CyberLink DVD Suite 7 Ultra Review

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(More customer reviews)I found the video editing software confusing to use. The way they implement video-enhancing effects, in particular, is awkward. They want you to buy all kinds of add-ons to do what their ads claim it can do out of the box. Also, the version of Power Director 7 that comes in the suite is a cut-down version, not the complete stand-alone version. I have since switched to Adobe Premiere Elements 7, which I find much easier to use.

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Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus Review

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(More customer reviews)Compared to other solutions that I have used before (Pinnacle, Ulead), Movie Edit Pro delivers much more stabilty and more functions. First, I took me some time to understand the workflows, but after that it was simply joy. For example: You have 99 tracks, other have 3 or 4. You never need 99 tracks, but you need sometimes 5 or 6 for titles, effects, some noice, music.....and you can use any track for all kind of medias, also pictures. The effects are all realtime and non destructive....
Pros: - you need 2 hours to understand the principle, after that VERY easy to use
- great deep in functionality, you can build your own effects, create pro looking DVDs...
- youtube upload is fun
- cheap price for high quality
- after all I tried BEST VALUE
Cons: - user interface is different than other video applications
- some German words in translation
Summary: This product is a deal. After I tried Pinnacle and Sony Movies Studio, this is the best choice. I am totally happy with the results and the product works very stable.
Concerning DVD burning I had no problems and my player was able to playback all DVDs I made.


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Do you want the best for your videos? MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 14 PLUS, the 65-time award winner sets new standards in video editing. Never before has it been this easy to refine your personal video captures according to your personal wishes. With highly precise editing tools, movie-ready special effects, individual 3D animations for videos, text and photos, freely definable camera movements & zoom, crystal-clear Dolby Digital sound and much more: your videos deserve the best!Only in the PLUS version can you individually adjust effects, music, and transitions.You are in the director's chair! If you don't want your recordings to be edited automatically, you can adjust all special effects, fades, and music any way you see fit. With various ways to change the settings and professional control elements, your PC can turn into a complete video studio in a flash.Experience the new standard for perfect video editing: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 14 PLUS.The 65-time award winner convinces not only with its high-quality edit functions and an excellent dubbing, but also with countless special effects and many new improvements that will excite you!

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Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Canon Vixia HF100 and shooting exclusively in HD mode. My Computer is a Pentium Core Quad processor with 4 gigs RAM, SATA drive of over 500 gigs, plus an external Firewire drive. I bought this software with high expectations however the following issues are present, even with all the current downloads:
Extreme Choppiness in video editing. After uploading my video files (.m2ts files), I incorporated into the time line and noticed extreme latency making adjustments, rendering and playing back temp editing. This is totally un-useable. I made a number of adjustments including checking that DMA was enabled, Disk Caching was disabled, and increasing swap file size (Bizarre since I am running over 4 gigs of memory), Plus I also enabled the smart proxy service which should assist in making such noticable delays go away. Not so. Nothing worked here. I imagine all the positive reviews were from users not using HD format.
Unless I have some type of fix for this issue, I am forced to find another software replacement. I am looking into Sony Vegas pro 8 as an alternative and will test the trial download.
Stay away from Video Studio 11.5 if you are using a High Def Camcorder.
UPDATE: I've since tried Sony Vegas Pro 8. Absolutely no latency with importing and editing Hi Def files. Sony has it right. It is more expensive, but you get what you pay for, ULEAD has a nice interface, but it can't handle the Higher Def files. This is the selling point. If you sole mission is to put highly compressed video onto the internet, ULEAD may be ok. If you want to do more in-depth editing and work with higher definition files go with Sony Vegas Pro 8 period. Save the hassle

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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me start off by saying that I'm a Mac guy and I do a lot of video. I generally work with Final Cut Pro but often drop into iMovie '08 for projects that need to be done quickly without the need for precision editing. After spending a few hours with Pinnacle Studio Ultimate 12, I'm almost ready to boot my Mac into Windows for those tasks I'd normally edit on iMovie.
PROS:
1. Awesome plugins: It's funny, but what I like best about the Studio Ultimate are the parts of it not made by Pinnacle! Included on a second CD are titling effects from Boris and professional-grade color correction from Magic Bullet. Magic Bullet adds a 'film look' to your video as well as a number of other color related effects. Everything renders quickly and looks great.
Those two features alone usually cost several hundred bucks a piece (on top of the editing software), so their inclusion in the package certainly adds to its value.
2. Instant conversion from AVCHD. One of my complaints on the Mac side is that AVCHD video needs to be converted to an Apple codec prior to being edited. This usually adds a considerable amount of time to the workflow, as the video is 'ingested' at a rate usually double that of the length of the file (i.e. a ten minute clip takes twenty minutes to import). All Studio Ultimate needs is the drive letter for your card reader and the video is ready to be edited. Very cool.
3. Fast performance and mixed formats: Editing performance is very fast and responsive with fast render times too. Studio Ultimate also allows a mix of formats on the timeline. I tested editing a high definition AVCHD clip along with an included DV movie and all mixed together perfectly.
4. Green screen is included: Pinnacle even throws in a free green screen! It's large and can easily fit two people in front of it. A nice and thoughtful addition to the product.
5. Many export options: Outputting the video to something playable beyond the PC is very smartly implemented. Presets for basic exports (like YouTube and DVD) are available as well as fully customizable advanced settings into a variety of formats.
6. Multi-track video editing: Unlike iMovie '08 there are two video tracks that can be used for video overlays, etc.
CONs
1. Slightly complex: The developers tried their best to keep it simple and organized, but there is some complexity involved with doing anything beyond the basics. It's nothing that's not impossible to learn, but there are a few layers of menuing necessary to accomplish some effects tasks (like chroma keying or using a plugin). Additionally, the plugins (like the magic bullet software) all have their own interfaces separate from the studio interface. They also don't install themselves automatically, so you'll need to insert the second disc on your own to get access to them.
2. File management is confusing: Studio Ultimate forgoes the standard Windows file management routines and adds a multi-paged navigation to find items on your hard disk. Not very efficient and sometimes difficult to navigate back to where you started. It would be much easier to find files based on the standard windows file open dialog. When I did import an AVCHD file, it did not show up on the 'my movies' option on the file navigation window. I'm not sure exactly where it ended up!
3. AVCHD import follows a different workflow: The developers spent a lot of time with three simple top level tabs: Capture, edit, and "make movie." Unfortunately bringing AVCHD video in does not follow that same convention. It would be nice to have the AVCHD import options in the same place as the DV/HDV imports.
CONCLUSION:
Video editing is a very complex task and many products have tried and failed to make the process fast and easy. Pinnacle Studio Ultimate is probably the best of breed for consumer video editing apps on any platform. It is a little more complex than iMovie on the Mac, but it also adds considerably more creative options that rival professional-grade applications. It will import footage from cameras as old as Digital 8 (and even VHS with added hardware) and mix that footage with the latest AVCHD offerings very efficiently.
Overall Pinnacle has an impressive offering that I highly recommended to Windows users. This Mac user is just a tad bit jealous.


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Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12 Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate version 12 lets you take advantage of the latest HD video editing technologies, including Blu-ray and AVCHD. All new Pinnacle Montage theme based editing - designed by professional producers and artists - puts incredible creative power at your fingertips. Simply drag and drop your video clips and still images to preview your movie – and watch your content come alive, complete with Hollywood style multi-layered effects, animated graphics, titles and Hi-Fi audio. Edit and polish to your heart’s content with the sleek new video editing interface. When you are finished, archive your video memories, publish them on YouTube™, or enjoy them on DVDs and portable devices.Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate version 12 includes professional software tools for titling, color correction, lighting and special effects, plus a green screen backdrop. Pro video tools Pinnacle Studio™ Ultimate Version 12 includes

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Toast 10 Titanium Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been using Toast for many years and I have always thought that it was a well designed and easy to use program that allowed you to do many things that you would normally have to otherwise do using several other, more expensive programs.
Toast v.9 was and still is, a great application. It was easy to use and performed very well. I was happy with it. I was happy that is until I loaded version 10. It has been the worst experience that I have ever had with any of their products. To begin with, it doesn't load properly, necessitating a clean install and after all of that nonsense is finished, it still won't work. It hangs, it crashes and there is no documentation or tech support to help you address the specific issues or problems that you are having once you have given them your money.
Mac2Tivo is the worst application I've ever tried to use. Version 1.0 should have a b in the version number because it is clearly beta software. It won't share any of my videos with TIVO, showing only empty folders where there are actually dozens of files.
I have made many attempts to get help from Roxio and they are completely useless. There is no live tech support any longer, relying instead on "Roxanne" their computerized tech monkey. If you have ever been caught in a phone queu from hell, endlessly pressing phone prompt after phone prompt, either to be summarily disconnected or finally just hanging up in frustration, then you have some idea of what Roxio's "new and improved" automated tech support is like.
I have opened two different trouble tickets with them and all they will do is to repeatedly send me the same canned responses over and over again.
Don't waste your money on this. Wait until they have perfected the software. Toast 11 may be worth looking at. Or better yet, just hold on to version 9. It's way better than v.10

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Burn, copy, listen, and watch—Roxio Toast 10 Titanium is the #1 choice for burning and more.


Burn Toast has been the standard for burning and ease of use for over 10 years. It's the easiest and fastest way to burn your music, video, photo and data files on to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc for both Mac and PC.

Copy Toast makes copying discs a snap. With one-click disc copy, you can copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Even copy dual layer DVD-Video discs on to affordable 4.7 GB single-layer discs.

Listen Expand your MP3 library. From LP and tape conversion to streaming Internet audio capture, Toast 10 helps you automatically capture, tag and add streaming music tracks to your iTunes library.

Watch With just a few clicks you can locate, convert and burn your favorite shows, music and data to CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs*, or sync to your iPhone, iPod and other mobile devices.

Enhance your iPod and iPhone
Stream video from your Mac to your iPhone over the Internet, with Streamer iPhone application available from iTunes App Store—free for Toast 10 users.
Cut, trim, and send your favorite video, EyeTV and TiVo recordings, or DVD clips to iTunes for syncing with your iPhone.
Capture, identify, and tag streaming Internet audio—automatically sent to your iTunes library.
Rip audiobook CDs, complete with individual chapters and pause/resume support for easy playback on iPod or iPhone.
Save streaming web video from your favorite web sites and have it sent directly to iTunes.

The Standard for Disc Burning on the Mac
Drag, drop, burn Toast 10 is the easiest and fastest way to burn your music, video, photo and data files on to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc for both Mac and PC. Span large projects across multiple discs. Archive up to 50 GB on high capacity Blu-ray Discs.

Unleash your HD videos AVCHD Archive makes it one-click simple to back up an entire camera of HD video to disc and automatically keep a preview version on your Mac for easy browsing.

Smart folder synchronization Sync up folders bi-directionally—between multiple computers, network volumes, or external hard disks.

Easy search and fast retrieval Automatically catalog your discs as you burn—with photo thumbnails saved on your computer, you can easily preview the contents of your discs and find any file or photo without the disc in the drive.

Share on both Macs and PCs Create hybrid discs with content unique to the Mac or PC—including custom icons, background images, and discs that "autorun" on PCs.

Every file at your fingertips Toast's convenient Media Browser includes file browsing, data filters, Spotlight search, Aperture and iLife '08 library access.

Copy, Compress and Convert Everything
Copy discs with one click Create exact copies of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs—including audio CDs*** with one click. Recover files from scratched and damaged discs while copying.

Every file at your fingertips Toast's convenient Media Browser includes file browsing, data filters, Spotlight search, Aperture and iLife '08 library access.

Custom DVD compilations Create custom DVD compilations with up to 4 hours of DVD video on a single disc. Choose the individual DVD movies, audio and languages you want, while maximizing available disc space and video quality.

Video copy & convert Save time with Batch DVD conversion. Compress multiple DVD-Video folders at once to fit on a single DVD. Or convert them for playback on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, BlackBerry devices, and more.

Video Quality Preview Ensure the video quality you've selected is optimal before kicking-off lengthy video conversions. Preview a short clip of your video at selected quality settings in just seconds.

File Recovery for Damaged Discs Don't risk losing vital data. Recover previously unreadable files from damaged discs and copy them onto a new disc along with a list of unrecoverable files. Some of the data is always better than none!

Expand Your MP3 Library
Audiobook CDs on your iPod Convert audiobook CDs complete with individual chapters and pause/resume support for easy playback on iPod, iPhone and other portable players

Digitize LPs and tapes Digitize and restore your LPs and tapes, without the pops, clicks and hisses. Then burn them to CD or DVD, or send to iTunes for syncing with your iPod and more.

Automatic music capture If your Mac can play it, you can record it. Capture any streaming Internet audio on your Mac. Split audio into tracks, automatically identify and tag them, and add to your iTunes library.

Name that tune automatically Unique audio fingerprinting technology identifies and tags unknown tracks by adding artist, title and genre information. Now you can enjoy the music rather than doing the typing.

Your Video, Movies & TV Shows Anytime, Anywhere
Enjoy Web video anywhere Save streaming web video from your favorite web sites and burn to DVD for viewing on your big-screen TV. Easily convert web video to other formats for playback on the portable device of your choice and enjoy it anywhere you go.

HD video on standard DVDs Easily import video from your AVCHD camcorder or other HD sources and create high-def DVD discs for playback on Blu-ray Disc players, including the PlayStation 3.*

Stream TV Shows Stream your TiVo and EyeTV recordings and other video files from your Mac to iPhone and iPod Touch over the Internet. Easily browse, sort, and search your TV shows. Toast will even notify you by email when new shows are ready for streaming.

Mac2TiVo Send standard and HD video from your Mac to your TiVo DVR for viewing on television. Publish folders full of video on your Mac and stream them on-the-fly to your DVR without lengthy video conversions.

Easily grab video highlights Extract video clips from your home DVD movies** and convert them to view and share on the playback device of your choice.

Striking DVD menus Choose from over 20 stunning new DVD and Blu-ray Disc menu styles for all occasions—in both full-screen and widescreen versions.

*HD video authoring functionality for DVD and Blu-ray Discs requires the purchase of High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In. **Does not copy encrypted or protected content. USE OF THIS SOFTWARE TO MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF MOVIES AND OTHER CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

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Polycom PVX V8.0 Application for Single User Review

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(More customer reviews)The PVX software is very cost effective, and it works great. Just add a Logitech 9000 Pro and your good to go. This little program has allowed me to work from home much more, and flawlessly dials into other polycom and LifeSize conferencing systems.
You do have to be able to follow directions and set your firewall up with the simple configuration settings that are found in the help section of the application. There's nothing difficult about it though, just use common sense.
Try the demo first if your are a novice firewall user.
Also- be sure to download the 8.0.4 update from Polycom if your using a dual core or vista machine.

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Polycom PVX brings unprecedented video conferencing technology to your PC. Utilizing the industrys highest quality audio/video algorithms, Polycom PVX is the only PC application capable of delivering true VGA resolution, secure communications, and People+Content. PVX can be purchased with a high resolution USB web camera for optimal video quality at the desktop, thereby eliminating the need for a separate video camera and reducing clutter in your workspace. And when used in conjunction with your laptop and USB webcam, Polycom PVX provides the ultimate in portability.

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PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D Review

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(More customer reviews)I was not a fan of PDVD 9, it was IMO never out of Beta and not what you would call compatible with Vista. However, Cyberlink is moving in the right direction with Ultra 10 (this review is for Windows 7 only).
OK, first off there are only 3 Blu Ray media players on the market. 1) Cyberlink PowerDVD, 2) Corel WinDVD 2010, 3) Arcsoft TotalMedia Theater 3. All are available for download and all have trial periods. I can tell you right now not to bother wasting time with Corel's new implementation, its garbage and there's a reason its been on sale lately for as cheap as around $40, it just plain doesn't work. Arcsoft's player looks like its spec'd similarly to PDVD 10, but I haven't tried it. However, it is priced at around $90, about the same as Cyberlink's product so maybe you can tell a difference between the trial versions.
The first thing that impressed me about PowerDVD 10 Ultra, was that once I downloaded the fully licensed version, there was no 100Mb+ "patch" required to make the thing work. I mean it DID work right out of the box with Windows 7 but some features like 3D and the ability to add video files to a playlist were disabled. But the upconversion of regular DVD's to HD is the most impressive feature of this software. You can even split the screen to see the difference for yourself, its amazing, and works 5 times better than WinDVD. Also, its automatic. Or, if you want more control over playback you can switch to "hardware acceleration" using your video card settings but you'll soon forget about this feature, TruTheater is just that good.
PDVD 10 is allegedly compatible with most video formats, but I haven't found that to be the case. The only thing I can play since the upgrade are DVDs and Blu Rays, it wont play avi, divx, etc. although they claim to be compatible, I see a lot of complaints about this so I'm not the only one. It will play .VOB and MPEG2 files but crashes when you touch the controls. It also plays .MOV reliably but only from my iPhone, it wont play .MOV files you convert using Cyberlink's PowerDirector. Typical! DVD Audio is covered with a number of options for 2/4/6/8 speakers including Dolby Surround Downmix and TruTheater Surround. Other classic features like Slow Motion, Snapshot, Zoom 4x/9x make this the most versatile player on the market.
3D I cant speak too cause I don't have a 3D ready/HDCP compatible monitor so that feature is disabled in the player but I'm anxious to try that out. MaximumPC did an article recently on converting 2D video to 3D with a simple script change so I know its possible to convert normal DVD's to 3D, I just haven't seen it demonstrated. You will need a 3D monitor, compatible video card, and shutter glasses. After the latest update I can simulate this even though I don't have a compatible system but the player will produce a pseudo "3D" image, I just don't have any glasses so I don't know what it looks like.
Don't know if you're system is compatible with 3D, no problem. Just go to Cyberlink's website, click the Support link and download the BD Advisor, it will analyze your system and tell you exactly what you need to play 3D Blu Rays. There's also a forum worth checking out before you plunk down your hard earned cash for this feature.
Update 12/15/10 On the subject of "patches"..... there are a number of updates on the Cyberlink website that should improve performance and fix a few minor bugs, and as usual with Cyberlink it is a confusing process, and ALL these fixes are over 100+Mb files. Autohiding the control panel during playback was my biggest issue, there's a fix for that. Most of the other patches are updates to incorporate optimization for video cards and 3D playback. However, after downloading 240Mb of "updates" I am suffering crashes with .VOB and MPG files, but it will play AVI, MP4 and other formats now.
NOW, on the subject of Blu-Ray????? This player will NOT play all Bluray discs on your PC. It wont for whatever reason whether its copywrite protection or what, but in my experience it will only play about 40% of the content I attempt to play. To get around that, you will need a decoder like Slysoft's AnyDVD which costs $80. AnyDVD will unlock all these bluray discs for play on PowerDVD. However, you will not have full mouse control, PowerDVD opens a keypad you have to use instead of your mouse. Its all a real pain! Cyberlink still has some work to do. BTW, Corel's WinDVD shares this same problem with unlocking Blu Rays.

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CyberLink's most advanced movie and media player to date, PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D delivers 3D and HD movies on the PC. PowerDVD 10 is a unique universal player that offers the best playback quality available. Whether it is 3D movie content, captured home videos, or your digital music files, PowerDVD 10 lets you access them all from the same convenient player software, enhancing your experience in all kinds of new ways.


The Universal Player for Upgrading Your Media Experience to 3D and HD
Brilliant Blu-ray
Experience Blu-ray movies the way that only PowerDVD 10 can offer: simply unbeatable quality. Optimized for the latest hardware acceleration technologies from Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD, PowerDVD ensures smoother movie performance. PowerDVD 10 launches your Blu-ray movies up to four times faster, too.

Blu-ray 3D*
Seeing is believing the kind of life-like imagery that Blu-ray 3D* can deliver, and PowerDVD 10 brings it to life on your PC. Offering the best-quality 3D movie experience possible, PowerDVD is compatible with the full range of 3D hardware on the market, including glasses, graphics cards, and monitors.
* Notice of Free Mark II Upgrade: Consumers who purchase PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D will receive a FREE UPGRADE that enables support of the Blu-ray 3D format and 2D to 3D conversion of video files. Available summer 2010.

Play DVDs in 3D
Give your existing movie collection a new look and feel. PowerDVD 10 makes it easy to convert regular DVD movies into a spectacular 3D experience thanks to its advanced TrueTheater 3D technology. It's easy, too. With the simple click of a button, PowerDVD 10 transforms your favorite 2D movies into 3D. You can also customize the 3D effect by adjusting the depth slider. PowerDVD 10 takes you to new heights of visual excellence for standard DVD content.

Upscale DVDs and Videos to HD
Enjoy better movie playback quality for both your DVDs and video files with TrueTheater HD upscaling technology. PowerDVD 10 lets you output to an HDTV in a quality that looks noticeably sharper and clearer. Optimization for hardware acceleration ensures even smoother results.
Browse Titles and Chapters by Touch
Make your DVD searches more exciting with FancyView, an animated browsing mode for your DVD titles. Enjoy a unique perspective when browsing for movie titles, chapters, and special features.
Get a preview of chapters for those DVDs you've watched with PowerDVD's "flashback" thumbnails. FancyView supports touch technology so you can flick through movie chapters with your fingertips too.

Better Video Playback
Enhance your home videos during real-time playback with PowerDVD 10's TrueTheater Noise Reduction and TrueTheater Stabilizer. Simply select TrueTheater Noise Reduction to remove any "visual noise" from grainy videos, to give a much clearer, artifact-free picture. Apply TrueTheater Stabilizer to fix the shakiness in videos that often occurs when you take handheld camcorder shots. As a universal player, PowerDVD now plays even more formats, gives you access to online movie trailers via MoovieLive, and lets you upload files to YouTube.
Home Theater Music
Supporting the latest music library features of Windows 7, PowerDVD 10 makes it even easier to listen to music from the player you use to enjoy your movies. Create playlists of favorite tunes. Use TrueTheater Surround technology to optimize your audio for home theater and PC hardware. Sounds great!
High-Definition Audio
PowerDVD 10 lets your ears enjoy the ultimate movie experience too, with support for high-definition audio formats from Dolby Digital and DTS. Support for HDMI 1.3a delivers the purity of lossless HD audio via a single convenient cable to your home theater system.

Movie Reviews & Live Comments
Create movie reviews that other users can read and play using PowerDVD 10. MovieMarks combine bookmarks and review comments and can be shared online via MoovieLive.com. Meanwhile, Live Comments let you post your opinions to Facebook, Twitter, and MoovieLive while your movie is playing.

Key Features:
Universal movie and media player delivers 3D and HD movies on the PC
Offers the best playback quality available for 3D movie content, captured home videos, digital music files, and more
Delivers the smoothest Blu-ray playback; optimized for leading CPU/GPU technologies from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA
Experience Blu-ray movies; optimized for the latest hardware-acceleration technologies
TrueTheater technology transforms 2D movies into a spectacular 3D experience
Compatible with full range of 3D hardware, including glasses, graphics cards, and monitors
Upscale DVDs and video files to HD quality with TrueTheater HD technology
Browse DVD titles by touch with animated browsing mode
Enhance home videos during real-time playback with TrueTheater Noise Reduction and TrueTheater Stabilizer
TrueTheater Surround optimizes audio for home theater and PC hardware
Create movie reviews and live comments that can be shared with others

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Serif MoviePlus X5 Review

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(More customer reviews)First, I decided to try out Serif MoviePlus X3.
This is a very long explanation:
I have to admit, after reading some of these comments left on Amazon.com I was more than a little concerned. The first rating I saw only had 1 star! It was authored by Captain Spaulding, his caption read " tech/customer? Ha!!!"
In his comments he critically chastised the Serif company which sent shrills up my spine! Normally with such a negative review regarding this product, I would definatly consider other companies before being swayed to purchase this product following his critical review. "Captain Spaulding" was very persuasive in his harsh reprimand to the company. I then continued on reading the additional comments posted below in direct response to his rating of this product. One of the responses was directly from the Serif customer service department management. In their response they profusely apologized for the mishandling of his situation and they stated that due to their large volume of incoming calls by their own reference, his particular case was handled very unprofessionally in their own words. [This also concerned me...] The manager then continued to try to work out a solution by supplying an 800 number for this customer. Unfortunately, "Captain Spaulding" had already decided to go understandably with another product and had returned this product via the authorized Serif dealer purchased on Amazon. As I continue to read the other posts following the service managers message, at least two other people felt Serif should have offered a full refund which leads me to believe they didn't read (Captain Spaulding's) entire review. I researched this situation a little more. I called the 800 number and recorded the service person's response to my inquiry regarding this rating listed on Amazon.com.
The second rating only had 2 stars. [OK, this isn't looking good...] - I began to read this person's explanation for their rating. The persons using a net book. A big Booboo! Net books do not have the necessary ram memory or processing power to handle a program such as a video editor. His complaint about the audio makes no since. The audio is an art talent of it's own and mixing video and audio requires the users attention no mater how much money you spend on any editing program. I then continued on and read some of the responses to this particular rating. I agree wholeheartedly with those individuals who responded with similar impressions.
Two more ratings followed with a 5 star satisfaction response. Immediately their after was Louise's 1 star headline - (DO NOT USE with Windows 7.) Louise, seemed very dissatisfied with the product. Once again Serifs customer service department responded to this rating. In short they said, they were not affiliated with Ulead's company. Again, I did some research and discovered (Ulead's) does indeed have a digital plus studio video editing program. So I'm concluding she was not lying in her response as a rating, more rather she had misidentified (Serif MoviePlus X3s) program for (Ulead VideoStudio® Pro X3) program. A very easy mistake to make! But in all fairness I don't believe Serif deserved the low rating in this particular circumstance. Corel® is now the official site for Ulead / InterVideo customers and products.
Five other ratings following after were 4 to 5 star ratings, something I consider very good. The one after that 3 stars. I couldn't make heads or tails of that but I chalk that up to a learning curve. At least it was a 3 star rating.
Next one has a 2 star: They state the program is very slow. I guess that's there perception of 2 stars if you're using an old computer with low ram and slow process chips, yes it's going to be slow. Video editing requires an immense amount of computation which in turn bares a heavy burden on any processor and RAM memory. This person then follows through by saying they will try it on a different computer but never seems to come back and complete their rating. Personally, I chalk this up to another (Boo-boo).
The next person gives a 1 star do too the fact that they have to register their product. Once again Serif answers this person's comment. By my own experience of many other purchased programs I assure you this is nothing new. Any company designed for profit with half a brain would require a registration to operate there product. For example: (Windows operating systems environment) use's a registration process as well. [So lets chuck this out due to ignorance.]
Finally there's a woohoo 5 star... I almost barfed from laughing so hard. Yes I couldn't resist, I had to read the comments that followed this thing and agree wholeheartedly with the other readers that this indeed sounded like an infomercial. The only thing missing in this review was that goofy "Hollywood California audience applause" in the back ground. If this person wasn't directly working for the company then perhaps a relative or someone who has a special interest probably did.
That being said, I feel at least 4 of the negative comments that were presented on Amazon.com were not necessarily justified. So lets break this down before my own review.
Theirs 5 - out of 5 stars, subtract one of those for making me puke, making it 4 - 5 stars. Keep the 4 - 4 stars... The 3 star stays... Remove 1 - 2 star and leave the other a questionable... Subtract 2 of the 3 - 1 stars making it 1 legitimate 1 star... Confused yet?
Total 4, out of 5stars... 4, out of 4stars... 1, out of 3stars... 1, questionable 2stars, but I'll leave that in for David's review effort... and 1 legitimate 1star...
That's 4 exallent, 4 good, 1 average, 1 questionable below average, and 1 justifiable terrible...
"Still confused?"
It's 9 thumbs up, 1 average and 2 thumbs down introspectively for the Serif MoviePlus X3.
Below is my own experience with (Serif movie plus X3) in which I hope you find helpful and less long winded.
Hollywood's Studio producers may not use this, but for the price? Pound for pound you cant go wrong. Its definably a great product and when you compare it to similarly priced competitions, it's a strong upper 4 stars rating and can hold a Top Ten rating with the big dollar programs any day... Yes, we still have to register with legitimate copies of this program and yes, it will ask you to register with a license. However you can cancel the registration and go directly to the program and it will work fine as it is. The only issue with doing this is, each time you open the program you will have to select cancel the registration each time you open the program. (It's more like a nag box). The program will still have all of its features and you will be able to use the program. You will however, not be able to update the program for any sort of patched improvements until you actually register your copy. In regards to the complications of registering the program? There are approximately four different ways you can register this program.
1. You can do this by the provided link the program provides when you press the button to register.
2. You can register it by e-mail.
3. You can register by telephone.
4. You can register by snail mail.
I chose to register my program over the phone. Yes I had to listen to some elevator music while waiting for an operator to answer my call. No big deal! It only took about 2+ minutes. They will try to sell you an upgrade, but it's not really a hard sell phone hassle. Simply tell them you're not interested and they will leave you alone. I actually chose to upgrade my version to the Serif MoviePlus X5.
The only drawback I saw going this route was that it took 14 days for my upgrade to come in the mail. If you can deal with that, it won't be a problem. Their customer service was very polite and our interaction was A+. I will do business with them again. Oh, in regards to this Serif MoviePlus X5? Kaboom! It's the all star of 5 stars.

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