CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra Enriches the Quality of High-Definition Video Playback
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra Enriches the Quality of High-Definition Video Playback with Support for NVIDIA's Second Generation PureVideo® HD (VP2) Architecture
Taipei, Taiwan—-May 17, 2007—-CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, announces that PowerDVD Ultra-the only retail software to support Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, and DVDs-now supports NVIDIA's second generation PureVideo® HD (VP2) architecture on NVIDIA's latest GeForce 8500/8600 series graphics cards.
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra, incorporating superior H.264 decoding technology powered by the new PureVideo hardware engine, is able to provide owners of NVIDIA GeForce 8500/8600 series graphics cards the benefit of dramatically reducing CPU utilization when executing high-definition video decoding and playback.
"With our ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA to drive high-definition video technology, CyberLink is now able to provide both PowerDVD Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce 8500/8600 series graphics cards users with an exceptionally smooth high-definition video decoding and playback experience," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp.
"We are ecstatic that Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra supports the new
PureVideo HD processing engine on NVIDIA GeForce 8600 and GeForce 8500
graphics cards," said Scott Vouri, NVIDIA General Manager of
Multimedia. "Now even users with mainstream PCs will be able to
experience the beauty and detail of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies."
Product Availability
CyberLink
PowerDVD Ultra with support for NVIDIA's Second Generation PureVideo®
HD (VP2) Architecture, is available online starting from May 15, 2007.
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra USD 99.95/Euro 99.99
For more information, please visit: http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_112_ENU.html
About CyberLink
CyberLink
Corp is the leader and pioneer in enabling digital multimedia on PCs
and CEs. Backed by a group of high-caliber software engineers,
CyberLink owns its core codec and a number of patented technologies.
Today, CyberLink has built a solid reputation for delivering
high-quality, interoperable, and fast time-to-market solutions that
keep our OEM partners on the leading edge. Our business partners
include leaders in the PC industry: drive manufacturers, graphics-card
makers, and top-5 desktop and notebook brands. CyberLink Software
Solutions include: complete applications for Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs,
Digital Home entertainment, Mobile TV and eHRD solutions. With
customers spanning from multi-national corporations to
small/medium-sized businesses, and from power users to home users,
CyberLink has enjoyed rapid and consistent growth leading to a record
breaking IPO in 2000 on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC:
5203). CyberLink is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (ticker symbol:
5203.TW). CyberLink's worldwide headquarters is in Taipei. To keep up
with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe
and the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. For more information,
please visit CyberLink's website at http://www.cyberlink.com
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Press Contacts:
Germany: Dunja Helene Derenk at dh.derenk@konzept-pr.de or by phone + 49-821-34300-21.
Corporate: Renee Chen or Manal Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details.