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Well, it's too bad for you that you're experiencing such a substantial drop in video quality. I am still enjoying incredible video quality when viewing blu ray discs in PowerDVD.
I will welcome an update if Cyberlink releases one, but for me personally, it's not urgent at all.
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I've never used PDVD 15 to play any kind of Blu-ray (physical) discs as I leave this job to a standalone device connected to the TV, having nothing to do with the computer.
The only reason to use the 3D feature of PDVD 15 is for playing downloaded 3D files when the PC is connected to a 3D TV via HDMI.
Thus I strongly believe that any software supporting any kind of Blu-ray disc playback is simply nonsense!
Well the fact is PowerDVD can play Blu-ray discs including 3D ones and many use it for this including myself. Go and use your FREE programs if you think they're so good for your purpose 
If you take some time to read the other users threads you'll see that not only True Theater Video Enhancements don't work in PDVD 15 any more but 3D playback as well for those upgraded to Win 10 with AMD drivers!
Thus just because for you PDVD 15 may work doesn't mean it's the same for everybody else!
You can get as ironic as you like but you can't deny the fact that at the moment those (free) software you mock work much better than PowerDVD 15 (costing $100) unless updated!
Not true. 3D playback still works for me.
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@ d_mat
That's partially true, meaning that you can enhance the video quality yourself through Catalyst Control Center, considering that PDVD 15 is among the supported video players. I would also advise to enable the "demo mode" option in CCC for even better results!
However you should know that these hardware acceleration enhancements have nothing to do with Cyberlink True Theater Video Enhancements! So far I've never had "hardware acceleration" selected on PDVD 15 options as the difference is-was simply ENORMOUS!!!! Even if I did when True Theater Video Enhancements were selected as well they always by-passed hardware acceleration
Besides you can find many free video players on the web supporting hardware acceleration, no need to pay $100, if you claim that you are still happy with it!
I could assure you though that the majority of PDVD 15 owners facing this issue is not happy at all and that's the reason we feel cheated!!!
I know it has nothing to do with TrueTheater enhancements, but all TrueTheater enhancements do is increase sharpness and optimizes the color configuration. You can do all of this in CCC and apply it to video players that support it. In CCC, I have Video Color set to "Theater" and Edge Enhancement set to 70. This replicates the TrueTheater settings I had in PowerDVD pretty well.
I got PowerDVD for free with an external blu ray drive that I purchased. So I didn't have to pay for it. But other free players don't typically play all blu rays and they don't play 3D blu rays at all.
Be sure that if it was this simple to replace or reproduce Cyberlink True Theater HD technology, the ONE AND ONLY REASON that makes PowerDVD 15 as exceptional and costly, nobody would have purchased it!
I dont know if those PowerDVD versions, offered for free together with some hardware you buy, have all the features of those purchased from the original Cyberlink site, but you make me suspect that they don't! It's simply unbelievable to me not being able to see the difference from any kind of enhancement that you managed to create, regardless from AMD or any other brand! As I said I've also tried everything in Catalyst Control Center without even approaching the results that True Theater Enhancements could produce!
Now every (free or not) Blu-ray player that gets updated regularly can play all new BDs! There are a few Blu-ray 3D free players as well. I wouldn't like to name any here but you can google it if you wish.
None could compare to PowerDVD 15 though, the way it was before the afore-mentioned issue!
And that's exactly what I'm struggling to bring back, no matter how.....!!!!!
It has every single feature as the version that can be purchased directly from Cyberlink. I have friends who have purchased PowerDVD from Cyberlink and have compared.
The only video setting that can't be replicated in CCC is TrueHD Lighting. But the image is extremley similar.
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@ d_mat
That's partially true, meaning that you can enhance the video quality yourself through Catalyst Control Center, considering that PDVD 15 is among the supported video players. I would also advise to enable the "demo mode" option in CCC for even better results!
However you should know that these hardware acceleration enhancements have nothing to do with Cyberlink True Theater Video Enhancements! So far I've never had "hardware acceleration" selected on PDVD 15 options as the difference is-was simply ENORMOUS!!!! Even if I did when True Theater Video Enhancements were selected as well they always by-passed hardware acceleration
Besides you can find many free video players on the web supporting hardware acceleration, no need to pay $100, if you claim that you are still happy with it!
I could assure you though that the majority of PDVD 15 owners facing this issue is not happy at all and that's the reason we feel cheated!!!
I know it has nothing to do with TrueTheater enhancements, but all TrueTheater enhancements do is increase sharpness and optimizes the color configuration. You can do all of this in CCC and apply it to video players that support it. In CCC, I have Video Color set to "Theater" and Edge Enhancement set to 70. This replicates the TrueTheater settings I had in PowerDVD pretty well.
I got PowerDVD for free with an external blu ray drive that I purchased. So I didn't have to pay for it. But other free players don't typically play all blu rays and they don't play 3D blu rays at all.
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When a new OS is coming out with it's initial graphic drivers (regardless AMD or not), it is a software's responsibility to update and get adapted accordingly, especially when this software is advertised as compatible to Windows 10 and it has no limitation in it's system requirements for those owning AMD display adapters. Definitely not AMD's or Microsoft's!!!
Moreover when this particular software (PowerDVD 15) is charging you $100 to buy and absolutely every other, free or not, player on the web has been updated and work fine with these drivers!
@ d_mat
I think I've told you already that there's not difference in the video quality of any player when you play your videos on your computer! You need a big screen HD TV or monitor to see the difference between True Theater Video Enhancements and hardware acceleration only! Sorry but it's hard for me to believe that you can't see the difference in such a case! It's the only reason that made PowerDVD 15 exceptional!
So far considering that I don't see any intention from the side of Cyberlink staff to resolve this very important issue, I invite both of you to the social media for reporting this scam!
I'm using a 55 inch Samsung HDTV.
The hardware acceleration option means that the video is decoded by the GPU, and thus it will use the video settings you have enabled inside Catalyst Control Center. You can set the options in CCC to be enabled in supported video players (PowerDVD being one of them.)
All that TT enhancements do is set the brightness/color/sharpness - all of which can be set in CCC.
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Do you have AMD graphic adapter? I need to find out if this
is due to driver needing to be updated by AMD or is it
Cyberlink's software problem.
Thanks
Tom
Yes, I have an AMD graphics card. I downloaded the Windows 10 driver for my card directly from my laptop manufacturer's website (HP.)
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Try turning off all of the TrueTheater "enhancements".
Yes, this works.
And for me, the video quality is the exact same with TT enhancement turned off.
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I confirm , Powerdvd 3D (14 and 15) movie playback doesn't work in Windows 10 build 10074.
It was OK with build 10041, but since build 10049, 3D Blu Ray playback doesn't work.
3D works for me in PDVD14. I have an AMD graphics card with the latest drivers installed directly from my laptop manufacturer's site.
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You'll definitely be the only one posting about "scams" or "fraud" because you're the only one dumb enough to not comprehend what either word means.
You can continue posting about this on the Cyberlink forum, but I assure you that won't solve anything.
Back when the 15.7 drivers came out there were a ton of issues with those too, with one of them being Cyberlink related. PowerDVD would display 3D content in 2D. That was clearly a driver issue, and AMD addressed it in the 15.7.1 drivers (it was even listed in the notes.)
This is clearly another driver issue. Many other people with AMD cards are having the same issue, while others are not.
By all means though, continue making a fool of yourself.
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Sorry but you're simply hilarious!!!
Now who's not tech savvy?
Windows 10 have been released and available for more than a year ago in beta mode! Have you any idea what beta is for basically? For those software developers asking the hell of the money for their software to adapt them to the new OS! New drivers also should be predicted. How do you explain the fact that EVERY FREE PLAYER ON THE WEB has been updated already and it's compatible with the new Windows 10 drivers? EVERY BUT POWER DVD 15 (charging $100 to buy)!
If this is not THE DEFINITION OF FRAUD then what is it???
PS: Now it's more than obvious that you work for Cyberlink! Therefore I would suggest you begin working on this issue and solve it (as every software has) instead of arguing with me. Speaking about myself I'll make sure I spread this scam all over the social media. Just for giving you a reason to start working a little bit!
You're a very odd individual.
If I worked for Cyberlink I'd probably actually care about whether or not you keep the product. You can ask for a refund for all I care, as your choice of Blu Ray playing software is irrelevant to me.
Instead of throwing around words like fraud and scam (words you clearly don't know the meaning of) if you actually had a brain you'd be reporting this issue to AMD so they can provide better drivers. The more of us that report this issue to them, the quicker they'll come up with a fix.
TrueTheater enhancements in Windows 10 do work for others with non-AMD video cards. So you're wasting your time posting about this on the Cyberlink forum.
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I repeat!!!!
PowerDVD 15 works ONLY with hardware acceleration on Windows 10. As conventional video picture as ever! This is simply unacceptable for a $100 player! Pure scam!!!!
Regardless the version and the brand of drivers installed on any system, it's the INITIAL Windows 10 display adapters to which PowerDVD is not compatible with the most important features which could justify it's price!
However it misguides everybody by being advertized as it is! And here's the big fraud!!!!
So because an AMD driver, which was just released for a new OS, is still having issues - this means that this is a scam and "fraud?" You don't seem to be very "technologically savvy."
PowerDVD has worked as advertised for many years. Issues arise when a new OS gets released. Apparently you're unaware of this. This will get fixed at some point.
You're being irrational.
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@ d_mat
1. You should know that not any AMD driver is compatible to all kind of systems! For this purpose AMD is providing a special detection tool to be found here:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool
2. Even if you download what you may think that it's the correct driver pack it won't install if it's not! That's the reason you need to use AMD Catalyst Control Center for updating which should be installed on your system already!
3. There is always some difference in the description of the driver name between AMD system info and Windows 10 device manager. I believe that what you attached here as a proof is nothing but the same driver version!
4. You seem as if you're intending to avoid to answer to what everybody is mainly interested here. Did you manage to resolve PowerDVD 15 issues with the new (?) driver version that you claim you found? If not what's this discussion for?
And last but not least it's more than obvious that PowerDVD 15 is not (yet) compatible with Windows 10 since it doesn't work with it's initial driver! There are quite a few here in this section of threads saying it and hoping that some Cyberlink staff would read and update! Sorry but what are you trying to prove?????
My point is that the new AMD drivers are causing a lot of issues for others with things completely unrelated to PowerDVD. You're acting like this is the first ever OS upgrade you've ever been a part of. Drivers tend to have a multitude of issues upon the release of a new OS. Those issues take a while to resolve.
PowerDVD is very much compatible with Windows 10. It works for many people, depending on their system.
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According to AMD Catalyst Control Center there isn't any update other than the initial one installed together with Windows 10 upgrade which can't get reversed!!! Since this version is the initial, it's common sense to understand that every software causing issues IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 10!!!!
Every other player compatible with Windows 10 installed on my system was improved with these AMD drivers including 3D and gaming!
IT'S SIMPLY A SHAME FOR CYBERLINK ADVERTIZING POWER DVD 15 AS COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 10 ONLY TO SELL MORE!!!!
Go to the same place where you downloaded 15.7.1. The date still says 7/29/2015 on that web page, but when you download and instal it, you still see a new driver version.
Here is proof:
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Whether we like it or not Windows 10 is the last ever OS that Microsoft will provide, meaning that it's going to be updated and improved permanently!
On the other hand it's UNACCEPTABLE for PowerDVD 15 still not to get updated in order to be compatible with with Win 10 as advertized! Considering that you can't use the true theater video enhancements any more, the video quality you get with hardware acceleration only doesn't justify it's price at all!
HENCE EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT POWER DVD 15 IS A BIG FRAUD!!!!!
It's the 15.7 and 15.7.1 AMD drivers that are causing the issue. They are causing issues in other areas unrelated to PowerDVD. AMD is working on it, and they actually just released an update to 15.7.1 yesterday.
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I just came across my first and only issue with these new drivers.
My laptop crashes and I get a blue screen when I connect it to my TV via HDMI. Is anyone else having this issue?
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Just a heads up for those who have upgraded to Windows 10. These drivers work a lot better than the 15.7 ones that were released a few weeks ago.
PowerDVD performs better with these drivers installed as well.
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No crashes yet for me. GUI seems pretty user friendly to me.
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Updated to Windows 10 and to the new AMD 15.7.1 drivers that came out today and everything works. I am able to use TrueTheater and everything plays smoothly.
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Yeah, I am glad I did not update my drivers to 15.7.
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Thanks for that informative and helpful feedback about the driver issue d_mat.Just a note Catalyst 15.7 is the only version of the AMD graphics driver I know of that is compatible with Windows 10, so if you are going to upgrade Windows you might need this latest driver.Thanks again.
This is only a Technical Preview driver. The official AMD driver for Windows 10 will be released on the 29th:
This Technical Preview driver for Windows® 10 is provided "As Is". Please note, some features have been disabled in this preview driver. The official AMD driver offering full feature set support will be made available when Windows® 10 officially launches on July 29th, 2015.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64
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