The actual features of the collection manager might be a bit light compared to proper software packages or even some online collection managers, but it is more than enough for casual usage and I suspect if you don't already have a movie collection manager software, then you might find this feature more than adequate. Overall, this is an easy to use movie collection manager with integration with MoovieLive server generated information. A list of your movie remixes are also available to view here.
There are two modes, one for keeping the collection online, or you can use the offline mode to keep your collection organized. The advantage of having such a manager built into the player is that it can simplify the process of adding your movies to your collection manager software, since it's all done when you play the movie for the first time. Using the "Add to My Movies" button automatically adds the movie to PowerDVD's movie collection manager, which also largely remains unchanged from the previous version. The mouse can then be used to pan the zoomed area.ĭata on MoovieLive is improving in accuracy and availability all the time, thanks to user input (the "Star Trek Blu-ray" information you see in the screenshots above comes completely from MoovieLive) - obviously, the more popular movies have the most complete and accurate set of information. You can select to zoom widescreen movies to make them fullscreen (two presets for movies with 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 AR), as well as 4x and 9x digital zoom. They are located under the "Aspect Ratio" section of the right click menu. Zooming is the basically the same as previous versions. The conclusion here would be that these modes do not add too much to CPU usage, and any modern CPU should be able to handle these modes, and that performance remains similar to that offered by PowerDVD 9. With 3D on, it did not seems to add much to CPU usage, for both types of 3D, and what was interesting was that you could still enable TrueTheater HD (but without GPU assist) and TrueTheater Lighting when 3D mode was activated (TrueTheater Motion was disabled though). With everything turned of, and video acceleration turned on, CPU usage dropped to below 20%. With all three TrueTheater options turned on, except for 3D, CPU usage frequently spiked above 30%, which won't bother your average Core 2 Duo CPUs, but on smaller Atom based systems, this could cause some problems.
For people with computer monitors, it probably won't make a huge difference, but it should on larger TV type displays (although the TV itself probably also has a similar feature that may/may not work better). TrueTheater Motion, which allows 24 FPS material to be output at a much more motion friendly 60 to 72 FPS, through use of interpolation (adding "in-between" frames), is still present. For 3D that will really pop out at you, you need proper 3D sources (more on that in the Blu-ray section of this review). But based on other similar 2D to 3D conversion technology, sometimes known as psuedo-3D, the effect is depth based - imagine the monitor is a window that you're looking out of, and that's the kind of 3D effect you'll get. Without having a 3D compatible monitor and viewing glasses, I was not able to test the effectiveness of the 3D conversion. Only DVDs are supported, including those played off the hard-drive, not video files. The big new feature of PowerDVD 10 is the ability to turn the display of any DVD into 3D, through the TrueTheater 3D feature. There is also an "Information" tab that will display information about your current system and technical information about the movie you are playing. Here, you can set the default duration of effects and an option to auto-save your edits. The "Movie Remix" tab was also first added to PowerDVD 8, again unchanged from the previous version here. Let's go through the various setup sections: All the usual options you would expect are there. The layout of the configuration section has been modified, but the options themselves remain familiar for users of PowerDVD.
You can install this new version on top of PowerDVD 9, meaning you can have both versions installed at the same time, but you can only run one at any one time.
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