Paulo Elias
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I have just installed the upgrade to PowerDVD 22, with perfect playback of UHD discs in my PC. However, when searching for updates, as advised upon first use, I stumbled into a message in the Cyberlink's support page that says, and I quote:
"As of November 2023, the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc ("UHD BD") playback feature is no longer supported in CyberLink PowerDVD 22 and PowerDVD 365."
Needless to say, I am very sad and felt betrayed, spending my money and time to upgrade a software that will no longer work with UHD Blu-Ray. For the record, I use PowerDVD as a reference playback application for films on video. My PC works with an LG monitor with Vesa's Display HDR600, which helps evaluate, test and compare my discs. Thus far, PowerDVD yields a top notch picture quality, even for non-UHD video sources.
For a moment, I was tempted to write a support ticket, complaining about the decision, but to what end? Cyberlink was always making efforts to prevent UHD playback, while most of their efforts were not even supported by Intel itself, deprecating their latest software protection scheme.
This decision is totally arbitrary, not to mention shameful. And, apparently, there is nothing we can do to sort this out. I have other playback application that will continue to play UHD discs, but those do not support full menus.
"As of November 2023, the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc ("UHD BD") playback feature is no longer supported in CyberLink PowerDVD 22 and PowerDVD 365."
Needless to say, I am very sad and felt betrayed, spending my money and time to upgrade a software that will no longer work with UHD Blu-Ray. For the record, I use PowerDVD as a reference playback application for films on video. My PC works with an LG monitor with Vesa's Display HDR600, which helps evaluate, test and compare my discs. Thus far, PowerDVD yields a top notch picture quality, even for non-UHD video sources.
For a moment, I was tempted to write a support ticket, complaining about the decision, but to what end? Cyberlink was always making efforts to prevent UHD playback, while most of their efforts were not even supported by Intel itself, deprecating their latest software protection scheme.
This decision is totally arbitrary, not to mention shameful. And, apparently, there is nothing we can do to sort this out. I have other playback application that will continue to play UHD discs, but those do not support full menus.