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    PowerDVD Alternative?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Pion2099, Dec 21, 2015.

  1. Pion2099

    Pion2099 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I have an m18X that came bundled with PowerDVD 9.6, and it can't play more recent blurays (specifically, Ant-Man) and it seems like it's an aacs key issue, and PDVD 9 isn't being updated anymore, AND OEM bundled software isn't elligible for the free update to PDVD 12, and I don't want to deal with this again in a few years anyway.

    Does anybody have a solution or alternative to this nonsense?
     
    Pion2099, Dec 21, 2015
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  2. SMOKE_SKULL

    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

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    I bought a lg blu ray external and it came bundled with a ton on software including power dvd. That was many years ago and it just let me upgrade to p dvd 12.
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Dec 21, 2015
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  3. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Just use MPC-HC bro
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Dec 25, 2015
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  4. hmscott

    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Every year Cyberlink ships a new number release, 15 is ending, and 16 is about to ship.

    You can get a great price on 15 now at Xmas :)

    They also have a subscription model, 1 quarter gets you usage for 3 months, or yearly fee, but after the time expires you are left with a non-working install.

    Here is a free Blu-ray app that I used about a year ago between deciding on subscription and purchase of 15 Ultra - I purchased :)

    http://www.leawo.com/blu-ray-player/

    {Year End Final Sale} UP TO 75% + 15% OFF | Best Prices Ever on PowerDVD, PowerDirector & More!
    http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/features_en_US.html?affid=2581_1160_728_39844_0_ENU

    From my email:
    cyberlink 2 day sale.JPG

    MPC-HC is great for DVD, files, streams, VLC too.
     
    Last edited: Dec 25, 2015
    hmscott, Dec 25, 2015
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  5. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    be ware to purchase anything from Cyberripofflink, 3 reintallations of your software for any reason, be it a format, a system crash, or moving to another OS and your license is blacklisted, good luck having their poor customer service reset your code.

    See my take on bad companies here:

    Avoid purchasing software from these companies!
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Dec 25, 2015
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  6. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i'd by any dvd HD to remove all the encryption on the fly.
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 25, 2015
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  7. hmscott

    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That's a lot of work just to watch a Redbox / Netflix DVD/Blu-ray :)
     
    hmscott, Dec 26, 2015
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  8. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It ain't so bad when you have a lifetime license and it is not intrusive.

    Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 26, 2015
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