Software Review PowerDVD18

Optimized for 4K DHR PowerDVD18 plays much more than just DVDs and Blu-rays.

This year’s CyberLink PowerDVD is here, and as you would expect it’s still a fantastic solution for anyone wanting to play media at its highest quality.

In essence, PowerDVD is the sort of premium media player that just a few years ago would have had people paying several hundred dollars for. As you would expect, it can handle media from just about any source, either local or online.

As publisher Cyberlink states, ‘for video, audio, photos, VR 360° content and even YouTube or Vimeo, PowerDVD18 is your essential entertainment companion’.

New features for 2018 include:

• Optimized for 4K DHR
• Supports Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K, HEVC/H.265 and HDR10 content
• Watch 2.35:1 movies on 21:9 monitors in full screen mode
• Watch YouTube Live with always on mini view
• Playback 4K HDR and 360 videos on YouTube and Vimeo
• Better VR experience: Supports Microsoft Mixed Reality headsets, HTC, VIVE, and Oculus Rift
• Support for Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku.

PowerDVD18 offers improved VR experience and 360 degree content support.

Easy to use

Power DVD is easy to install, powerful, and easy to use. In fact, it’s refreshingly straightforward to use. The learning center is also easy to use and should be the first port of call for new users.

While there are other notable free media players out there, there isn’t another contender out there that can touch a finger to its quality on Windows based machines. At the time of writing, it’s also the only software that can play Ultra HD Blu-Ray discs on a Windows PC.

Photos

The onboard photo viewer is also particularly notable and has some really good options for displaying your pictures, including the one to organize them by their metadata, which is nice. There’s also a great option to have photos uploaded automatically from your phone as you take them, and will also let you stream movies to mobile devices, (with subtitles), so you can watch your content as you move about.

Watch YouTube Live with always on mini view.

Evolution, not revolution

Compared to the 2017 version, however, there’s not really much making the hum for. While improvement over last year’s edition are welcome, there’s nothing here that should have you running out to purchase 2018’s new software. Of course, if you’re on the subscription plan, the new edition will upgrade automatically.

Conclusions

Overall, PowerDVD18 is streets ahead of any free media player out there and is a must-have for those who demand the best quality from their media; getting a thumbs-up from Filehippo.com.

Try it for yourself. Download PowerDVD18 here.

This year’s CyberLink PowerDVD is here, and as you would expect it’s still a fantastic solution for anyone wanting to play media at its highest quality.

For everyone and anyone else, PowerDVD 18 Ultra is the ultimate building block for a full-on home entertainment system, that does a lot more than just play DVDs.

In essence, PowerDVD is the sort of premium media player that just a few years ago would have had people paying several hundred dollars for. As you would expect, it can handle media from just about any source, either local or online

Power DVD is easy to install, powerful, and easy to use. In fact it’s refreshingly straightforward to use. The learning center is also easy to use and should be the first port of call for new users.

While there are other notable free media players out there, there isn’t another contender out there that can touch a finger to its quality on Windows based machines. At the time of writing, it’s also the only software that can play Ultra HD Blu-Ray discs on a Windows PC.

But it’s not just the software that makes PowerDVD18 Ultra so attractive an option.

The Ultra version also comes with a massive 30GB cloud storage for one year, and that’s for anything, not just media.

The onboard photo viewer is also particularly notable and has some really good options for displaying your pictures, including the one to organize them by their metadata, which is nice. There’s also a great option to have photos uploaded automatically from your phone as you take them, and will also let you stream movies to mobile devices, (with subtitles), so you can watch your content as you move about.

Evolution, not revolution

Compared to the 2017 version, however, there’s not really much making the hum for. While improvement over last year’s edition are welcome, there’s nothing here that should have you running out to purchase 2018’s new software. Of course, if your on the subscription plan, the new Ultra edition will upgrade automatically.

Conclusions

Overall, PowerDVD18 -Ultra is roads ahead of any free media player out there, and is a must-have for those who demand the best quality from their media, and gets the triple thumbs-up from Filehippo.com.

You can dowload PowerDVD18 Ultra, right here on Filehippo.com