The new face of PowerDVD. TrueTheater Technology up-scales DVD for playback on HD displays.

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1 CyberLink PowerDVD 9 - the most complete home-theater movie experience on the PC! Play DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and the latest HD video formats. Up-scale the quality of DVDs with TrueTheater Technology. Watch movies up close on your PC or from a distance on your TV using Classic and Cinema display modes. Create a movie library with DVD and Blu-ray Disc movie information as well as add personal ratings and reviews. Browse DVD titles and chapters visually with FancyView, an easy to use, tactile navigation mode designed to work intuitively, like flipping through a catalog. The new face of PowerDVD Powerful features and technology that entertain! TrueTheater Technology up-scales DVD for playback on HD displays. Cinema Mode provides seamless Blu-ray playback to Microsoft Windows Media Center PCs. Up-to 8-channel high-definition audio is supported for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound systems. FancyView enables easier, more pleasurable navigation of DVD titles, chapters and movie information. Library features allow information to be stored about both DVD and Blu-ray titles. MoovieLive.com enables sharing of stored movie information, personal ratings and reviews.

2 PowerDVD 9 Features TrueTheater Technology TrueTheater Technology was designed by CyberLink with the purpose of giving the DVD format a new lease on life by up-scaling and enhancing both video and audio quality maintaining it s validity in today s HD world. TrueTheater Technology automatically adjusts to suit the capabilities of the system PowerDVD is installed on, while advanced users have the option to adjust settings themselves. TrueTheater HD - Displays DVDs as they were meant to be displayed in picture-perfect quality on an HDTV. Using a sophisticated up-scaling algorithm, TrueTheater HD provides sharper, artifact-free video quality while up-scaling from low to high resolutions. TrueTheater Motion - Provides a smoother, judder-free video playback experience using frame rate up-conversion technology. TrueTheater Motion is designed to take advantage of systems based on hyper-threading technology and dual-core CPUs. TrueTheater Stretch - Enables users to choose from preset stretch settings or lets them manually tweak their own stretch parameters in order to customize their playback for the wide variety of displays available in today s market. TrueTheater Lighting - Gives users a choice of powerful, lighting effects that bring a richer, brighter, clearer picture to video content. TrueTheater Surround - Creates multichannel, surround-like audio output for conventional stereo speakers and headphones. TrueTheater Surround also provides expansion and effects for up to 8-channel audio systems. TrueTheater Technology delivers HD-Like Playback for DVDs

3 High-Definition Playback PowerDVD 9 delivers uncompromising quality for high-definition movie playback on the PC. Support for DVD as well as leading HD formats such as Blu-ray Disc, AVCREC and AVCHD means that users now have one video player that plays it all. PowerDVD 9 s HD Playback. Quality You Can Feel Supported HD Formats - MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD, AVCREC, AVCHD and Blu-ray Disc. Advanced Blu-ray Features - Using technologies defined under Profiles 1.1 and 2.0 of the Blu-ray Disc specifications, PowerDVD offers a seemless experience for accessing BonusView features on the PC. Support of BD-Live content ensures that users can handle Internet-connected Blu-ray Disc activities, such as multiplayer gaming, e-commerce, the downloading of movie trailers and subtitles, as well as social networking. Hardware Acceleration - Optimization for high-definition graphics processors from Intel, NVIDIA and ATI ensure ultra-smooth playback on the PC.

4 Immersive Audio HDMI The simultaneous transfer of up-to eight channels of high-definition audio over a single cable means easy setup and freedom from the tangle of wires that usually goes hand in hand with HD audio setups. HD Audio: PowerDVD 9 supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, ensuring crystal clear high-definition audio via home theater sound systems. These technologies deliver audio reproduction identical to the studio master recording carrying up to 24-bit audio on up to 8 discrete audio channels at 96 khz or 2 channels at 192 khz. HD audio is THE choice for audiophiles. Virtual Surround - In addition to TrueTheater Surround, PowerDVD 9 includes additional virtual surround sound and headphone technologies: Dolby Headphones and Dolby Virtual Speaker. Virtual surround sound technology simulates 5.1 channels of sound in a two-channel environment, getting the most from two-channel speaker systems as well as stereo headphones.

5 FancyView Navigation Whether browsing DVD chapters or searching through PowerDVD 9 s built in movie library, FancyView Navigation ensures the most tactile and intuitive navigation experience possible. FancyView Navigation s easy visual layout for disc navigation is fast, fun and as easy to use as it is to flip through a catalog. Cinema Mode FancyView Navigation is Intuitive and Fun to Use PowerDVD 9 has two different playback modes to support watching movies up close on a PC or Notebook as well as from a distance on larger displays such as TVs. With the click of a button, a user can switch from classic mode to Cinema Mode that displays menu items and movie information in a larger format. Not only is it easier on the eyes but it s perfectly suited to operation via remote control. Because Cinema Mode is built to integrate with Microsoft Windows Media Center, users of Media Center PCs can now enjoy Blu-ray playback support as well! Classic and Cinema Mode

6 Advanced Library and Online Features With PowerDVD 9, users can keep track of all the films they watch and own, whether Blu-ray Disc or DVD. PowerDVD 9 s built in library feature, Movie Collection, stores information from all DVDs and Blu-ray Discs played on PowerDVD 9, and allows users to input their own information such as starratings and reviews. All information input into PowerDVD s library can then be synced with a MoovieLive account/profile at to be shared with others online. Movie Library. Rate! Review! Sync! In the same way that users can upload movie information, they can also download information, each user contributing to a greater database of movies for the PowerDVD community on Moovie- Live to share and enjoy. Share Movie Library Information and Connect with Others at

7 Product Version Comparison Features & Version 9 Ultra 9 Deluxe 9 Std 8 Ultra 8 Deluxe 8 Std TrueTheater Technology TrueTheater Technology Blu-ray Disc Playback AVCHD Media Playback High-Definition Disc and File Support AVCREC Media Playback MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) Playback MPEG-2 HD Playback SMPTE VC-1 Playback WMV-HD Playback Movie Library BD+DVD BD+DVD BD+DVD DVD DVD DVD Usability Features Movie Remix PowerDVD Cinema Notebook Power Saver Dolby Digital Support (5.1ch) Dolby Digital Plus Support (7.1ch) Audio Features Dolby TrueHD Support (7.1ch) DTS-HD Support (5.1ch) DTS Support (5.1ch) (2 Ch) (2 Ch) DTS 96/24 Decoding AAC Decoding (5.1ch) (2 Ch) (2 Ch) Other Disc and File Format Support Audio/Video Connector Support DivX Pro Playback CPRM Support DVD+VR/-VR HDMI Support S/PDIF Mixing

8 System Requirements Windows Vista & Windows XP (Service Pack 3) For DVD playback Processor Intel: Minimum: Recommended: AMD: Minimum: Recommended: Pentium GHz Pentium GHz or above Sempron GHz Athlon GHz or above System Memory (RAM) Disc Drive 512 MB or above DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R/RW, DVD Dual, DVD-Multi, or a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive with 1394, USB2.0, ATAPI, SCSI, or CardBus interface Graphic Card (GPU) AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0. Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Display Devices TV or computer monitor for digital/analog output.

9 For Blu-ray Disc playback Processor Intel: Minimum: Pentium (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz), Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 (3.2GHz) or 940 (3.2 GHz), Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz), Pen tium M 755 (2.0 GHz), Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz) or T5600 (1.83 GHz) Recommended: Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 (3.73 GHz), Pentium D 945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz), Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz), Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33 GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz), Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz), or X6800 (2.93 GHz) AMD: Minimum: Athlon 64 X (2 GHz) or (2 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz) Recommended: Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X (2.2 GHz), (2.2 GHz), (2.4 GHz), 4800+(2.4 GHz) or (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz) System Memory (RAM) Disc Drive 1 GB or above is recommended. Super Multi Blue combo disc drive BD-ROM/BD-RE

10 Graphics Card (GPU) Intel: 965, G33, G35, X4500HD graphics software decoder (Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) or above is recommended) Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above Note: Using an Intel graphics card for Blu-ray Disc playback is only supported under Windows Vista. nvidia: Minimum: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2 Recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, GeForce GTX280 Recommended driver version: or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above. ATI: Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3400, 3600, 3800 series, ATI HD 4600 series, ATI HD 4800 series Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later Video RAM: 256 MB or above. Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Display Devices HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output TV or computer monitor for analog output