Windows 10 does not ship with a software program that can play DVD discs, therefore PowerDVD 21 Ultra is a top of the line software program consumers can purchase for both Blu-ray disc and DVD disc playback (plus audio CD’s are supported).Ĭyberlink PowerDVD 21 Ultra is a top of the line media player and currently the only company that supports 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc playback from a PC with HDR10 support (Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10+ is not supported from PowerDVD 21 Ultra, and hopefully in the years to come Cyberlink might add more HDR support). Most consumers that buy PowerDVD 21 Ultra are using the software to play DVD discs and that is one of the main reasons why the player is not called PowerBlu-ray 21 Ultra. PowerDVD 21 Ultra appears to be slightly faster at loading optical discs when compared to some prior versions of the software. I see no major changes or improvements that are offered with PowerDVD 21 Ultra unless one wants more cloud options for media streaming and managing files in the cloud. In PowerDVD 20 Ultra Blu-ray 3D support was removed. If one was traveling with a Notebook computer and they did not always have Internet access, a PDF manual on one’s computer would be ideal, but that is no longer an option with the latest version.įor those that need Blu-ray 3D support they should stick with Cyperlink PowerDVD 19 Ultra since that was the last official version that supports Blu-ray 3D discs. I was disappointed that this years PowerDVD 21 Ultra has no PDF manual at all and instead one has to access a online interactive help manual for PowerDVD 21 Ultra everytime one wants to access the manual. Also, last years PowerDVD 20 Ultra, even though it did not include the PDF user manual on the CD-ROM, one at least had the option to download the PDF manual from the Cyberlink website.

However, the CD-ROM optical disc no longer includes a PDF users manual like some prior versions of PowerDVD Ultra offered.

For $99.99 the PowerDVD 21 Ultra retail box contains the software installation on a CD-ROM optical disc, product key, and paper quick start guide. On May 20th 2021 the retail boxed version of PowerDVD 21 Ultra was released in retail stores and at various online websites like Amazon. Cyberlink PowerDVD 21 Ultra (latest 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray software for the year 2021 (user review)

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