It might help to frame it a little differently. Ther are actually 2 versions of PD17 - standalone (or perpetual license) and subscription versions.

In the past, a new version of PD came out every September or so and got a version number increase. You bought a license for PD14 and have been able to use the product from that point on (perpetually) without any additional cost. To get a newer version with more features, you need to pay for an upgrade.

The subscription (365) version is a newer way of licensing PD, and you get all kinds of extra content along with the current PD version (which is 17), as long as you pay the ongoing subscription fee. You will also get the next PD version when it's released and all future updates and versions as well.

Since the forums are arranged by which version of PD people have, there isn't much of a need for 365 since that's only a licensing method for the most part. Cyberlink may end up differentiating the two versions more down the road, and I would imagine they'd add the appropriate subforums at that time.

If you're in the US, here is the comparison page for all PD17 "flavors."

If you're located in a different region, sign in to your Cyberlink account or click on the globe icon at the top right of the page and select your location.

Since PD14 is obsolete, you'll have to search online for the specs. I found this article quickly.

YouTube/optodata

DS365 | Win11 Pro | Ryzen 9 3950X | RTX 4070 Ti | 32GB RAM | 10TB SSDs | 5K+4K HDR monitors

Canon Vixia GX10 (4K 60p) | HF G30 (HD 60p) | Yi Action+ 4K | 360Fly 4K 360°

These links are probably good for comparing PD17 offerings. https://www.cyberlink.com/products/video-photo-editor-combo/comparison_en_US.html or https://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=23375&prodId=4&prodVerId=1339&CategoryId=-1&keyword=features

The 365 is basically a new selling scheme wrapped around PD17 product, basically you rent by the month or year, when you stop renting, you have no product to use. I also believe you will be updated rather you'd like that or not. So when you get used to PD17 and its nuances, when PD18 is released, you will be upgrade regardless as long as you are under rent. If your rent period expired, you can run nothing until another purchase.

It's a little harder comparing PD14 to PD17 features but below is a list of changes in each version that may be of interest depending how you use PD.

PD15 Added
360 video editing NEW
9:16 vertical video editing NEW
Express Projects Enhanced
TrueTheater color enhancement NEW
Blending Effect NEW
Non-linear interpolation in Title Designer NEW
Non-linear interpolation in PiP Designer NEW
Mask Designer NEW
Mask Composer in Mask Designer NEW
Clip markers support NEW

PD16 Added
Video Collage Designer NEW
Express Projects Enhanced
Audio Ducking NEW
360° Start View Setting NEW
Video Stabilizer with 360° video NEW
Color Match NEW
Split Toning NEW
HDR Effect NEW
Look-up Table NEW
Convert Title to 360° object NEW
Convert PiP to 360° object NEW
360° video object tracking NEW
Little Planet projection mode of 360° video NEW
Output to MP4 with Dolby Digital 5.1 NEW
10bit H.265 import NEW

PD17 Added
Nested Project Editing NEW
Video Pre-cut NEW
Title backdrop NEW
Multi-sample Chroma Key NEW
Brush Mask Designer NEW
Support digitizer in Paint Designer NEW
Audio Editor NEW
.WEBM (VP9) video editing support NEW
HEIC image editing support NEW
Capture video in H.264 format NEW
360° video stabilizer NEW
Produce MP4/MKV with DTS 5.1 audio NEW
H.265 360° video produce NEW
Video Collage Designer Enhanced
Blending Effect Enhanced
Title Designer Enhanced
PiP Designer Enhanced
Mask Designer Mask Composite Enhanced
Motion Tracking support Enhanced
MultiCam Designer Enhanced
Paint Designer Enhanced
Export .SRT file Enhanced
Magic Style templates Enhanced
Title templates Enhanced
PiP template Enhanced
Particle templates Enhanced

Jeff

Quote It might help to frame it a little differently. Ther are actually 2 versions of PD17 - standalone (or perpetual license) and subscription versions.

In the past, a new version of PD came out every September or so and got a version number increase. You bought a license for PD14 and have been able to use the product from that point on (perpetually) without any additional cost. To get a newer version with more features, you need to pay for an upgrade.

The subscription (365) version is a newer way of licensing PD, and you get all kinds of extra content along with the current PD version (which is 17), as long as you pay the ongoing subscription fee. You will also get the next PD version when it's released and all future updates and versions as well.

Since the forums are arranged by which version of PD people have, there isn't much of a need for 365 since that's only a licensing method for the most part. Cyberlink may end up differentiating the two versions more down the road, and I would imagine they'd add the appropriate subforums at that time.

If you're in the US, here is the comparison page for all PD17 "flavors."

If you're located in a different region, sign in to your Cyberlink account or click on the globe icon at the top right of the page and select your location.

Since PD14 is obsolete, you'll have to search online for the specs. I found this article quickly.

Thanks so much Optodata for your very helpful reply. Phil
Tell the truth - but gently.

PD14 Ultra
i5-6600K OC CPU, Asus Z170-P Motherboard, 4G Asus GeForce GTX 960, 240GB SSD, 1 x 1TB Seagate HDD, 1x 1TB SSD external backup HDD, 8GB RAM

Quote These links are probably good for comparing PD17 offerings. https://www.cyberlink.com/products/video-photo-editor-combo/comparison_en_US.html or https://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=23375&prodId=4&prodVerId=1339&CategoryId=-1&keyword=features

The 365 is basically a new selling scheme wrapped around PD17 product, basically you rent by the month or year, when you stop renting, you have no product to use. I also believe you will be updated rather you'd like that or not. So when you get used to PD17 and its nuances, when PD18 is released, you will be upgrade regardless as long as you are under rent. If your rent period expired, you can run nothing until another purchase.

It's a little harder comparing PD14 to PD17 features but below is a list of changes in each version that may be of interest depending how you use PD.

PD15 Added
360 video editing NEW
9:16 vertical video editing NEW
Express Projects Enhanced
TrueTheater color enhancement NEW
Blending Effect NEW
Non-linear interpolation in Title Designer NEW
Non-linear interpolation in PiP Designer NEW
Mask Designer NEW
Mask Composer in Mask Designer NEW
Clip markers support NEW


Thanks Jeff for your very helful information. I really appreciate it.

PD16 Added
Video Collage Designer NEW
Express Projects Enhanced
Audio Ducking NEW
360° Start View Setting NEW
Video Stabilizer with 360° video NEW
Color Match NEW
Split Toning NEW
HDR Effect NEW
Look-up Table NEW
Convert Title to 360° object NEW
Convert PiP to 360° object NEW
360° video object tracking NEW
Little Planet projection mode of 360° video NEW
Output to MP4 with Dolby Digital 5.1 NEW
10bit H.265 import NEW

PD17 Added
Nested Project Editing NEW
Video Pre-cut NEW
Title backdrop NEW
Multi-sample Chroma Key NEW
Brush Mask Designer NEW
Support digitizer in Paint Designer NEW
Audio Editor NEW
.WEBM (VP9) video editing support NEW
HEIC image editing support NEW
Capture video in H.264 format NEW
360° video stabilizer NEW
Produce MP4/MKV with DTS 5.1 audio NEW
H.265 360° video produce NEW
Video Collage Designer Enhanced
Blending Effect Enhanced
Title Designer Enhanced
PiP Designer Enhanced
Mask Designer Mask Composite Enhanced
Motion Tracking support Enhanced
MultiCam Designer Enhanced
Paint Designer Enhanced
Export .SRT file Enhanced
Magic Style templates Enhanced
Title templates Enhanced
PiP template Enhanced
Particle templates Enhanced

Jeff

Thanks Jeff for your very helpful information - I really appreciate it. Phil
Tell the truth - but gently.

PD14 Ultra
i5-6600K OC CPU, Asus Z170-P Motherboard, 4G Asus GeForce GTX 960, 240GB SSD, 1 x 1TB Seagate HDD, 1x 1TB SSD external backup HDD, 8GB RAM