Blu-ray Player Software | Corel WinDVD Pro 11
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Leading Blu-ray 3D™ player software
Welcome to the future of video playback! Corel® WinDVD® Pro 11 is advanced 2D and Blu-ray 3D™ player software that supports Blu-ray 3D™, AVCHD™, DVD playback and all the latest video formats. With over 250 million copies sold, WinDVD is one of the world’s most recognized products. This newest version is stacked with features such as 3D playback technology, 2D to 3D conversion, HD upscaling, superior sound and more! Plus, WinDVD Pro 11 uniquely includes a premium online movie search engine (Corel® FlixFinder™) that finds your favorite movies at the lowest price from popular websites. Bring Hollywood home with WinDVD Pro 11!
Minimum Requirements
Here are Corel’s minimum recommended requirements for running the WinDVD 11 Blu-ray player software, and they are broken down into two categories – one set of requirements for Blu-Ray and HD file playback, and the other for Blu-Ray 3D playback.
Blu-Ray and HD playback:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T2400 1.83 GHz (or higher), or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz (or higher) recommended
Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® or Windows® XP, with the latest service packs installed
NVIDIA® GeForce® 8/9/10 series, GTX series or newer VGA; AMD M7x and above; Intel® GM45/G45 series and above (Windows Vista/Windows 7), or Intel® Core™ Processor families
1 GB of RAM
Minimum 128 MB VRAM; 256 MB VRAM recommended
330 MB of free disk space
Windows-compatible sound card
Windows-compatible optical drive for DVD/AVCHD™ playback
Windows-compatible Blu-ray™ drive for Blu-ray™ playback
Internet connection required for online features (BD-Live™)
Blu-Ray 3D Playback:
Windows® 7
VGA (MVC decoder support required for Blu-ray 3D™ playback):
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 500/400/300/200 or newer
AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series or newer
Intel® H55 and Intel® Core™ processor families
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz, or higher recommended
1 GB of RAM minimum
3D display requirements:
for Frame Sequential, Polarization and Anaglyph 3D playback:
Frame Sequential/Polarization-supported monitor
VGA card + updated drivers for NVIDIA® GeForce™ 500/400/300/200/100/9 series/8 series or newer
AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series or newer
Intel® H55 series or newer
when using the HDMI 1.4-compatible panel for 3D playback:
HDMI 1.4-compatible TV/monitor
VGA card + updated drivers for NVIDIA® GeForce™ 500/400/300/200/100/9 series/8 series or newer
AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series or newer
Intel® H5x series or newer
using NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ for 3D playback (Frame Sequential display):
120Hz supported PC monitor through DVI-D link
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ device
VGA card + updated drivers for NVIDIA® GeForce™ 500/400/300/200/100/9 series/8 series or newer
outputting through eDP (internal LCD, Frame Sequential display):
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor or newer and latest VGA driver.
My Take on WinDVD Pro 11
In one of my other posts, I mentioned using Version 4 of WinDVD. This came with a Compaq Presario laptop that I had been using as a backup computer, and as I mentioned in that other blogpost, I had considered replacing it with Version 5 of PowerDVD, with which I was already familiar. After using WinDVD just once, I changed my mind. I liked the way Version 4 felt, and the playback quality was very good. I was particularly attracted to the audio control feature, which allowed me to adjust the volume easily and quickly. Mind you, this version has long been superseded, and Version 11 has arrived. I downloaded the trial version of the software form evaluation purposes, and I can state that this new version is quite impressive. Playback is excellent, and the user interface is as straightforward and as easy to use as those ion the previous versions. I found the 3d option rather interesting, as it can be a bit disconcerting at first to see things jump out at you while watching the screen. I am not used to that, being of the boomer generation which was quite excited when color television was the big thing in the mid 1960s. Upon choosing the 3D option, the user is warned on screen about some of the risks of prolonged 3D viewing. When one actually gets into using the option, I found that the playback remained clear and the images sharp and well- defined. WinDVD worked well with my computer video in 3D as well as 2D. Switching back and forth between the options was quick and simple. As a Windows DVD and Video Playback package, this is a very good piece of software. Michael Muchmore of was equally impressed by the 3D playback option. To read Micheal’s first take on the WinDVD 11 Blu-Ray player software, click here.
Update on “My Take”
Since posting “My Take”, I have had the opportunity to delve further into the program as well as discover for myself the advantages of Blu-Ray technology. Up until recently, I have been satisfied with regular DVD quality playback. For the most part, I watch my DVDs on either my laptop or my desktop PC, as our old TV is just that – old, and as a Luddite, I have resisted buying one of the newer HD flat-screen TVs. Having started an on-line business dealing with video editing and video playback software, I felt that it was about time that I got off the dime and purchased a blu-ray player. As I mentioned earlier, the fact that I watched DVDs almost exclusively on my computers dictated that this would be an external player, and I found a generic combination DVD burner – Blu-Ray player for an excellent price (under 50 dollars) on E-bay and attached it to the USB port on my HP G62 -355DX laptop. I inserted a Blu-Ray disc – one packed with special effects (in this case, the 1995 movie Twister), and using Corel WinDVD 11 as the media player of choice, let it do its thing. Wow! The difference in playback quality beetween the DVD and the Blu-Ray is like night and Day. Details leap out, and I noticed some that I had never before knew existed – and I have watched this movie many times over the years. Both the Blu-Ray player and WinDVD Pro 11 came out covered with glory. The playback on WinDVD was exceptional, with no stutter at all. The only thing that I found disconcerting was that due to the Blu-Ray Technology, the program disables the Aero part of Windows 7 and the computer runs in Windows 7 Basic video mode during playback of the Blu-Ray DVD. That is a small price to pay, but it also disabled some of the mouse functions as well, although the program did warn this user before proceeding. So, with the use of the keyboard, I was able to proceed with the evaluation. Just to be sure that this was not a fluke, I put in the 2006 disaster movie Posiedon (also full of special effects) and was equally impressed by the clarity of the images, and the sound of the audio playback. WinDVD Pro 11 lives up to its reputation.
