Hi all.



I have PowerDVD 16, file version 16.0.36807.6513. I realize that PowerDVD 17 has been out, but I haven't upgraded to that yet.

PowerDVD 16 supports playback of 4K videos, but is this just when it's in a digital file format? A digital file on your hard drive? What I want to find out is, will PowerDVD 16 support playback of a 4K Ultra HD disc? Provided, of course, that you have an optical drive connected to your system that supports playback/ readability of a 4K disc; as some of you might already be aware, Pioneer has some optical drives for 4K disc playback.



Here's one from Pioneer: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-211UBK



Now, I also realize that a person's computer system has to have the required hardware capability for 4K Ultra HD disc playback. On the PowerDVD 17 forum, I was perusing through this thread: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/51986.page



It's a pretty long thread, and within that thread some posters provided some links (which included system requirements); here's what's in my system:

• Aorus Gaming 8 Motherboard


• Intel Core i7 7700K Processor


• Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB Memory


• Samsung 850 Pro 512GB Solid State Drive


• EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Superclocked Graphics Card


• Corsair HX 1050 Watt PSU


• LG 27UD58 4K Monitor


• (also have a Corsair H75 sealed liquid cooler for my CPU)

One of the items I came across in that PowerDVD thread was mention of Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Well, I took a look in my motherboard's BIOS/ under the Peripherals section, and I found this:

SW Guard Extensions (SGX): Software Controlled

So....am I good in respect to this required portion?

And how am I looking overall? Will my system (from my hardware list I supplied above) be able to handle 4K Ultra HD disc playback?

Thanks for any info,

Pez