CyberLink adds BD-Live support to PowerDVD

The top-of-the-line version of the company's disc playback software will now support Blu-ray's advanced interactivity platform, the company said Tuesday.

PowerDVD 'Ultra' has already been certified for several HD formats, including Blu-ray Profile 1.1. It also supports BD+, AVCHD, and BD-RE 3.0. With Profile 2.0 support now under its belt, it becomes one of the most-feature rich disc playback applications available.

CyberLink expects to have the application available for a price of $99.95 by the end of April in nine languages. Current users of PowerDVD Ultra would receive the new functionality through a free software upgrade.

The software has the ablitity to playback Blu-ray discs, as well as support for audio technologies like Dolby Digital Plus, True HD, and DTS-HD.

Playback has been optimized for graphics cards using NVIDIA PureVideo, ATI Avivo, and Intel Clear Video technologies. This would ensure high-quality high definition playback, the company says.