DVD and Video Playback Software

Product Information

For movie lovers looking for the best that high-definition has to offer, WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-Ray delivers superior picture quality and audio performance on your PC. Maximize your DVD viewing experience with Blu-ray Discs, the new standard in high-definition. Enjoy standard DVDs with HD-quality up-scaling, play home movies in HD and watch movies on the go with advanced laptop enhancements.

• Superior video and audio playback for the ultimate movie experience
• State-of-the-art up-scaling to make DVDs look like HD
• Plays popular formats including DivX, QuickTime, high-definition and standard video files

WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray is DVD, Blu-ray Disc and video playback software that delivers quality and entertainment in style. Play spectacular Blu-ray and HD DVD discs on your PC, or enjoy standard DVDs with state-of-the-art HD-quality upscaling. Take your movies on the go with advanced battery optimization controls for laptops. Play home movies recorded on the latest high-definition AVCHD camcorders. Choose WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray for the ultimate DVD and video playback experience.


New Features

Experience DVD & video playback for today

• Pure Entertainment:  Play standard DVDs at high-definition resolution with state-of-art up-scaling and motion enhancement.
• Home Movies at Their Best:  Enjoy the full quality of high-definition home movies recorded with the latest AVCHD camcorders.

Play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs

• The Ultimate HD Entertainment Experience:  Enjoy your favorite Hollywood blockbuster movies on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, including HD-Videos you create.
• Advanced Interactive Content Support Full BD-J and HD DVD advanced navigation support lets you take advantage of next-generation interactivity to access pop-up menus or picture-in-picture features, without interrupting your movie.

• Blu-ray Disc & HD DVD Content Protection:   Reliable playback now and in the future with support for HDCP, AACS and BD+ Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD content protection protocols.
• HD Audio Technologies:  Enjoy true high-definition audio performance with support for Dolby and DTS.

Enjoy an updated, stylish new look

• Full-screen Playback:  Switch to a full-screen view with a single click.

Make your DVDs look like HD-Video

• Unique All2HD Upscaling:  Convert standard DVDs to crisp high-definition video with outstanding color and clarity.
• Auto-scaling:  Tailor playback to fit your monitor resolution and refresh rate.
• Advanced De-interlacing:  Make sure your videos look great on any kind of screen, including plasma, LCD or DLP. WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray auto-detects film frame rate and ensures crisp edges even on fast-moving objects.
• Digital Natural Motion: Choose from several presets for the smoothest possible playback.
• Image Sharpness:  Dramatically improve picture quality with intelligent sharpening.

 Access more video effects and playback controls

• Enhanced! UPnP Client:  Stream content through UPnP home networks to watch your favorite videos on your home theater system, desktop or laptop PC. You can also play content from other UPnP-certified devices within a home network, with enhanced thumbnail views of available clips on the network.

Play any video with complete format support

• H.264 Support:  Smoothly play the next-generation high-definition format for premium content and downloaded video.
• AVCHD:  Play video from high-definition AVCHD camcorders, copied from either the camcorder hard drive, AVCHD disc or a memory card.

Product Features

• Blu-ray and HD DVD support – Experience stunning high-definition entertainment on your PC.
• State-of-the-art Upscaling – Play standard DVDs at HD resolution with unique upscaling and motion enhancement.
• Movies on the Go – Powerful laptop features ensure the best movie experience - wherever you are!
• Memories – Enjoy the full quality of high-definition home movies recorded with the latest AVCHD or Blu-ray camcorders.

Stylish Good Looks
The sophisticated graphite interface blends seamlessly with your Windows XP or Vista desktop.

• New graphite color – Up-to-date and professional look.
• New layout – A clutter-free and easy-to-navigate interface.
• Compact mode instantly hides navigation controls to show just your video.
• Boss Key – Now you see it, now you don’t! One click pops the player out of the way.
• Message Center – Don’t miss out on product updates, exclusive offers and fun tips and trick

Technology Powerhouse
Maximize your viewing experience with state-of the-art technologies, such as Blu-ray and HD DVD playback, standard-definition upscaling, and unique features for watching movies on the go.

• Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD playback
• Play high-definition commercial titles with interactive features, or recordable Blu-ray/HD DVD media.
• Enjoy the immersive entertainment experience of BD-J and HD DVD Advanced Navigation features without interrupting your movie.
• The first playback software to support the new BD BonusView picture-in-picture features.
• Supports all Blu-ray and HD DVD video encoding formats, such as MPEG-4-AVC (H.264), MPEG-2, and VC1.
• Supports HD Audio technologies from Dolby and DTS.
• Complies with Blu-ray & HD DVD content protection protocols to ensure reliable playback.

• Unique All2HD upscaling – convert standard DVDs to crisp high-definition video with outstanding color and clarity.
• Auto-scaling intelligently tailors playback to fit monitor resolution and refresh rate.
• Advanced de-interlacing auto-detects film frame rate and ensures crisp edges even on fast-moving objects.
• Digital Natural Motion – choose from several presets for the smoothest possible playback.
• Image sharpness can be adjusted for a better-than-original look.

• Extend playback time with Battery Optimization.
• Be sure to catch the ending with unique TimeStretch playback.
• Smart Stretch lets you watch your movies in standard or Widescreen.
• Enjoy Virtual Surround Sound even when listening on headphones and stereo speakers.

Enhance low-resolution video
Clean up digital artifacts from MPEG, H.264 and VC-1 video

• De-snow filter removes digital noise from low-resolution video.
• De-block filter removes blocky digital artifacts from compressed video.

Hardware graphics acceleration
WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray supports display cards featuring ATI AVIVOD and NVIDIA PureVideo HD technologies that offer hardware-enhanced video playback.

• Enjoy sharper, more vibrant video images
• Minimize CPU utilization and power consumption, particularly during playback of Blu-ray/HD DVD discs.
• Apply advanced de-interlacing
• Scale videos to any size with high-precision processing

The best of the audio world
WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray supports leading audio technologies for an immersive listening experience.

• Play HD audio formats like Dolby Digital Plus, uncompressed Dolby TrueHD, and DTSHD for commercial Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.
• Dolby Pro Logic IIx– Transforms 2-channel (stereo) audio to surround sound, or expands 5.1 sources up to 7.1 speaker systems. Choose Movie or Music modes.
• Dolby Digital EX– Enjoy 6.1 or 7.1-channel playback with appropriate hardware.
• DTSsurround audio – Supports up to 6 channels of audio for titles with DTS audio
• SRS audio technologies – Enhance movie dialog or music, or create a virtual surround effect on two speakers with SRS TruSurround.
• 96 kHz/24-bit audio decoding – Play back audiophile-quality audio.
• Dolby Virtual Speaker– An advanced psychoacoustics algorithm creates a 5.1 surround sound environment on two speakers.
• Dolby Headphone– Processes 5.1 audio to create a vivid surround environment on standard headphones.

• Video Effects – Customize and improve the look of movies with Cinema Enhancement, Vintage, Sharpness, and more!
• SmartStretch – Fills your widescreen display when viewing 4:3 movies by intelligently stretching only the edges of the video and maintaining the center portion of the image.
• Pan & Zoom – WinDVD lets you click and drag to zoom in and pan across any part of the screen to get a closer look.
• Playlists – Create your own playlists with audio tracks or video files from DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs and CDs.
• Bookmark favorite spots and save them as a file (.bmk) for later, or send to a friend.
• UPnP Client – Plays back content from other UPnP-certified devices within a home network, with enhanced thumbnail views of available clips on the network.
• Capture Image/QuickClip – The new capture controls make it even easier to grab your favorite movie scene as a still picture or animated clip, that you can easily share with friends via email or mobile phone!
• Instant Replay – Ctrl-B lets you jump back to the line you missed, or catch that action sequence again!
• Smooth Reverse Playback - WinDVD 9 supports smooth reverse playback without frame drops.

Complete Format support
Enjoy reliable playback of high-definition or standard-definition video recorded from HDTV, camcorder, or downloaded from the Web.

• Popular video formats – supports DVD-Video, DivX, RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media, and AVI.

Windows Requirements

WinDVD 9 Plus System Requirements and Format Support

• OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
• Processor: Minimum CPU: Windows XP: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent AMD Athlon processor, Windows Vista: Intel Pentium 4 1.0GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon processor (Recommended CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon, or above)
• RAM: 256 MB system memory or above (512 MB recommended)
• Disc space: 200 MB of hard-disk space for program installation.
• 4:3 or 16:9 (widescreen) monitor
• Graphics Card: AGP or PCI-Express graphics card/accelerator with DirectDrawTM overlay support
• Windows-compatible sound card and stereo speakers (PCI or on-board audio card)
• Optical Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM drive

• Disc: DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, Mini DVD (DVD on CD), WMV HD, Audio CD, AVCHDdisc
• Video: H.264, MPEG-1, 2, 3GPP/3GPP2, DivX, Windows Media, AVI, RealPlayer, QuickTime, HDV, MPEG-2 HD, AVCHD
• Audio: Dolby Digital, MP3, AAC, MPA, M2A, WAV, WMA, DTS, LPCM

• Processor: Intel CoreDuo T2400 1.83 GHz or above, AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or above
• RAM: 512MB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or above, ATI Radeon X1600 or above
• VGA Chipset: Ensure VGA chipset supports hardware acceleration, with updated drivers installed.
• VGA VRAM: 128MB
• Optical Drive: Blu-ray optical drive for Blu-ray titles or HD DVD drive for HD DVD. Standard DVD optical drives can play back HD-Rec (HD DVD video burned on a standard DVD) as well as AVCHD discs.
• Display Device: If you are using a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) or HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Interface) connection to a digital output, please make sure your display device is HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compatible and your VGA supports HDCP.

• Disc: Commercial Blu-ray & HD DVD, HD DVD-R, BD-R and RE, HD-REC
• Video: MPEG-4-AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, and VC1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD