Test version and Upgrade

Joecrow

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Oct 22, 2017 04:26

Hi

I'm very interested in upgrading from PDVD15 to 17 but need to confirm first that it will play 3D Blurays using an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti GPU. I have never been able to get 3D working with PDVD15 and the Nvidia although it works fine with AMD.

So a couple of questions:-

1) Does the Testversion of PowerDVD17 support 3D Bluray playback, (from memory ealier Testversions did not)?

2) If the answer to Q1 is yes, can I run the Testversion alongside my PDVD15?

3) If the answer to either Q1 and Q2 is no, if I purchase the upgrade version of 17 and I'm not able to get 3D working can I return it for refund and go back to my 15? Joe

Hicham_B

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Oct 24, 2017 06:23

Hi Joecrow,

The trial version has some limitations:
https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdvd-ultra/download_en_EU.html?affid=2581_1274_540

It does not support the playback of HEVC/H.265/Blu-ray 3D/Ultra HD Blu-ray/HDR Video/360 Video content.
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we offer a 30 days money back guarantee.

Just visit this page https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html and click on "Upgrade now". There you can see the money-back guarantee.

Greetings,
Hicham

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Joecrow

Member Joined: Jun 03, 2011 02:52 Messages: 63 Offline

Oct 27, 2017 04:57

Quote Hi Joecrow,

The trial version has some limitations:
https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdvd-ultra/download_en_EU.html?affid=2581_1274_540

It does not support the playback of HEVC/H.265/Blu-ray 3D/Ultra HD Blu-ray/HDR Video/360 Video content.
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, we offer a 30 days money back guarantee.

Just visit this page https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_EU.html and click on "Upgrade now". There you can see the money-back guarantee.

Greetings,
Hicham

Hi Hicham

Thanks for the info. I followed your advice and purchased an upgrade. I tried for several hours using latest, older, very old drivers and many combinations of settings, all to no avail, sadly, like PowerDVD 15, I was not able to get 3D working with my Nvidia GPU for playback of 3D Bluray disks (or indeed any 3D) . It works great with an AMD GPU and the Nvidia will play 3D via MPC-HC&Madvr++, so it seems that this old issue is not resolved with PVD17, I don't doubt it is mostly an Nvidia issue.

Compliments on PowerDVD17, particularly TV mode, nice main GUI, and generally looks very good, though I felt the text "Info" GUI that comes up across the screen durring BD playback is nowhere near as slick as the bottom of the screen PDVD15 version.

On the negative side I found several BD images that failed (no playback whether mounted via Win 10 or PVD17) which were OK in 15 and 3D .mkv/mvc played in 2D only (even with the AMD GPU).

After carefull consideration I have uninstalled 17, reinstalled 15 and applied for a refund. Not sure I understand the logic of not including 3D in the trial version it is not exactly a new feature anymore and it would have been much simpler for me to trial it rather than purchase and refund.

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Joe