Power Dvd

                    PowerDVD is available in three versions – Ultra, Deluxe and Standard. The latest version acts as a universal player for movies, videos music and photos which allows users to access and play their content from one player. PowerDVD 11 works smoothly with smart devices, as PowerDVD Remote lets users control playback of PowerDVD with an iPhone or Android device and PowerDVD Mobile lets the user play content on their Android tablet and across different devices. Other new features include TrueTheater enhancements which can stabilize shaky videos or upscale the image of DVDs to HD. PowerDVD 11 features support for social media sites Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, so that content can easily be uploaded and shared through these sites. PowerDVD was the first Blu-ray 3D software player to achieve certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) under the new Blu-ray 3D standard (Profile 5.0). Some other features of the software include converting movies from 2D to 3D, smoother Blu-ray playback, playback of a variety of video formats and subtitles, and commenting on and bookmarking movie scenes.
3D Movies and Photos: TrueTheater 3D technology uses a GPU-accelerated video converter to turn regular 2D movies into 3D. Also includes support for native 3D photos and movies, including Blu-ray 3D.
HD Movies: TrueTheater HD upscales standard definition DVDs and video files into HD. This can also be applied to videos from YouTube.
Video Formats: PowerDVD 11 plays a wide range of video formats, including mkv, flv, wtv, rm, rmvb, 3gp and 3g2. Both rm and rmvb formats require the installation of RealPlayer. Support for subtitle formats include smi, ass, ssa, psb, srt and sub.
Live Comments: Live comments let PowerDVD users post opinions and comments to Facebook, Twitter and MoovieLive while a movie is playing.

Limitations: Computer must have a DVI/HDMI HDPC compliant videocard, cable and monitor to watch bluray on Version 11, in version 10 and previous there is no such limitation and VGA, composite or S-Video interfaces can be used to connect monitor or TV to PC. When installed on laptops this limitation doesn't apply, but newer bluray protected discs can be played only in version 11 and most of the time need an Internet connection to be played.
HD DVD support is not available in version 11.

PowerDVD 12 was released on January 31, 2012 and is available in three versions: Ultra, Pro and Standard. There is no version that can run on Windows Server operating systems.

   Native Audio Decoders

    Dolby Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP)
    Dolby TrueHD (7.1 Channel)
    Dolby Digital Plus (7.1 Channel)
    Dolby Digital EX (7.1 Channel)
    Dolby Digital (2 & 5.1 Channel)
    DTS-HD (7.1 Channel)
    DTS-ES (Discrete & Matrix)
    DTS 96/24 Decoding
    DTS (5.1 Channel)
    LPCM
    AAC
    MP3 Surround
    MP2

    Native Video Decoders
    H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (including MVC for Bluray-3D)
    MPEG-4 ASP (DivX, Xvid)
    MPEG-2/HD
    MPEG-1
    VC-1
    WMV HD

   Audio Effects

    Dolby Pro Logic IIx Surround Sound
    Dolby Virtual Speaker
    CyberLink TrueTheater Surround