CyberLink PowerDVD 7 Max

Date Published: 26/09/06

Loading and running a DVD on your PC is easy, but if you want more control over your video—color, sound configuration, aspect ratios—you'll want a dedicated DVD-viewer program, such as CyberLink's PowerDVD 7 Max.

Right away, we blanched at the animated ad on the left side of the configuration screen, hawking upgrades or other CyberLink products. Also, some features were cumbersome to use, given the limited number of controls available in full-screen docked mode.

Along with some excellent image-enhancing tools, you get features such as Say-It-Again, which loops a recent piece of dialog with a single click, an onscreen battery meter for notebook users, and See-It-All, which increases film speed slightly if battery power is low. Cyber Link Power DVD 7 Max,