Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

• Popularity:

  #3 in DVD Software (out of 298 products)

• License:

  Free to try; $79.99 to buy (Buy it now)

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 96 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  1,483,704

• Requirements:

  Windows XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  March 18, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Corel WinDVD 9 Plus WinDVD 8 WinDVD 7.0-B27.191 WinDVD 7.0-B27.130 WinDVD 7.0 WinDVD 6.0 WinDVD Trial 6.0 WinDVD trial 5.0 WinDVD Platinum 5.0 WinDVD Trial 5.0 WinDVD Platinum 5.0

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Publisher's description of Corel WinDVD

Enjoy state-of-the-art HD-quality upscaling. Watch your movies on the go with advanced laptop enhancements. Play home movies from AVCHD camcorders. For those who want the best, WinDVD 9 offers the ultimate DVD and video playback experience.

Version 9 revamps the user interface and adds SD/HD conversion and de-snowing features.

Editor's review of Corel WinDVD

• 4.0 stars

• "Corel's WinDVD adds Blu-Ray support"

Don't let the hit-or-miss nature of the installation documentation throw you. Even if you have to update components on your machine, you're only moments away from DVD-viewing satisfaction. With an easy-to-use and visually pleasing interface and a bevy of extra features, WinDVD is a demoware dream come true.

The app provides unlimited, theater-perfect playback for the duration of its two-week run on your PC. A slider control improves on the usual Forward and Back buttons, so pinpointing your favorite movie scenes is as fun as watching them in the program's crystal-clear display. Advanced viewing-time controls let you repace the action to fit your available viewing time. The program also features a handful of audio options for Dolby systems and simple headphones.

A full complement of video options includes basic adjustments such as color, contrast, and gamma, as well as advanced tools for monitor calibration. The program's massive 30MB frame also contains great capturing and handling tools for up to six frames at a time. You also can choose to have the movie play as your desktop picture. Give the supersize WinDVD enough CPU room to run and enjoy unfettered viewing pleasure.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 96 votes
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• 4 stars

  Version: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

  "The best along with PowerDVD"

  by emperordarius on June 25, 2008

  Pros: It is truly the best DVD player along with PowerDVD.

  Cons: Cannot be used as Video Player

  PowerDVD has better features and it is better overall.

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• 4 stars

  7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

  Version: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

  "A Very Good Media Player....With One Exception"

  by djb32067433 on March 18, 2008

  Pros: I tried this and I must say it is an impressive media player. It played my files without a hitch. I played one of my .avi files in WinDVD9 and then did a comparison by playing the same file in Windows Media Player. Oddly enough, the file was noticeably clearer and sharper in WMP 11 than WinDVD9.

  Cons: Video files look great, but through my comparison, did not come out as sharp and clear as they did in Windows Media Player 11. Nonetheless, a good media player, if you're willing to shell out $80. WMP 11 in my opinion is better, and it didn't cost me one dime.

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• 4 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

  "Ups the ante in Visual quality in a Major League way!"

  by DaDreamWizard on May 13, 2008

  Pros: Simplicity, video's better quality WITHOUT the up-conversion. It took me by surprise when I realized the upscaling feature was still off.

  Being able to tweak the up-scaling was new to me and is really nice. If this is what we have to look forward to since COREL took over, WinDVD just may dominate without busting a sweat.

  Cons: The ONLY thing that keeps WinDVD from being the perfect "Big 5" is that some settings, once in awhile, fall back to default. Such as speaker. I set to 6.1, I check later, somehow it changed back to 2.0.

  It's an off and on problem. Before COREL, it was WORSE. Just turn it off and that and other settings reverted.

  To be fair, the speaker setting went backwards only one time with this new & improved', but it brought with it some heavy baggage of memories pre- COREL... I get over that and it will be a real 'no brainer' when choosing what dvd player to use

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• 5 stars

  Version: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

  "All2HD is the bomb!"

  by rob.ruiz on July 16, 2008

  Pros: I don't have much BD titles, but I bet you, with the right hardwares installed, windvd blu-ray is all you need for bd playback.

  I love all2hd, it gives me a different "feeling" when watching dvds and activating all2hd. hehe

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• 1 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Corel WinDVD 9 Plus

  "Not Very Good"

  by edjer123 on March 20, 2008

  Cons: Didn't play any of my AVIs or DVDs. Played some MPGs. DVDs brought up the debugger window. PowerDVD played everything.

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