Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

Corel WinDVD 9 Plus is DVD & video playback software that delivers quality and entertainment in style. Enjoy DVDs as never before with state-of-the-art HD-quality upscaling. Watch your movies on the go with advanced battery optimization and unique TimeStretch play back control for laptops. Play home movies recorded on the latest High-Definition AVCHD camcorders. For those who want the best, WinDVD 9 offers the ultimate DVD and video playback experience.

COREL WINDVD 9 PLUS FEATURES & BENEFITS:

DVD & Video Playback for Today

• 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.

Unique All2HD offers state-of-the-art upscaling.

See more of the action with advanced Digital Natural Motion.

Enjoy your video collection like never before. Watch standard DVD movies at near-HD quality with captivating surround sound.

Watch movies wherever you are.

Play crystal-clear high-definition home movies from the latest AVCHD 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.
• Switch to full - Screen playback with a single click.
• 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.

Make your standard DVDs look like HD video!

• 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.

Laptop-friendly

• 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 supports display cards featuring Intel Clear Video, ATI AVIVO and NVIDIA PureVideo technologies that offer hardware-enhanced video playback.

• Enjoy sharper, more vibrant video images
• Minimize CPU utilization and power consumption
• 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.

• 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.
• DTS surround 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.

More video effects and convenient playback controls

• 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.
• H.264 Support - Smoothly plays back the next-generation format for premium content and downloaded video, in standard as well as high-definition.
• HDTV Support - Navigate and play MPEG-2 HD Transport Stream (M2T) video from captured HDTV programs.

Enjoy HD home movies
Today's high-definition camcorders let you record your personal memories in stunning clarity. Play them at full resolution!

• AVCHD - Supports playback of video from AVCHD camcorders, either copied from the camcorder hard drive, on AVCHD disc, or memory card.
• Plays HD video recorded on the latest Blu-ray camcorders from Hitachi.
• HDV Video - Play HD video captured from HDV camcorders.

Corel WinDVD 9 Plus: Features

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Corel WinDVD 9 Plus: System Requirements

WinDVD 9 Plus System Requirements and Format Support

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

Supported Formats

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

Corel WinDVD 9 Plus: System Requirements

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.