What are the minimum system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 15?
Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 10, 8/8.1, Windows 7.
Processor (CPU)
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback
- Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10GHz) or above.
- Blu-ray 3D playback: Intel Core i5, AMD Phenom II X4 or above.
- TrueTheater HD and TrueTheater 3D for Blu-ray and HD video: Intel Core i5 (with 4 Cores), AMD Phenom II X6 or above.**
- DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz), AMD Fusion E-series & C-series or above.
Note: ** some Fox titles released from Jul. 2013 will not support TrueTheater HD or TrueTheater 3D.
4K UltraHD with Hardware Acceleration
- Intel 3rd generation Core i5 or above.
Note: CyberLink PowerDVD supports 4K Ultra HD video in H.264 / MP4 format at bitrates up to 60 Mbps.
Graphics Cards (GPU)
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater HD/3D Playback
- Intel HD Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT or above.
Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. 3D display devices are required for TrueTheater 3D playback.
Blu-ray 3D playback
- Intel HD Graphic (Intel Core i5), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 series and GeForce GT 240/320/330/340, AMD Radeon HD 6000 and 6000M series with UVD 3 support.
DVD Playback
- PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0 or above.
Memory (RAM)
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback
- Blu-ray Disc playback: 2 GB required for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
- DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: 1 GB required for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1.
Blu-ray 3D with or without Hardware Acceleration
- 2 GB.
Hard Disk Space
- 500 MB for product installation.
Screen Resolution
- 1024 x 768 and above recommended.
Note: when playing video on displays larger than Quad HD (or any file greater than 2560 x 1440 resolution), CyberLink PowerDVD enters a high performance mode that disables some non-essential playback features. In this mode the following features will be unavailable:
- Video rotation.
- Video Scene Selector (Video mark in/out).
- Instant Preview.
- Instant Zoom (Zoom in/out).
- Dual subtitle display.
- Subtitle customization for font, color and size.
Display Devices
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and TrueTheater 3D Playback
- For Blu-ray titles with AACS and DVD titles with CPRM playback, PowerDVD 15 only allows output to display devices using DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connector in order to be compliant with copy protection (HDCP).
- For other DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output.
- TrueTheater 3D playback: 3D display and 3D glasses required.
Blu-ray 3D with or without Hardware Acceleration
- 3D display and 3D glasses are required (NVIDIA 3D Vision, 3D Ready HDTV, HDMI 1.4-enabled TV, Micro-polarizer LCD or Anaglyph Red/Cyan Glasses). HDCP compliant display for digital output.
Disc Player
- Blu-ray Disc playback: BD-ROM/BD-RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive.
- DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive.
Internet Connection
- You can use your subscription software offline, however, the software requires that you connect to the Internet at least once every 30 days to ensure that your software is up-to-date and that your subscription is still active.
- Internet connection required for initial software activation, CyberLink Cloud, BD-Live, and Social Media Services (MoovieLive, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo).
