I had an old PowerDVD 9 Ultra license that I uninstalled from my W7 desktop PC because it was no longer receiving Blu-ray compatibility updates. To upgrade to the latest version seems like daylight robbery compared to just buying a cheap blu-ray player. I managed to buy a cheap copy of PowerDVD 11 Ultra instead, which is still receiving updates.
As I have a USB DVD Drive for my w8.1 tablet and a portable projector, I decided to install my old version 9 license on that,. PDVD9 crashed on first launch in W8.1 but promted me to run an update. The update brought it up to version 10 and a second update upgraded it to version 11.
Version 11 supports the latest Blu-rays, including 3d (version 9 was 2d only) and it also supports Cyberlinks mobile and remote control apps for android and IOS so very much a worthwhile upgrade. I was never prompted to update version 9 under W7 so perhaps it's a W8.1 thing.
Version 10 being upgraded to version 11 for free is well documented (see here: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html) but having version 9 upgraded is a welcome surprise. If you have an old copy floating around, perhaps it's worth installing it.
I went through all the registration processes when installing this time. IIRC, I never registered the W7 PDVD9 installation, so perhaps that made the difference. Or maybe it was that PDVD9 isn't compatible with W8.1 so Cyberlink decided to give a free upgrade? Anyway - free upgrade so can't complain.
As I have a USB DVD Drive for my w8.1 tablet and a portable projector, I decided to install my old version 9 license on that,. PDVD9 crashed on first launch in W8.1 but promted me to run an update. The update brought it up to version 10 and a second update upgraded it to version 11.
Version 11 supports the latest Blu-rays, including 3d (version 9 was 2d only) and it also supports Cyberlinks mobile and remote control apps for android and IOS so very much a worthwhile upgrade. I was never prompted to update version 9 under W7 so perhaps it's a W8.1 thing.
Version 10 being upgraded to version 11 for free is well documented (see here: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html) but having version 9 upgraded is a welcome surprise. If you have an old copy floating around, perhaps it's worth installing it.
I went through all the registration processes when installing this time. IIRC, I never registered the W7 PDVD9 installation, so perhaps that made the difference. Or maybe it was that PDVD9 isn't compatible with W8.1 so Cyberlink decided to give a free upgrade? Anyway - free upgrade so can't complain.
