
If the hardware or SGX is not supported, then the feature will not work. As it depends on whether SGX is presented. UHD-BD playback is a hardware dependent feature. PowerDVD versions 18 and 19 are the current products and they will not be updated for UHD-BD function removal.

Intel recommends you do not use SGX on Intel Comet Lake and Rocket Lake platforms, as it will not be supported by Intel going forward.Ĭyberlink advised that Intel has removed SGX support and that the UHD-BD format is no longer supportable. This issue occurred on all versions of PowerDVD on August 17, 2019. PowerDVD users cannot play any Ultra HD Blu-ray (UHD-BD) formatted video on systems using Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX). PowerDVD does not play any Ultra HD Blu-ray videos CyberLink PowerDVD 14 Ultra Model: CYB945800F077 SKU: 5838002 4.5(17 Reviews) Be the first to ask a question 99.99 Sold Out Customer reviews 4.5 (17 customer reviews) Write a Review 5 11 4 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 94 would recommend to a friend Show only Verified Purchases The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. PowerDVD does not play UHD-BD videos on PCs with certain hardware profiles. In other words, sexy it may sound, but it’s not going to be all it could be until still larger pipes are available or it arrives on disc (Ultra HD Blu-ray will support it).The following article provides information about a Cyberlink PowerDVD issue. I suspect that’s the heavier compression at work, as might be the case in most broadcasts. I must say that while I’ve seen 8K images that show distinct improvement in detail over 4K, the videos I’ve seen so far don’t offer the same increase. You’ll need a PC with an Intel Kaby Lake (ix-6xxx) CPU or better, or a discrete graphics card that supports HDCP 2.2 to play back the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs that PowerDVD also handles.


My older Intel Core i7-2700 couldn’t cut it, but my newer computers did. The software successfully decoded these files and displayed them on a 4K display.īe aware that decoding 8K video requires a lot of processor horsepower due to the compression and sheer amount of data involved. 8K Ultra HD supportįull disclosure: I didn’t have an 8K display available during my evaulation period, and I had just two 8K UHD test files to work with. For more granular info on other features, check out our reviews of PowerDVD 18, PowerDVD 17, and PowerDVD 16. PowerDVD also does a whole lot more, such as playing a number of music formats, pull double-duty as a music/video/image librarian, sync with portable devices, stream from network locations, and interface with Cyberlink’s online storage. YouTube videos available for viewing and pinning (downloading) in PowerDVD 19
