Buried deep in your hard drive is a folder of video files you've banished to digital purgatory for crashing your PC every time you try to play them. Download PowerDVD 16 Ultra and reclaim those hours of great entertainment without your computer suffering another meltdown. Unlike most media players, PowerDVD not only plays videos on your PC but can also stream them to your TV. With its dedicated TV and PC modes, this PowerDVD media player lets you binge-watch your favorite Netflix shows up close on your laptop or enjoy them on your widescreen HDTV.

Besides playing video files copied to your hard drive, you can play any Blu-ray or DVD with PowerDVD 16 Ultra. With its free Android and iOS companion app doubling as a remote, all you need to control playback from across the room is your smartphone.

The Ultimate Home Theater Experience

This PowerDVD media player supports leading digital audio standards like Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD and DSD. Therefore, it delivers a truly immersive soundscape when connected to high-end home theater audio equipment. Here are some other features that make PowerDVD 16 Ultra a complete media center:

• Smooth video playback optimized for 4K TVs
• Robust support for 3D video files and discs as well as 3D YouTube clips
• Complimentary annual 30GB storage on CyberLink Cloud
• Easy media sharing and streaming between DLNA-capable and networked devices
• Speedy audio extraction from video files
  
  

System Requirements

Before you download PowerDVD 16 Ultra, make sure your PC runs Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10. In addition to this requirement, these are the minimum hardware specifications for running the software:

• 2GB RAM
• 500GB free hard drive space
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz or AMD Phenom 2.1GHz processor
• Intel HD, ATI Radeon HD 5000 or Nvidia GeForce 9500GT graphics card
• Display resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels for PC mode and 1366 x 768 for TV mode
• Integrated or add-on PCI sound card
  
  

To play Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs, the PowerDVD media player requires Blu-ray and DVD optical disc drives. Furthermore, you need a 3D display and 3D glasses to watch 3D content.

Sometimes a movie is too gripping, too epic to simply enjoy on your PC's small display. As long as you play it with PowerDVD 16 Ultra, you won't have to miss a beat pushing it to your big, crisp HDTV and instantly getting wowed with the cinematic experience.