, DVD, Branding, Consumer electronics, Envy 15, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-19

Auto Send Media (Mobile)

ASM is designed to send photos & documents created on your Windows Mobile phone to designated e-mail addresses in real-time. It can also upload the newly created files to FTP server (most cable modem subscribers such as Road Runner have their own FTP server where they can upload files for...

Tags: Mobile, Media, FTP Server, Server, Photograph, Camera

Software downloads 2009-06-05

X10Receiver.NET 2 (Windows)

Control your computer with X10/other remote controls. Very easy to use, wizards to configure the x10receiver.net easily to control CinePlayer, ClogAmp, Foobar2000, MediMonkey, iTunes, Nero ShowTime, PowerDVD, PowerPoint, SilverJuke, VideoLAN Client VLC media player, Winamp, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player WMP, ZoomPlayer and many more soon.

Tags: Windows Media, Media Player, Battlesoft, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-02-15

CyberLink DVD Suite 7.0 (Windows)

CyberLink DVD Suite 7 was rated as 84 scores by PC Word. "CyberLink's burning suite is easier to use and almost as powerful as the competing offerings from Nero and Roxio." - by Jon L. Jacobi It includes CyberLink's industry-leading PowerDVD 8 software movie player (Blu-ray included), its highly-rated PowerDirector...

Tags: Movie, Disc, Microsoft Windows, CyberLink

Software downloads 2009-01-15

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?Yes I have ....... Have you used a TiVo??I doubt since you actually think that MC has a better interface.TiVo is not perfect, but I had more problems getting MC to do what I actually want/need it to do that I ever...

Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray, OEM-version, TiVo Inc., DirecTV, Media Center PC, SDV Tuning Adapter Support, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

CyberLink BD Advisor 2.0.0609 (Windows)

Get ready to experience the true power of interactive high-definition movies with PowerDVD and Blu-ray Discs. Ensure that you enjoy the best Blu-ray Disc experience possible by testing your system and understanding the basics as to what this exciting disc format has to offer. Download CyberLink BD Advisor to test...

Tags: Blu-ray Disc, Microsoft Windows, CyberLink, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-09-03

Privacy Shield 3.0.81 (Windows)

Privacy Shield erases data by using government-level removal techniques. It completely "cleans" your computer of any Internet/Windows habits you want to guarantee won't get discovered. Privacy Shield covers your tracks for you, in seconds it will clear your browser history, browser cache, system cookies, visited and typed URL list, locked...

Tags: History, Toolbar, Web Browser, Privacy-Shield, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Digital Music, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-08-29

World's fastest Blu-ray recorder outruns Blu-ray media?

Buffalo just announced the world's fastest Blu-ray recorder capable of burning through your data at an 8x clip. The problem? BDA-approved media maxes out at 6x assuming you can find one. That's a funny bit of math, no? Available in Japan...

Tags: Recorder, Media, Blu-ray, BDA-approved Media, Advertising & Promotion, Serial ATA, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-24

More on the Vista DVD playback issue

More on the Vista DVD playback issueDid you tryreading your dvd with a software that does not support DRM of any form and does not rely on windows infrastructure, like VLC ?DId you try other DRM compatible software, like PowerDVD or the like ?To me this sound like a poor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista, DVD, Vista DVD playback issue, playback issue, Vista DVD, digital-rights management, HDCP

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-11

What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray

What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayRE: What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayWhy convert? if you have the DVDs then you have the player right? just keep using itNo rush...Assuming one already owns an HD-DVD drive for their PC, there is no reason...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

The most disappointing products of 2007

The most disappointing products of 2007Haup & VistaNow my Haup HD tuner is USB, so maybe that makes a difference, but after following the installation instructions to a tee I had a perfectly working tuner/capture card on Vista HP. Now mind you, Haup's software is vintage mid-1990's quality, but with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, security, Haup USB TV tuner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870

First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870Would of been nice to know this beforehand...Since I just recently upgraded my 9800 Pro AIW AGP to an SLI motherboard cause I couldn't find any acceptable Crossfire alternatives to the SLI versions.Oh well, I ain't gonna return my motherboard, cause now I'm...

Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, GTS 640, card, ATI Technologies Inc., ATi, ATI Radeon HD 3870, home theater, ATI Radeon

Discussion threads 2007-12-05